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Understanding Nutrition: Key Components for a Healthy Diet

Nutrition plays a vital role in maintaining overall health, with carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water being essential elements. Carbohydrates should make up 55% of our diets and come in two types: complex (starches) and simple (sugars), providing energy for the body and brain. Fats include unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats, crucial for brain function. Proteins, containing amino acids, are important for muscle and organ health. Fiber, vitamins, and minerals support digestive health and bodily functions. Adequate water intake, about 8 glasses a day, is essential for hydration.

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Understanding Nutrition: Key Components for a Healthy Diet

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  1. Nurition Abigail Mcdonald Hace 8

  2. Carbohydrates • Should make 55% of are diets • There are two types • Complex (starches) • Simple (sugars) • Main source of energy • Fuels from your muscle to your brain • Explains of foods: • Anything with flour or sugar • Grains • Starchy vegetables • Dairy • Meats • Fruit

  3. Fats • There is three types: • Unsaturated fat • Saturated fat • Trans fat • Helps the brain and the nervous system • A solid or a liquid • Comes in all different foods • Contained in: • oils\butter\nuts\meats

  4. Protein • Its contains amino acids • There are to types: • Complete • Incomplete • Is contained in: • Meats • Nuts • Dairy • Its Helps: • Its helps muscles & organs • Skin and hair

  5. Fibre • You want 20-30 grams a day • Helps prevent: • Blood Cholesterol • Diabetes • Heart disease • Moves through the diegestive system • There are two categories: • Soluble&Insoluble

  6. Vitamins • There are two types: • Fat soluble • Water soluble • Stored in all natural foods • Helps with reproduction and growth • Maintain normal body function • Examples: • Vitamin A (cantaloupe & carrots etc..) • Vitamin B (leafy greens etc..) • Vitamin C (oranges & apples etc..) • Vitamin D (diary products etc…)

  7. Minerals • Are important in regulating many body functions • Keeping blood and bones in top form • Maintaining healthy nerve function • Keeping blood fluids in proper compositing • All naturally grown food has minerals in it • Regulating muscle tone and the cardiovascular system

  8. Water • Human body is normally 70% water • Drink at least 8 glasses a day • Sodas and juices contain high percentage of water • One of the most common substances • Sources • Fruits and vegetables • Bottled and Tap

  9. Sources • http://www.afic.org/Carbohydrates%20and%20Nutrition.htm • http://www.sideroad.com/Diet_and_Nutrition/carbohydrates-in-food-good-carbs-and-bad-carbs.html • http://www.leancuisine.ca/en/NutritionWellness/Nutrition/The_facts_about_carbohydrates.htm • http://kidshealth.org/teen/diabetes_basics/dictionary/carbohydrate.html • http://www.iloveindia.com/nutrition/carbohydrates/types-of-carbohydrates.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fat.html# • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002468.htm • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/protein.html# • http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fiber/ • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/protein.html • http://www.thefoodchart.com/dietary-minerals.php • http://www.womens-health-symmetry.com/minerals.html • http://www.thedietchannel.com/Top-4-Benefits-of-Drinking-Water

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