1. NUTRITION
By: Liv and Sydney

2. Carbohydrates Facts Everyone needs them
Most foods contain of carbohydrates
some complex carbohydrate foods are better than others
4 calories per gram
60% of daily intake
Function
Body will break the carbohydrates into sugar
A main source of energy for body
Protects your muscles
Provides nutrients for friendly bacteria in your intestinal tract

3. Carbohydrates (cont.) Types Simple Also called simple sugars
Found in candy, fruits and milk
better to get simple sugars from nutrients
Complex
Also called starches
Found in bread and crackers etc.…
Foods
Fruits and vegetables
Wheat and grains

4. Fats Facts Fruits and vegetables have no fats
Important part of your healthy diet
Should get about 30% of daily calories from fat
Nearly impossible to fully remove fats from your diet
Produced by the body when the diet provides the body with more calories
Function
Need a certain amount in your diet for brain and nervous system develop correctly
Protects you from cold
Storage of energy
Transmission of nerve impulses

5. Fats (cont.) Types Saturated Solid and room temperature
Mostly in animal foods
Can raise your cholesterol
Trans fat
Been changed by process called hydrogenation
Makes fat harder
Eat as little as possible
Unsaturated fats
Liquid at room temper
Mostly in oils from plants
Foods
Meats
Dairy
Oils

6. Protein
Facts
Muscles, organs, immune system are mostly made by protein
body uses protein to make haemoglobin for red blood cells that carries oxygen to every part of your body
Helps your bones become stronger
most important nutrients for children
Made up of amino
Body needs to manufacture thousands of proteins everyday
1 gram of protein daily for each kilogram of body weight
Function
builds, maintains, and replaces tissue
responsible for growth and repair of the body

7. Protein (cont.) Types Casein protein Slow digestive rich protein
Continues to feed muscles after proteins dropped
Found in milk
Egg protein
Made from egg white
Fat free
High in protein
Once in your system, absorbed by your body
Food
Dairy
Meats

8. Fibre Facts Make you feel full for longer time
prevent diabetes and heart disease
Function
increase fibre intake results in a decrease in the body’s need for insulin
helps clean out intestines by moving bowel movements along
Types
water-soluble
Dissolves in fibre
Lower blood sugar levels
Insoluble
Can not digest it
to collect water that increases stool bulk in the large intestine
Foods
Vegetables, fruit, grains

9. Minerals (cont.) Types Macro-minerals Trace minerals Trace Minerals
means that there is only a little of it
includes iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium
Macro means "large" in Greek
Includes of Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, and Sulfur

10. Minerals (cont.) TRACE Iron Facts Function
Your body cannot make its own minerals and relies upon your own dietary intake to obtain them.
Function
The role of iron relates to red blood cells to carry
Foods
Greens, whole grains
Zinc
Recent research suggests that men have a higher need for zinc than do women.
involved in the metabolism of carbohydrate, energy, protein, carbon dioxide transport.
Oysters, Roasted Pumpkin and Squash Seeds, Lamb , Dark Chocolate

11. Minerals (Cont.) Macro Calcium Facts
the top macro-mineral when it comes to your bones
helps build strong and healthy teeth
Function
Normal growth and development
Keeping the heart beating
Helping blood clotting and regulating blood pressure
Foods
Dairy products

12. Vitamins (cont.) Types Water soluble Fat soluble Fat Soluble
The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K.
When you eat foods that contain fat-soluble vitamins, the vitamins are stored in the fat tissues in your body and in your liver.
Water-soluble
The water-soluble vitamins are B and C
The vitamins don't get stored as much in your body when you eat food that has it in it.
These kinds of vitamins need to be replaced often

13. Vitamins (cont.) Water-soluble Vitamin B Facts
essential for the maintenance for the health and prevention of number of diseases.
Function
B vitamins are a group of water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism.
Foods
Dark-green leafy vegetables, fresh fruits, dairy and meats
Vitamin C
helps our bodies absorb iron from plant foods
also known as ascorbic acid, has a wide variety of uses in the body/helps slow down/prevent cell damage.
Fruits, Vegetables

14. Vitamins (cont.) Fat Soluble Vitamin A Facts
foods that come from animals is called preformed vitamin A.
Function
plays an important role in vision and bone growth
Foods
fruits and vegetables
Vitamin D
essential in the formation of healthy bones and teeth
maintains nervous system

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