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Essential Nutrients: Understanding Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals

This PowerPoint presentation by Spencer Beaumont covers essential nutrients vital for human health, including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water. It explains the types and functions of these nutrients, providing examples and how they contribute to energy production, tissue repair, and overall bodily functions. Discover how different kinds of fats affect heart health, the importance of vitamins for functionality, and the role of minerals in bodily operations. Learn the significance of hydration and how fiber promotes digestive health.

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Essential Nutrients: Understanding Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals

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  1. Nutrition PowerPoint By: Spencer Beaumont Computers 8

  2. Carbohydrates • Produces energy • Types • Simple (sugars) • Complex (starches) • Examples vegetables, fruit, Beans, beans, etc... • Facts: simple sugars cause the blood sugar level to rise more quickly

  3. Fats • Fats fuel the body and help absorb some vitamins. • types • Unsaturated fats: . good for heart health • Saturated fats: too much can raise blood cholesterol • Trans fats: like saturated fats • FactsVitamins A, D, E, and K can only be digested, absorbed, and transported via fats. • Examples: Meats, plant foods etc...

  4. Protein • builds and repairs tissues. • Different Kinds of Protein • complete (all amino acids) • Incomplete ( not all amino acids) • Examples: meats, nuts, cheese, fish etc... • Facts vegetariansget all their amino acids by eating protein-rich vegetables

  5. Vitamins • Your body needs them to work properly • Types: fat soluble and water soluble. • Examples: fruit, the sun, vegetables, milk • Facts: Vitamin D helps your bones, Vitamin A helps you see at night • Vitamin C helps your body heal • Vitamin B helps your body make protein and energy.

  6. Minerals • Helps your body function properly • Types: Macro minerals and Trace Minerals • Examples: Iron, Calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, fish, dried fruit, meat, dairy products, fruit • Facts: most macro minerals can be found in salt water

  7. Fiber • Types: water-soluble and insoluble • Function: helps move food through the digestive system • Examples: like fruits, vegetables, and grains, bread • Facts: It may also lower LDL cholesterol as well as help prevent diabetes and heart disease.

  8. Water • Important jobs in the human body need water • Only one type if you don’t count salt water • Examples: Water, fruit, meat, vegetables, bread • Facts: When your body does not have enough water you become dehydrated

  9. bibliography • http://kidshealth.org • www.chem4kids.com • http://www.high-fiber-health.com/kids.html • http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dietary_mineral

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