Nutrients or Why we can't eat pizza for every meal

Protein is used to…

• Make new muscle and parts of cells

• Store energy

• Give our cells energy

• Make the outside of a cell

Lipis are used to…

• Build the brain and parts of cells

• Store blood for later use

• Make new muscle

• Send messages between your cells

Carbohydrates…

• Are used to build the brain and nervous system

• Make new muscles and cells

• Send messages to your brain

• Store sugar to be used as energy

Sugar is…

• A simple carbohydrate used for energy

• A simple fat used for energy

• A simple protein used for energy

• A simple lipid used for energy

What is a calorie?

• It is used to tell how much food weighs

• It is used to measure the amount of energy in food

• Another Word for fat

• It is used to measure the fat and sugar in food

How do calories make people fat?

• When their bodies turn them into sugar

• When they eat foods with certain types of calories

• When they take in more calories tan they burn

• When they exercise a lot but don’t eat many calories

How can you tell if a fat is unsaturated?

• It melts at room temperature

• It has no taste

• It stays solid at room temperature

• It has no calories

What is bad about saturated fats?

• They have a lot of calories without many nutrients

• They break down too easily in your digestive system

• They have too many nutrients for your body to break down

• They have very few calories to use as energy

Why are complex carbohydrates better tan simple ones?

• Complex carbohydrates combine more easily with other foods

• Complex carbohydrates give you more instant energy

• Complex carbohydrates take longer to digest and make you feel full longer

• Complex carbohydrates have been processed to remove the bad parts

What does the color White tell you about a food like rice or bread?

• It is a carbohydrate

• It has had some of its nutrients removed

• It has a lot of its nutrients

• It has fewer calories tan other color foods