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Why should we not overcook the food?

Important Questions on Components of Food

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Identify the mismatched pair:

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 Why is it advisable to have iodized salt in our diet?
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Deficiency of which vitamin causes Scurvy?
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Which nutritive element is found in abundance in fish?
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Night Blindness is caused by deficiency of
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State two beneficial effects of cooking food. Name two cooking practices which lead to the loss of nutrients in food materials.
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Describe the method of pasteurisation for the preservation of milk.
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Vineet prepared salad containing cabbage for himself, whereas Mohan cooked cabbage for his meal. Who got more vitamin C from the cabbage?
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Vriti is cooking spinach in her kitchen. She chopped the spinach finely, washed it thoroughly and shallow fried it in an open pan. Do you think she cooked it the right way? Give reasons for your answer.
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Low temperature inhibits the growth of?
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Name two food materials which are usually preserved by deep freezing.
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What happens when water in which food material is boiled during cooking, is thrown away later on?
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You should eat overcooked food.
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Write important things to remember while cooking?
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Cooking improves the taste of food and makes it easier to digest. It also results in the loss of certain nutrients at the same time. State some safety measures so that loss of nutrients can be minimised during the process of cooking?
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Name any two special chemicals which are used as food preservatives.
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Milk is preserved by?
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List three cooking practices which can lead to the loss of nutrients present in food. 
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_____ may be lost during cooking.
(Carbohydrates, roughage, nutrients, goitre, whole, proteins, washing)

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Name some of the preservatives which are used in the preservation of fruits as jams and jellies.