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Nutrition. Basic Nutrients. Treat your body like a super high performance engine. Health Tip. Metabolism: the rate at which the body uses energy. Variety! Balance! Variety!. What are nutrients and calories?.
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Nutrition Basic Nutrients
Treat your body like a superhigh performance engine. Health Tip Metabolism: the rate at which the body uses energy.
Variety! Balance! Variety!
What are nutrients and calories? Nutrients: Substances in foods that help with body processes, help with growth, repairs cells, and provides energy. 6 Basic Nutrients: 1. Proteins 2. Carbohydrates 3. Fat 4. Minerals 5. Vitamins 6. Water Calories: A unit of energy produced by food and used by the body.
What are proteins? Proteins are substances that build, repair and maintain… MUSCLE!!!!! What has protein? • Soybeans - Chicken/poultry • Fish - Red Meat • Nuts/Legumes
What are carbohydrates? Carbohydrates are nutrients that are the body’s main source for energy. Simple carbohydrates: Sugars that enter the bloodstream quickly and provide quick energy. Example: candy bars, processed sugars.
What are Complex Carbs? Complex Carbohydrates are starches & fiber. Long periods of energy. • Includes most fruits, vegetables, whole grains. • Starches: substances that are made and stored in most plants. Long term energy source. • Fiber: part of grains and plant foods that cannot be digested.
Why is fiber needed? Fiber: • helps prevent constipation. • may reduce the risk of colon cancer. • may help prevent heart disease. How much fiber should I get a day? 25-30 grams per day
I Need Fat? Why? Fat provides energy and helps the body store and use vitamins. 1 lb. of fat = 3500 calories Saturated fat: Fats that are solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fat: Fats that are liquid at room temperature.
What is Trans Fat? • Trans fat comes from partially hydrogenated oil. • Used to allow for longer shelf life and gives food desirable flavor. • Risk of breast cancer is 3 1/2 times greater among women with high intakes of trans fats.
What do Minerals do for the body?They regulate many chemical reactions in the body. What mineral is this? Salt!
Vitamins: Nutrients that help the body use carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Fat soluble vitamins: vitamins that dissolve and store in fat. Water soluble vitamins: vitamins that dissolve in water and cannot be stored in significant amounts.
What’s best?Water or Sports drinks? • What does water do? • Regulates body temperature. • Helps with waste removal. • Makes up basic part of blood. • Cushions spinal cord and joints How much water should I drink a day? 6-8 glasses of water (8 ounces is a serving)
How long can you live without water? 3-4 Days