*carbohydrates, fats & proteins

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    • Plate of Food : Starch/ Carbohydrate

      eg: rice. starch is a type of carbohydrate which your body breaks down to make a sugar called glucose which is the fuel that your cells use for respiration, to release energy.
      Starch sugar and carbohydrates give you energy.
    • Plate of Food: Protein

      important for making new cells in the body to grow or repair itself if it gets damaged.
      also needed to make haemoglobin nd antibodies.
    • Plate of Food: Fats & Oils

      are very similar but at normal temps, fats are solid and oils are liquid.
      they give you energy and are needed to make cell membranes.
    • Nutrients

      proteins, carbohydrates and fats are nutrients which are substances found in food needed to stay healthy.
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