Nutrition and Food Health 1

Nutrition and Food Health

Understanding Nutrients

• Nutrients are important to keeping you healthy.

• Your body gets its fuel from food.

• Your body is always using energy, even while you sleep.

Understanding Nutrients

Nutrients come in two types:

One type gives you the energy you need for work and play.

The other type of nutrient provides the building blocks needed to grow and to repair your body.

Understanding Nutrients

-Learning about nutrients, and nutrition can help you make more healthful choices about the foods you eat.

- Scientists have identified more than 40 nutrients.

However, they all can be grouped into six main classes:

proteins

carbohydrates

fats

vitamins

minerals

water

Multiple Choice

What are the 6 main nutrient groups?

• pizza, cake, sodas, fries, chips and hamburgers.

• Wheats, grains, oats, quinoa, barley and hops

• proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.

• breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, and dessert.

Carbohydrates

• Carbohydrates are made of sugar molecules.
• They are your body’s main source of energy
•  Your body needs carbohydrates to use as energy throughout the day and even during the night.
• As you sleep, your body continues to use energy.

Carbohydrates

-Two types of carbohydrates are found in foods: simple and complex.

-Simple carbohydrates are sugars.

They occur naturally in foods like fruit, milk, and honey.

-Sugars may also be added when foods are processed.

-Sugars are used by the body for energy. Any sugars that are not used are stored as body fat

Carbohydrates

-Complex carbohydrates are starches, which are made up of long chains of sugar linked together.

-Complex carbohydrates are found in foods such as potatoes, seeds, and whole-grain cereals.

-Your body cannot use these nutrients directly. First, it must break them down through the process of digestion

Multiple Choice

There are 2 types of Carbohydrates.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of carbohydrates?

• Major and Minor

• Simple and Complex

• Good and Bad

• Fast processing and Slow processing.

Vitamins and Minerals

-Two other kinds of nutrients that the body needs are vitamins and minerals.

-Some vitamins help your body fight disease. Others help your body produce energy.

-Your body uses only small amounts of minerals, but they are essential to your health.

- Minerals help to regulate body functions.

Multiple Select

Which of these are other types of nutrients our bodies need?

• Vitamins

• fluoride

• Medications

• Minerals

Water

• Water is essential to every body function you have.

• In fact, a person can live for only about a week without it.

• Your body uses water to carry other nutrients to your cells. Water also helps with digestion, removes waste, and cools you off.

• Teen girls should drink about 9 cups of water per day and teen boys should drink about 13 cups of water each day.

  
  

Water

• To make sure your body is getting enough water, drink with your meals.

• You can also get water from many foods, such as fruits and vegetables, and from beverages such as milk.

•  Beverages containing caffeine cause the body to lose water. These beverages, such as coffee, some teas, and cola drinks should be used only in moderation.

  
  

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Multiple Select

Why is drinking water so important for our health?

• It tastes good.

• A person can only live 1 week without water.

• It carries nutrients to our cells.

• It helps us not to get thirsty.

Nutrients are very important for our bodies and we should eat and drink food that provides our body with all the needed nutrients needed.