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Nutrients

Nutrients. The Six Nutrients We Need. Vitamins (Fat Soluble and Water Soluble) Minerals. Proteins Carbohydrates Fats Water. Proteins. How it helps your body Builds and repairs cells Made up of Amino Acids Essential amino acids. Foods with Protein.

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Nutrients

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  1. Nutrients

  2. The Six Nutrients We Need Vitamins (Fat Soluble and Water Soluble) Minerals Proteins Carbohydrates Fats Water

  3. Proteins • How it helps your body • Builds and repairs cells • Made up of Amino Acids • Essential amino acids

  4. Foods with Protein Complete! Incomplete

  5. Carbohydrates • How it helps your body • Main source of energy • Include starches and sugars • Provides fiber

  6. Foods with Carbohydrates

  7. Fats • How it helps your body • Supply energy • Keep skin healthy • Promote growth • Maintain cell membranes • Saturated vs. Unsaturated

  8. Foods with Fat Saturated Unsaturated

  9. Water • How it helps your body • Essential to every body function • Digestion and waste removal • Carries other nutrients • Regulates body temperature

  10. Water! • Half of your body weight in ounces daily. Ex: 100 lbs • drink 50 ounces of water a day.

  11. Urine Chart

  12. Vitamins • Vitamin A • Vitamin D • Vitamin E • Vitamin K • Vitamin C • Vitamin B • Regulate body processes • Help body fight disease Fat Soluble Water Soluble

  13. Fat Soluble Vitamins • Vitamin A: vision, immune system, and reproduction • Vitamin D: maintains blood calcium • Vitamin E: blood thinner • Vitamin K: helps blood clot

  14. Water Soluble • Vitamin C: maintain connective tissue and antioxidant • Vitamin B: coenzymes in energy metabolism

  15. Minerals • Strengthens bones and teeth • Keeps blood healthy • Calcium • Chlorine • Iodine • Iron • Magnesium • Phosphorus

  16. Minerals • Calcium: bone structure • Chlorine: maintain fluid and electrolyte balance • Iodine: regulates body’s metabolic rate • Iron: carries oxygen to tissues and stores oxygen in muscles • Magnesium: muscle contraction, immune function • Phosphorus: mineralization of bones and teeth

  17. How much? • Carbohydrates (45%-65%) • Fats (20%-35%) • Proteins (10%-35%) Fact: Carbohydrates can make fat, but fat can’t make carbohydrates.

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