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Essential Nutrients for Optimal Health: Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins and More

Discover the vital role of essential nutrients in your body. This guide explains how carbohydrates provide energy and protect muscles, the importance of fats for hormone production and vitamin absorption, and how proteins contribute to growth and cell repair. Learn about the two types of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and the necessity of water for overall health. Understand the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats, as well as soluble and insoluble fibers, to make informed dietary choices for a healthier lifestyle.

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Essential Nutrients for Optimal Health: Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins and More

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  1. Essential Nutrients Sydney Oslund Computers 8 Block B

  2. Carbohydrates • Give your body energy to move • Protects your muscles • Two types: Simple, Complex • Simple: found in fruits, candies, and dairy • Complex: found in grain products

  3. Fat • Energy that is stored in the body • Helps in the absorption of fat soluble vitamins and producing hormones • Two kinds: Saturated & Unsaturated • Unsaturated: healthy fats, raise good cholesteral, in nuts, seafood, vegetables • Saturated: Unheathy fats, raise bad cholesteral, in dairy, meat, eggs

  4. Protein • Helps body grow, and repairs damaged cells • Vital for almost every process that occurs in body • Like metalbolism, digestion, oxegen, and transportation of nutrients • Found in: meat, seafood, dairy products

  5. Fibre • Helps your diegestive system work efficently • Two types: soluble and insoluble • Soluble-(vegetables,fruits,nuts,oats/grains) helps lower cholesterol • Insoluble- (nuts, vegetables, grains) helps with constipation

  6. Vitamins • Different vitamins help do vital roles in your body • Two types: fat soluble and water soluble • Fat souble: Vitamins are stored in the fat tissues and used when needed • Found in: A, D, E, and K • Water souble: Travel though bloodstream, need to be replaced often. • Found in:C, B vitamins, B1, B2, B6, B12.

  7. Minerals • Minerals help the body grow, and perform tasks to make your body healthy • Two types: macromineralsand trace minerals • Macrominerals: Needed in larger amounts • Found in: calcium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfur. • Microminerals: Needed in trace amounts • Found in:iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium

  8. Water • Water is our life! Every cell needs it • Flushes unwanted toxins from body • Prevents cancers, dieseases, constipation • Transports oxegen • Provides nutrients for whole body • Humans can live only 2 days without water • Brain, lungs and muscles contain a lot of water

  9. Bibliography • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/carb.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html • http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/fiber.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html • http://kidshealth.org/teen/misc/vitamin_chart.html • http://kihttp://straighthealth.com/pages/qna/what-is-fat.htmldshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/minerals.html

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