Nutrition Balanced Diet

Nutritional intake for health and well-being.

Lee Villis

Lesson Aims

• To be able to recall the required macronutrients percentages required for health and well-being.

• To be able to define a 'balanced diet'.

• To be able to analyse food requirements through RDA's.

We know performance and recovery from exercise are enhanced by optimal nutrition.

Fill in the Blanks

carbohydrate requirements are likely to contribute to _ - _per cent of total energy.

Multiple Choice

Protein requirements are likely to contribute _ - _%. With the remainder coming from fat.

• 9-12

• 15-20

• 12-15

• 20+

Multiple Choice

'a diet that provides the correct amounts of nutrients without excess or deficiency.' Which key term does this match?

• Healthy Eating

• Balanced Diet

• Nutrition

• Macronutrients

Key Term

Healthy eating – The pursuit of a balanced diet to support health and reduce the risks

of chronic disease. Healthy eating principles should form the solid foundations on which athletes can build more specific nutritional strategies to support training and competition.

Balanced diet for health and well-being

Foods are popularly classed as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy’, with healthy eating often viewed as 'effort' or 'too restrictive.

Here's what BTEC suggest.. Do you have any of these in your lists?!

Open Ended

What is the 'Eat well plate' can you give me examples of anything it suggests?

Food preparation and nutritional composition

Some nutrient loss is a consequence of almost all food preparation processes. Exposure to heat, light or oxygen will alter the nutrients in food.

Poll

Which method of prepping food is best?!

• Boiling

• Steaming

• Frying

• Microwaving

Multiple Choice

Cooking methods that involve water, such as boiling, often reduce micronutrients as they get washed out....

• True

• False

TRUE

This process is called 'leaching'. "Leaching is the process of a solute becoming detached or extracted from its carrier substance by way of a solvent "

Multiple Choice

Steaming and microwaving will NOT help to preserve micronutrient content

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

To optimise nutrient availability, choose good quality foods, preferably natural or lightly processed as these are likely to have a higher nutritional value.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Boiled, grilled and baked items are likely to be lower in fat than fried and roasted items.

• True

• False

Research Task

Juicing and raw foods are now a popular means of trying to increase the nutrient content of the diet for the health conscious. Investigate the potential advantages and disadvantages of these two methods of food preparation.