1. Chapter 7: Nutrition for Life
Section 1: Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins
Section 2: Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
Section 3: Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
Section 4: Choosing a Healthful Diet

2. Section 1: Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins
Nutrition
“The science or study of
_____.”
The ways in which the _____ uses food .
The study of how and why we make _____ choices.
Nutrients
“Substances in food that
provide ______ or help
form body tissues.”
Are necessary for life and ______.

3. Six Classes of Nutrients:
There are six classes of
nutrients in food:
Carbohydrates
Fats
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
Water
To stay alive, healthy, and growing, a person must eat and drink the right amounts of ___________.
Eating too little food causes ________ loss, poor _______, and if severe enough, death.
Eating too _____ food can also cause illness
What you eat today not only affect how you look and feel right now, it can affect your ________ in the future.

4. Food = Fuel for Your Body
_______ provides the fuel that runs your body.
The _______ in food that provide energy are carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
The energy in food is measured in ________.
The sum of the chemical processes that take place in your body to keep you alive and active is called _________.

5. Food Energy and Calories
1 gram of carbohydrate has ___ k/cal
1gram of protein has
___ k/cal
1 gram of fat has ___ k/cal
The energy in food is measured in _________ (calories).
A kilocalorie is “the amount of _______ needed to raise the temperature of 1 ____________ (a little more than 4 cups) of water 1 degree Celsius.”

6. Note: These percentages are for teens.
Calories from Food
A “balanced” diet of carbohydrate, protein and fat should consist of the following percentages of your total calories consumed each day:
Note: These percentages are for teens.
Carbohydrates: ______ %
Fats: ______ %
Protein: ______ %

7. Carbohydrates – Two Basic Types
“Sugars” - Simple Carbohydrates
Made up of single or double sugar molecules
Include:
__________ – (blood sugar)
single sugar molecule, the only
form of sugar that the body can
convert to usable energy
__________- single sugar
molecule, found naturally in
fruit and honey
________ – (also called milk sugar),
double sugar molecule, made by
animals, found in dairy products
_________ – (table sugar), double sugar molecule, found in candies
“Starches” - Complex Carbohydrates
Made up of larger sugar molecules, takes longer to be broken down and used by body
Include:
________ – made of many glucose molecules linked together
_________ – made in the body, made of many glucose molecules, stored in the muscles and livers of humans and animals, can be broken down to provide a quick source of glucose
_______ – made of many glucose molecules, found in fruits and vegetables, cannot be digested by humans, needed for healthy digestive system

8. “Sugars” – Simple Carbs
Provides ________ for cells in the form of glucose
All forms of sugar must be broken down into ________ before can be used by body for energy
Some _______ naturally in foods (milk, fruits, vegetables)
Some _______ are added to foods (candy, baked goods, cereals)

9. ‘Starches” – Complex Carbs
Type of _________ carbohydrate
Made up of many sugar molecules hooked together.
Eaten in food and broken down into simple sugars that can be used by _________.
Most starches come from plant foods.
__________ vegetables include potatoes, legumes (beans and peas) grains (rice, corn, wheat).
Recommendation – % of ca_________ in diet should come from carbohydrates.
Most of calories should come from complex ______________.

10. “Fiber” – Complex Carb Type of complex carbohydrate
Provides little ________.
Cannot be ________ by humans
Absolutely necessary for digestion – keeps
colon healthy by moving material through
intestine preventing ______________.
Helps prevent colon _______ and _______
disease
Two Types of Fiber:
________ Fiber – dissolves in water, holds water in intestine increasing volume of material in ___________ tract, help protect you from heart disease by trapping bad _________ in food eaten (lowers blood cholesterol)
Insoluble Fiber – adds _______ to body’s waste, found in hard or stringy part of ________, vegetables, and grains, found in whole grain breads, fruits, vegetables and legumes.

11. Fats Essential ________ (our bodies need it to function properly)
Fats add texture, _________, and aroma to food
Eating too much ______ and eating the wrong kinds of fat can increase risk of weight gain, heart disease, and cancer
Fats – also called “________”
Fats are large molecules that are made up of two kind of smaller molecules – ________ and __________.
Fat molecules are also called ___________ because three fatty acid molecules are one glycerol molecule

12. Facts About Fat (Lipids)
Fat us an essential nutrient. (We _______ it).
Too little fat in or diet will lead to ____________
Too much fat in our _______ will lead to weight gain.
Too much of the “bad” kind of fat can raise blood cholesterol levels
Fat in our body provides ________ and _________
Dietary fat is needed to make regulatory ________ and coating on nerve cells
Fats in foods add ________ and ________ and make us feel full.

13. Types of Lipids Made up of saturated fatty _________.
Saturated Fats
Made up of saturated fatty _________.
Saturated fatty acids are large.__________ molecules that are bonded with many hydrogen atoms.
Thus – the molecule is “saturated” with hydrogen atoms.
Most saturated fats are _________ at room temperature.
Most saturated fats come from _________ sources (meat, milk, ice cream, butter.
Unsaturated Fats
Made up of a chain of carbon atoms with one or more double bond between them.
Molecules do not hold as many ________ atoms.
Thus – the unsaturated fatty molecule is NOT saturated with hydrogen atoms.
Unsaturated fats come from __________.
Tend to be _______ at room temperature.

