Members: Fabian Perez Jonathan Salvador Nutrition and you
You Are What You Eat
nutritional pyramid
Water Its essential to the body because we are made of 72% of water and we need to rehydrate to be healthy and its recommended to drink 6 to 8 cups per day ( It doesn’t include soda or any drink that is not water). it also helps to clean your body for toxins and viruses
Energetic Carbohydrates or monosaccharides, disaccharides, or polysaccharides by the number of monomer (sugar) units they contain. They constitute a large proportion of foods such as rice, noodles, bread, and other grain- based products. Monosaccharide contain one sugar unit, disaccharides two, and polysaccharides three or more. Polysaccharides are often referred to as complex carbohydrates because they are long chains of sugar units
Regulators The fruits and Vegetables are very important in your daily foods. Fruits and vegetables have vitamins and minerals. You have to put in your meal the half of fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes that are fruits and lettuce that is a vegetable. Vitamins help your health like Vitamin C from orange help you immune system when you are ill.
Proteins Proteins give you strength and energy like steak, fish, beans, etc. Milk which is in the dairy list also has proteins and (children have to drink 3 cups of milk a every day) help bones to grow and get stronger.
Energetic (Fats) Polysaccharides are often referred to as complex carbohydrates because they are long chains of sugar units, whereas monosaccharides and disaccharides are simpler. The difference is important: complex carbohydrates take longer to digest and absorb since their sugar units are processed one-by-one off the ends of the chains. The spike in blood-sugar levels after ingestion of simple sugars is thought to be involved in causing heart and vascular disease. Simple sugars form a greater part of modern diets, leading to more cardiovascular disease in populations. Simple carbohydrates are absorbed quickly, and therefore raise blood-sugar levels more rapidly.