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Question
Why do we require artificial sweetening agents?
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Solution
A large number of people are suffering from diseases such as diabetes and obesity. These people cannot take normal sugar i.e., sucrose as it is harmful for them. Therefore, artificial sweetening agents that do not add to the calorie intake of a person are required. Saccharin, aspartame, and alitame are a few examples of artificial sweeteners.
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Seeing the growing cases of diabetes and depression among young children, Mr Lugani, the principal of one reputed school, organised a seminar in which he invites parents and principals. They all resolved this issue by strictly banning junk food in schools and introducing healthy snacks and drinks like soup, lassi, milk etc. in school canteens. They also decided to make compulsory half an hour of daily physical activities for the students in the health survey in most of the school and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of the students
After reading the above passage, answer the following questions:
(i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr Lugani?
(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue?
(iii) What are antidepressant drugs? Give an example.
(iv) Name the sweetening agent used in the preparation of sweets for a diabetic patient.
Explain any two chemical methods of food preservation.
Write one example each of Artificial sweetener.
Why the use of alitame as an artificial sweetener is not recommended?
Why the use of alitame as an artificial sweetener is not recommended?
Sugar is the main source of energy as it produces energy on metabolic decomposition. But these days low calorie drinks are more popular, why?
Name an artificial sweetener which is derivative of sucrose.
Aspartame is unstable at cooking temperature, where would you suggest aspartame to be used for sweetening?
Sodium salts of some acids are very useful as food preservatives. Suggest a few such acids.
Assertion: All chemicals added to food items are called food preservatives.
Reason: All these chemicals increase the nutritive value of the food.
Assertion: Preservative are added to food items.
Reason: Preservatives inhibit the growth of microorganisms.
Assertion: Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Reason: Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.
Which synthetic sweetener is 100 times sweeter than cane sugar?
Which of the following is a naturally occurring antioxidant?