14. Two Types of Unsaturated Fats
Monounsaturated Fats
Good fats – help lower risk of _________ disease.
Found in _______ oil, canola oil, and peanut oil.
Polyunsaturated Fats
Fatty acids that contain more than ______ double bond.
Examples – corn oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil.
Omega-3 oil found in _____ and seafood is a polyunsaturated fat that can provide extra protection against heart disease.

15. Dietary Fats and Lipids to Eat With Caution
Transfats
Unsaturated fats that are formed when ____________ oils are made into hard margarines.
Increase the risk of heart disease
Found in processed foods that go “___________.”
Often labeled “______________ vegetable oils.”
Cholesterol
Necessary for certain body functions.
Our _________ makes cholesterol
Found only in _________ food sources – (meats, fish, poltry, milk and eggs), not in plants.
Binds with low density lipoproteins (LDLs – bad cholestero) in our blood and stick to inside of arteries to form plaque.
High density lipoproteins(HDL – good cholesterol) reduces risk of cholesterol, certain unsaturated fats can raise HDL levels in blood.
Increases chances of __________ disease and __________.

16. Proteins Your muscle, skin, hair, and nails are made
up of mostly protein.
Proteins in the body help _______ new cells
and repair existing ones.
Protein is needed to form ___________, enzymes and antibodies.
Protein not used immediately as _______ will be stored as fat.
Proteins are made up of molecule chains
called _________ _______.
____ different amino acids in the body.
___ of the 22 cannot be made by the body.

17. Two Types of Amino Acids
Essential Amino Aids
The nine of the 22 that cannot be made by the body are _________ to make body protein.
Must be _______ in diet to meet body’s needs.
Nonessential Amino Acids
The 13 amino acids that can be made by the body
combine with the essential amino acids that are in the foods we eat to ________. and form new body tissue (muscles, _______, nails).

18. Types of Protein Complete Protein
Protein foods in our diet that contains ALL of the essential amino acids.
_________ proteins contain all of the essential amino acids.
__________ plant sources will give you a complete protein.
Examples of combining plant source foods to get a complete protein:
Beans + grains = _______ protein
Nuts + grains or vegetables = complete _________

19. Section 2: Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
A class of nutrients needed in _______ amounts to maintain health and allow growth.
Vitamins are classified by whether they ________ in fat or water.
This “_________” affects how the vitamins are taken into the body, used, stored, and eliminated.

20. Vitamin / Foods That Have It
Fat-Soluble Vitamins Dissolved in fat. Stored in fat tissue in body. Remain in body for a long time.
Vitamin / Foods That Have It
Vitamin A – found in________, yellow and orange fruits and vegetables, dark-green leafy vegetables, eggs, cheese, butter.
Vitamin D – found in _____ oils and fish, fortified milk, liver, egg yolk, produced in the body when skin is exposed to UV rays (________).
What It Does
Keeps _____ and skin healthy, needed for growth and for strong bones and teeth.
Promotes absorption of __________ and phosphorus in the intestine, needed for strong bones and teeth.

21. Fat-Soluble Vitamins - continued
Vitamin / Foods That Have It
__________ E – Vegetable oils, beans, peas, nuts, dark-green vegetables, whole __________.
Vitamin K – __________ vegetables (spinach, kale, broccoli) also produced in intestine by bacteria.
What It Does
_________ cell membranes from damage by connecting to “free radicals” in blood (extra oxygen atoms) that can cause damage to cells
Aids in _______ clotting

22. Water-Soluble Vitamins Not stored in body
Water-Soluble Vitamins Not stored in body. Needed for release of energy from carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
What It Does
Needed to produce _______ from foods eaten, for metabolism and other important body functions.
Promotes healthy _____ and teeth, aids in wound healing, aids in iron absorption, acts as _____________ – protects body cells from damage.
Vitamin / Foods that Have It
B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12 – Various B vitamins found in __________, cereals, beans, meat, dairy products, eggs, green vegetables.
Vitamin C- ________ fruits, melons, strawberries, green vegetables, peppers.

23. Minerals
Needed for certain processes such as enzyme activity and ________ formation.
More than 20 minerals are essential in small amounts to maintain good health.
Taking a _______ and mineral supplement can prevent nutrient deficiency (not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good health.
Best to _____ nutrient rich foods – rather than taking a __________.
Calcium
Chromium
Copper
Fluoride
Iodine
Iron
Magnesium
Potassium
Phosphorus
Selenium
Sodium
Sulfur
Zinc

24. Water Can only live a few days without water.
Essential for almost all body functions.
Extra water ________ be stored in body – must take in water as it leaves your body (sweat, urine, feces, breathing).
Must take in at least 2.5 ______ per _____ to replace normal water loss.
Can get water from foods.
About _______% of weight of fruits and vegetables is water
Caffeinated and alcoholic .beverages cause the body to excrete (lose) ______ water.
Dehydration can cause thirst, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, dry eyes and mouth, nausea, confusion and constipation.
When you sweat you lose water weight (not fat).