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Class VI Science 📘 NCERT Solutions Ch 3: Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body NCERT book: Curiosity

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Class VI Science • Curiosity

🥗 Chapter 3: Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body

NCERT Solutions — Complete Question & Answer Guide

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📌 Key Concepts

✦ Mindful eating = eating with full attention to what, how much, and when we eat

✦ Food components: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, Vitamins, Minerals, Roughage, Water

✦ Carbohydrates & Fats → energy; Proteins → growth & repair

✦ Vitamins & Minerals → protect from diseases

✦ Roughage (Fibre) → helps digestion, prevents constipation

✦ A balanced diet has all nutrients in right proportion

✦ Millets (Jowar, Bajra, Ragi) are rich in vitamins, minerals, fibre

✦ Deficiency diseases occur when a nutrient is lacking

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Q1 Pick the odd one out and give reasons.

ANSWER

(i) Jowar, Bajra, Ragi, Chana

Odd one: Chana — Jowar, Bajra, Ragi are millets; Chana is a pulse/legume.

(ii) Kidney beans, Green gram, Soya bean, Rice

Odd one: Rice — others are pulses (protein-rich); Rice is a cereal (carbohydrate-rich).

Q2 What is a balanced diet?

ANSWER

Balanced Diet

A diet containing all essential nutrients — carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, roughage, and water — in the right proportions for growth, development, and good health.

Q3 What are the main components of food?

ANSWER

Component	Function	Food Sources
Carbohydrates	Provide energy	Rice, wheat, potato, sugar
Proteins	Body growth & repair	Pulses, eggs, milk, fish, soybean
Fats	Energy, insulation	Ghee, butter, oil, nuts
Vitamins	Protect from diseases	Fruits, vegetables, milk
Minerals	Body functioning	Milk, green vegetables, salt
Roughage	Helps digestion	Whole grains, fruits, vegetables
Water	All body processes	Water, juices, fruits

Q4 What are deficiency diseases? Give examples.

ANSWER

Deficiency diseases occur when a nutrient is lacking over a long period.

Deficiency Of	Disease	Symptoms
Vitamin A	Night blindness	Poor vision in dim light
Vitamin C	Scurvy	Bleeding gums, weakness
Vitamin D	Rickets	Soft, bent bones in children
Calcium	Bone decay	Weak bones, tooth problems
Iron	Anaemia	Weakness, pale skin, tiredness
Iodine	Goitre	Swollen neck (enlarged thyroid)
Protein	Kwashiorkor	Swollen belly, stunted growth

Q5 Gourav fractured his arm. Doctor gave calcium tablets, then Vitamin D syrup. Why?

ANSWER

(i) Calcium tablets — calcium is essential for bone healing and repair.

(ii) Vitamin D syrup — Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium better. Without it, calcium tablets are less effective.

(iii) Question: "Why was Vitamin D not given in the first visit along with calcium?"

Q6 Medu eats only biscuits, noodles, white bread. He has constipation. What changes should he make?

ANSWER

Include more fruits, vegetables, whole grains (rich in fibre)
Reduce processed foods like biscuits, noodles, white bread
Drink enough water daily
Eat salads and green leafy vegetables regularly

Fibre helps proper digestion and prevents constipation.

Q7 Reshma has trouble seeing in dim light. (i) Which disease? (ii) Which nutrient lacking? (iii) What to eat?

ANSWER

(i) Night Blindness

(ii) Vitamin A

(iii) Carrots, papaya, mango, spinach, sweet potato, eggs, milk, fish liver oil.

Q8 How to test for starch in food?

ANSWER

Iodine Test:

Take a food sample.
Add 2-3 drops of iodine solution.
If food turns blue-black → contains starch.
No colour change → starch absent.

Example: Potato, rice turn blue-black. Sugar does not change.

Q9 Iodine fell on Mishti's socks and teacher's cotton saree. Saree turned blue-black, socks did not. Why?

ANSWER

The saree was cotton (from plants, contains starch) → turned blue-black with iodine.

Socks were synthetic (nylon/polyester, no starch) → no colour change.

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