Food Example of

Function Example of food

additives chemicals
Prevent the growth of Benzoic acid, Sausage and canned
bacteria or fungi so that food sodium food
a)
can be kept longer benzoate,tatrazine,
preservatives
sulphur dioxide and
sodium nitrite
Slow down the oxidation of Ascorbic acid Margarine, cooking oil
b) fat in food and prevent the oil (vitamin c) and and biscuit
antioxidants in fatty acid from becoming citric acid
rancid
Add taste or fragrant smells Monosodium Ice cream and soft drink
to make food more edible glutamate (MSG)
c) flavouring
and aspartame
(sweeter)
Mix two liquids that usually Gelatin and acacia Chlli sauce and ice
do not mix together and gum cream
d) stabilisers
prevent the sedimentation
process of liquid
e) thickening Thickens liquid such as soup Gelatin and starch Thick ketchup sauce
agents and sauce and oyster sauce
Colours food to make it more Metanil yellow, Ice cream and soft drink
attractive caramel, azo
f) colouring
compounds and
agents
triphenyl
compounds

Types of traditional medicine Function

a) garlic To treat high blood pressure
b) ginger To remove wind from the body
c) bitter gourd To treat diabetes
d) turmeric To treat ringworm
e) tamarind To treat sore throat

Types of modern medicine

Analgesic : Antibiotic: Psychoterapeutic Hormone:
To relief pain To kill growth of medicine: Control homeostasis in
microorganism To treat mental disorder body
Aspirin. Penicilin. Stimulant. Insulin.
To treat diabetes
To relief pain. To treat a)adrenaline.
Can cause pneumonia, Increase alertness, Steroids.
stomach ulcer gonorrhea, increase heart beat and Body builder
syphilis. is a natural stimulant
Can cause death Cortisone.
to those are b)cocaine. To treat arthritis, allergies
allergic. Local anaesthetic agent and asthma
in surgery, part of the
body become
unconscious

c)amphetamine.
Use as a pep pill to
overcome fatigue,
increase heart beat,
increase respiration
rate, increase blood
pressure and can cause
addiction.

Paracetamol. Streptomycin. Antidepressant.

To relief To treat a) barbiturate.

musculoskeletal tuberculosis, Can be found in sleeping
pain, headacdhe, dysentery. pills.
lower the body Can cause
temperature. nausea. b)tranquiliser.
Can cause liver Drug that can reduce
and kidney *antibiotics tension or anxiety.
damage. prescribed by the Can cause addiction and
doctor should be death.
consumed within
Codeine. the stipulated Antipsychotic drug.
time frame to
To treat cough. ensure all the Drug to treat psychosis
Can cause blurring bacteria causing (hallucination) and
of sight, confusion the disease has schizophrenia (acts
and addiction. been killed by abnormally and cannot
the antibiotics. think logically).

Can cause Parkinson