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Nutrients

Nutrients. By Alexia Booth Block A. Carbohydrates. Gives energy Sources: wheat, fruits, vegetables, dairy ect . broken simple sugars, absorbed bloodstream Complex broken slowly may increase health problems Nutrients eaten provide energy 2 types: simple-sugars & Complex-starches.

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Nutrients

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  1. Nutrients By Alexia BoothBlock A

  2. Carbohydrates • Gives energy • Sources: wheat, fruits, vegetables, dairy ect. • broken simple sugars, absorbed bloodstream • Complex broken slowly • may increase health problems • Nutrients eaten provide energy • 2 types: simple-sugars & Complex-starches

  3. Fats • Provides engery • Nuts, oils, butter, and meats ect. • Sounds like shouldn't eat, fat is important • Fat helps satisfy • Older 2 years need 30% fat • Greasy substance in organic tissue • 2 types: Saturated & Trans

  4. Protein • builds up, maintains, replaces tissues • Sources: meat, fish, dairy, nutsect. • muscles, organs, and immune mostly protein • used to build cardiac muscle • uses protein to make specialized molecules • tissue in molecules, as a food source • Different types that do different things

  5. Fibre • Hold tissue together • Sources: Grain, fruits , legumes • Fiber -carbohydrates that cant be digested • Both kinds of fiber as part of a healthy diet • Carbohydrates are with fiber • Material in long pieces that hold tissue • Types: Textile, natural & man made

  6. Vitamin • Makes body work • All foods • Strong bones to transmit nerveimpulses • Help body grow, develop, stay healthy • Builds strong, healthy teeth • Group of organic essentials • Types: macrominerals & trace minerals

  7. Minerals • Helps body grow, develop, & stay healthy • Diary, Veggies, Fruits, Meat, Grains ect. • Includes iron, manganese, copper, ect. • Build strong bones • Build strong, healthy teeth • Class substances occurring in nature • Types: macrominerals & trace minerals

  8. Water • Provides oxygen, makes up blood • In everything • You can get dehydrated • Water is also in lymph • Part of your immune system • A transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid

  9. Bibliography • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/carb.html • http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/sugar.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fat.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html • http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/fiber.html# • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/minerals.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/water.html

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