Proteins

• What are proteins needed for?

  They are needed for:

  1)Growth and development of the body properly

  2) repairing damaged tissues and cells

  3)giving the body energy
• What are proteins made up of?

  Amino acids
• What are proteins grouped on based on the levels of amino acids?

  they are put into groups of either HBV or LBV proteins
• What happens to protein when it is -cooked-?

  When it is cooked (by frying or baking) it starts to break down
• What happens when proteins break down due to cooking?

  changes the texture of the food and makes it more digestible
• What happens to proteins are over cooked?

  It is destroyed
• What cooking methods make overcooking and the destroying of proteins most likely to happen?

  Boiling, grilling and roasting where high temperatures are used