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Comprehensive Guide to Essential Nutrients: Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals

Discover the vital role of essential nutrients in our health with this comprehensive guide. This article covers carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals, detailing their functions, benefits, and food sources. Learn how carbohydrates provide energy, how fats aid in vitamin absorption, the importance of proteins for tissue repair, and the critical roles of vitamins and minerals in maintaining overall health. Whether you're focusing on nutrition for yourself or for children, understanding these nutrients will help in making informed dietary choices.

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Comprehensive Guide to Essential Nutrients: Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals

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  1. Healthy stuff :P Paula’s half (masterpiece)

  2. Carbohydrates • Provides energy • Two types • Sugars and starches • Starches make you fuller for longer

  3. Carbohydrates • Simple; just sugar ex. Refined sugars fruits milk etc. • Complex; starches ex. Grain products such as, pasta, rice, bread etc.

  4. Fats • Helps devolvement of children • Helps absorb vitamins • Energizes body etc. • 3 types • Saturated; in animal products ex. Butter, meats, milk also in coconut and palm oil etc. • Unsaturated; in plants and fish ex. Olive oil, peanut oil, albacore tuna salmon etc. • Trans; unhealthy, found in margarine, baked and fries goods.

  5. Fats • Saturated; in animal products ex. Butter, meats, milk also in coconut and palm oil etc. • Unsaturated; in plants and fish ex. Olive oil, peanut oil, albacore tuna salmon etc. • Trans; unhealthy, found in margarine, baked and fries goods.

  6. Protein • Fuels body • Helps build/repairs body tissue ex. Bones, heart immune system etc. • Helps red blood cells carry oxygen • Produces amino acids when digested • Amino acids are reused to make protein for muscles and bones • .

  7. Protein • Produces amino acids when digested • Amino acids are reused to make protein for muscles and bones • We usually have more than we need • Contains protein; beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy etc.

  8. fiber • Provides energy • Helps the digestion • Cleans small and large intestines • Can reduce cancer and other diseases • Two types of fiber • Water soluble; dissolves in water, we can digest this, oat bran, legumes, nuts, bean, pectin and various fruits and veggies • Insoluble fiber; doesn’t dissolve in water we cant digest this, cereal, bran and vegetables

  9. Vitamins • Fat soluble: A,D,E,K • Stored in fat tissues & liver • Water soluble: B,C • Not kept long body • Not used comes out in urine • A: helps eyesight - Improves immune system • B: 1, 2, 6, 12, niacin, folic acid, biotin, and pantothenic acid. - Makes red blood cells

  10. Vitamins • C: Helps immune system • Healthy body tissue • D: Builds strong bones • Calcium • E: Protects tissues and cells • K: Helps blood clot • Milk, liver, seafood, fruit, whole grains, ect…

  11. Vitamins • Not enough result in lack of growth • Lack of C tired, weak, soar muscles • Without can get sick easily

  12. Minerals • Helps body grow, develop, stay healthy • Builds strong bones • Sends nerve impulses • Some for hormones & heart beat • Macro (large) trance(small) • Not enough weak bones, immune system

  13. Macrominerals • Means large • Need more than trance minerals • 7 types: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, potassium, sodium • Calcium is top • Strong bones, healthy teeth • Dairy, fish with bones, vegies

  14. TranceMinerals • Means little • Body needs less than macro • 8 types: Iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, selenium • Comes from soil plants grow in • Fertilizers added to soil add minerals

  15. Water • Helps with digestion • Body has 50-70% • Live few days without • Soda has caffeine acts as diuretic • Not enough become sick • 8 glasses per day • Extra when exercising • Milk, soup, fish, chicken etc…

  16. Bibliography • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html# • http://ezinearticles.com/?Healthy-Kids-Stay-Hydrated!&id=575145 • http://nutrition.about.com/od/hydrationwater/a/waterarticle.htm • http://www.livestrong.com/article/259566-facts-on-minerals-in-food/ • http://www.traceminerals.com/trace-minerals • http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Happens-If-My-Body-Doesnt-Have-Enough-Vitamins?&id=294926 • http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Do-Vitamins-Help-Make-Us-Healthier?&id=325270 • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/carb.html# • http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_carbos.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/fat.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html • http://pediatrics.about.com/od/nutrition/a/06_protein_food.htm • http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/fiber.html# • http://www.healthcastle.com/fiber-kids.shtml • http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/get-the-facts-on-fiber • http://www.naturaltechniques.com/dietary_fiber.htm

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