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Human Diet And Digestion

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Balanced Diet

  • A balanced diet contains all food groups in correct proportions.
  • Essential food groups: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, and water.
  • Individual needs vary with age, gender, activity level, and pregnancy.

Vitamin Deficiencies

  • Scurvy results from severe vitamin C deficiency (e.g., in sailors).
  • Symptoms of scurvy: anaemia, exhaustion, bleeding, limb pain, gum ulcers, tooth loss.
  • Rickets in children is caused by vitamin D deficiency, leading to soft, weak bones.
  • Vitamin D is needed for calcium absorption; treatment includes supplements and sunlight.

Digestive System Overview

  • The alimentary canal processes food through: ingestion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, assimilation, and egestion.
  • Key organs: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine (duodenum & ileum), large intestine, rectum, anus.
  • Accessory organs: salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gall bladder.

Organs of the human digestive system

Physical (Mechanical) Digestion

  • Breaks food into smaller pieces without chemical change.
  • Increases surface area for enzyme action.
  • Includes chewing (teeth), stomach churning, and emulsification of fats by bile.

Chemical Digestion

  • Breaks down large, insoluble molecules into small, soluble ones.
  • Produces molecules that can be absorbed into the blood.

Digestive Enzymes

  • Amylase (mouth & pancreas) digests starch → smaller sugars.
  • Proteases (stomach & pancreas) digest proteins → amino acids.
  • Lipase (pancreas) digests lipids → fatty acids + glycerol.

The digestion of starch by amylase

Hydrochloric Acid in Stomach

  • Hydrochloric acid in gastric juice kills bacteria and provides low pH (~2).
  • Low pH denatures bacterial enzymes and optimises pepsin (a protease) activity.

Bile & Emulsification

  • Bile is produced by liver, stored in gall bladder, released into duodenum.
  • Bile is alkaline – neutralises stomach acid for small intestine enzymes.
  • Bile emulsifies fats (mechanical digestion), increasing surface area for lipase.

Bile production and secretion

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  1. 1.Which food group provides the main source of energy in a balanced diet?

    Easy
    • ACarbohydrates
    • BProteins
    • CLipids
    • DVitamins
  2. 2.Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of vitamin D.

    Easy

    True or false?

  3. 3.Name the mineral required for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    Easy
  4. 4.Complete the sentence about digestion.

    Easy

    The breakdown of large, insoluble molecules into small, soluble molecules is called ____ digestion.

  5. 5.Match each enzyme to the type of food it digests.

    Medium
    • Amylase
    • Protease
    • Lipase
    • Proteins
    • Lipids
    • Starch
  6. 6.Arrange the following stages of food breakdown in the correct order, starting from ingestion.

    Medium
    • Absorption
    • Chemical digestion
    • Egestion
    • Ingestion
    • Mechanical digestion
  7. 7.Which organ produces bile?

    Easy
    • AGall bladder
    • BLiver
    • CPancreas
    • DStomach
  8. 8.Which of the following is a role of hydrochloric acid in the stomach?

    Medium
    • Akills bacteria
    • Bmechanically breaksdown food
    • Cprovides optimum pH for pepsin
    • Ddetoxifies poisons

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