Nutrition

1. Nutrition By : Cameron Dawson and Aksel Smit Anseeuw Hace 8 Block A

2. Carbohydrates • Supplies food energy for your body • Types of carbs • Simple carbohydrates (sugars) • in sugar from a sugar bowl, fruit, and milk • Complex carbohydrates (starches) • in grain products such as bread, crackers, pasta, and rice

3. Carbohydrates • 250 grams of carbs per day • 4 calories for each carb • Too many can cause high blood sugar • Can be converted into glucose • The bodies primary source of energy • Left over carbs stored in the liver and muscles

4. Fats • Gives insulation for organs • Types of fats • Unsaturated Fats • in plant foods and fish • Saturated Fats • in animal products such as meat, butter, cheese and milk • Trans fats • Margarine, snack foods, baked goods, and fried foods

5. Fats • Important for healthy growth • Gives insulation against extreme temperature • Men need around 90 grams per day • Women need around 65 grams per day • Transports oxygen to every cell in your body

6. Protein • Helps build bones • Types of protein • Complete • From animals such as meat and milk • Incomplete • From vegetables • Repairs muscle • Grows tissue

7. Protein • Regulates Hormones • Controls Metabolism • Defends against illness • Makes up your body • 1 gram of protein for each Kg of your body each day • Most protein is burned as calories

8. Fiber • Indigestible carbohydrates • Two types: • Soluble Fibre • Fruits, vegetables, and grains. • Stabilizes blood sugar • Insoluble Fibre • Wheat bran, dried beans, whole grains and seeds • Prevents constipation • Helps weight loss

9. Fiber • Prevents colon cancer, constipation, and increases insulin levels • Also known as “roughage”

10. Many types of vitamins Vitamin D Helps bones develop milk and other dairy Vitamin A Helps vision Carrots and other orange fruits and vegetables Vitamin C Helps with healing cuts Oranges and other citrus fruits Vitamin B’s Helps body make protein and energy in leafy green vegetables Vitamins

11. Vitamins • Two types • Fat soluble ~Stored in fat • Vitamin A, D, E, and K • Water soluble ~Flow through blood stream • All of Vitamin B’s (B1, B2 etc.) • Need a variety of vitamins

12. Minerals • Many types of minerals • Calcium • Dairy • Helps with growth of bones • Chloride • Salt and salty vegetables I.E. olives, kelp etc. • Controls flow of fluid in body, regulates acids in body, forms part of acid in stomach • Magnesium • Found in all types of food • Helps with formation of bone and teeth, relaxes muscles, Produces energy

13. Minerals • Phosphorus • Meat, poultry, and fish • Formation of bone and teeth, kidney function, cell growth, and heart contraction • Potassium • Fruit, vegetables, whole grains • Growth of body, building of bones, nerves, and heart activity. • Sodium • Salt • Produces acid in stomach • Sulphur • Protein foods such as eggs, garlic, and Brussels sprouts • Disinfect body, assist immune system, fights aged related disease.

14. Water • More than two-thirds of body weight • Brain • 95% water • Blood • 82% water • Lungs • 90% water • Dehydration if there is a 2% drop in water supply. • Two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen.

15. Water • Many functions • Lubricant • Base of saliva • Forms fluids around joints • Regulates body temperature • Moves food through intestine more easily eliminating constipation • Regulates metabolism • Drinking eight glasses of water daily decreases risk of • Colon cancer by 45% and bladder cancer by 50%

16. Water • 20% of water from food, 80% from beverages • Water is contained in virtually all food especially fruits and vegetables

17. Bibliography • http://www.anyvitamins.com/minerals-info.htm • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber • http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water-education/water-health.htm • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/html • http://www.wikipedia.org/