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Essential Nutrients for Optimal Health

Learn about the importance of carbs, fats, proteins, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and water in maintaining a healthy body. Explore various sources, types, and benefits of each nutrient. Discover key facts to enhance your overall well-being.

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Essential Nutrients for Optimal Health

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  1. Nutrition Peter Chung Hace 8

  2. Carbs • Give you energy • Sources: grains, vegetables, meats, etc… • Keeps you healthy • Unused carbs are turned into glycogen • Types: - simple (sugars) - complex (starches)

  3. Fats • Protects your body from heat and cold • Sources: oils, nuts and some meats • Transports oxygen to every cell in body • Vital to your health • Types: - saturated - mono unsaturated - poly unsaturated

  4. Protein • Boosts your immunity • Sources: dairy and meats & alternatives • Repairs body tissues • Helps burn fat and build muscle • Types: - primary - secondary - tertiary - quaternary

  5. Fibre • Lowers level of cholesterol • Sources: fruits & vegetables • Keeps intestines clean • Cannot be fully digested • Types: - soluble - insoluble

  6. Vitamins • Strengthens your bones • Sources: fruits, vegetables and dairy • Helps you see at night • Heal cuts • Types: - Water Soluble (B&C) - Fat Soluble (A, D, E & K)

  7. Minerals • Help body develop • Sources: sea-food, meat, vegetables, fruits, etc. • Are inorganic nutrients • Types: - calcium - magnesium - sodium - cobalt - fluorine - manganese

  8. Water • Keeps you hydrated • Sources: almost anything you eat • 75% of the body is water • Freezes in temp. 0 and under • Types: - distilled - hard - soft - rain - snow - raw

  9. Bibliography • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/carb.htm • http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/food/carbohydrates.htm • http://www.indoorclimbing.com/carbohydrates.html • http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_12_20/ai_98488443/ • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/carbohydrate • http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-carbohydrates.html • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_fats_do_for_your_bodies • http://pediatrics.about.com/od/nutrition/a/high_fat_foods.htm • http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/FatFacts.html • http://www.healthalternatives2000.com/vitamins-nutrition-chart.html • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_dietary_minerals_contribute_to_good_health • http://www.healthy-vitamin-choice.com/minerals-in-foods.html • http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/vitamins_minerals.html • http://www.uaex.edu/depts/FCS/EFNEP/Lessons/Protein_Calcium_Iron/Protein_Facts.pdf • http://www.shapefit.com/water-facts.html • http://www.healthlinkalberta.ca/Topic.asp?GUID=%7B3E8F41E5-D9F6-439A-BEDF-A73CEA1646B3%7D

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