Nutrition

what is nutrition?

• Is the process by which living things provide or obtain the necessary food for health and growth.

• A diet consisting of a variety of different types of food.

• is the process by lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat.

• Is the type of food a person eat to get health and strong.

Foods like cheese, eggs, and milk are rich in?

• Carbohydrates

• Protein

• Vitamins

• minerals

Foods we commonly eat in the Caribbean are placed in six food groups such as:

• Fruits, vegetables, vitamins, starchy, minerals and legumes

• proteins, legumes, fats , dairy, whole grain, staples.

• staples, legumes, , vegetables, animals foods, fruits, oil and sugar.

• staples, legumes, vegetables, fruits, food from animals, fats and oil.

Some good sources of carbohydrates are:

• milk, cereals, fruits, vegetables.

• bread, rice, biscuit, ripe banana.

• bread, green banana, rice, biscuit.

• chicken, fish, cabbage, biscuit.

Carbohydrates provide us with __________ for all our activities.

• starches

• Energy

• calcium

• iron

Vitamins are food substances that the body needs in small portions to :

• to resist and protect the body against certain diseases of the skin, bones, eye and teeth.

• supply warmth for the body cells.

Is water a nutrients ?

• True

• False

Fruits and Vegetables are forms of carbohydrates .

• True

• False

We should have a daily intake of proteins in our diet, but not minerals.

• True

• False