Chapter 7: Nutrition for Life Unit 2: Health and Your Body Section 1: Carbs, Fats, and Proteins Section 2: Vitamins, Minerals, and water Section 3: Meeting your Nutritional Needs Section 4: Choosing a Healthful Diet

Do Now What are your favorite foods? Would you consider them to be healthy or nutritious? How would you rate your eating habits, from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest. Please explain why.

Objectives Name the 6 classes of nutrients Identify the functions and food sources of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Describe the need for enough fiber in your diet. Identify one health disorder linked to high levels of saturated fats in the diet. Describe how diet can influence health.

Key Terms Nutrition: Nutrient: Carbohydrate: Fat: Protein:

What is Nutrition Nutrition: the study of food. Nutrients: substance in food that provides energy.

Six Classes of Nutrients 1.Carbohydrate: Nutrient that provides energy (sugar, starch, fibers). 2.Fat: Stores energy in the body. 3.Protein: Amino acids that repair and build body structures such as muscles. 4.Vitamins: 5.Minerals: 6.Water:

Balanced Diet Keeps You Healthy Too little food: weight loss, poor growth, and possible death. Too much food: Excess body fat, heart disease, high blood pressure, Diseases caused by poor nutrition: Obesity, heart disease, osteoporosis, cancer, and diabetes.

Carbohydrates Simple: SugarsComplex: Starches sugarStarch Fruitpotatoes MilkBeans and peas CandyGrains such as rice sodaCorn Cakesbread NO NUTRIENTS in these foodsCONTAINS NUTRIENTS

Carbohydrates continued… Glycogen: Quick energy reserve Fiber: Can not be digested but is good for intestines and colon.

Fats Saturated Fat: Milk, butter, ice cream, – Leads to obesity Unsaturated Fat: olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, flower oil, soybean oil – Can protect from heart disease Cholesterol: Found in animals. Forms on blood vessels and restricts blood flow.

Proteins Repairs the body and helps create new cells. Complete Proteins: Meat, eggs, and dairy. Incomplete Proteins: Beans, grains, and vegetables. Both are necessary in a healthy diet % of calories should come from proteins.

Exit Slip: Unit 7. Sec 1 What are the 6 classes of nutrients? Define protein and provide 3 examples. Define Carbohydrate and provide 3 examples. Define fat and provide 2 examples.

Chapter 7: Nutrition for Life Unit 2: Health and Your Body Section 1: Carbs, Fats, and Proteins Section 2: Vitamins, Minerals, and water Section 3: Meeting your Nutritional Needs Section 4: Choosing a Healthful Diet

Do Now Self-assess your drinking habits. – What do you drink the most? Soda, juice, water? How much water do you drink a day? How many glasses of water do you think are required a day?

Objectives Describe the functions and food sources of 7 Vitamins Describe the functions and food sources of 7 minerals. Identify the importance of drinking enough water every day. Name 2 ways to increase your calcium intake.

Key Terms Vitamin Mineral Nutrient Nutrient Deficiency

Vitamins Vitamins are a class of nutrients that contain carbon and are needed in small amounts. 2 types – Fat Soluble Vitamins – Water Soluble Vitamins

Fat-Soluble Vitamins VitaminFoods that have itWhat it does A D E K

Water-Soluble Vitamins VitaminFoods that have itWhat it does

Minerals Are a class of nutrients that are chemical elements that are needed for certain processes, such as enzyme activity and bone formation. – Vitamins and Mineral Supplements – Sodium – Calcium – Iron

Water 60% of your body is made up of water. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Exit Slip: Unit2, Sec2 What is a vitamin and what are the two types? Which food has Vitamin A and how does it help your body? What is a mineral? Provide 3 examples. What percent of your body is made up of water and how many glasses of water should you drink a day?