IELTS Health and Fitness vocabulary Mindset 3

Thing you body needs to grow and have energy

• Vitamin

• Nutrition

• Nutrients

• Substance

This type of nutrients helps provide the things your body might not be getting on its own

• Bacteria

• Vaccine

• Vein

• Vitamin

Unit for measuring the energy available in foods

• Gram

• Miligram

• Watt

• Calorie

These elements help strengthen bones and teeth, help keep the blood healthy and the heart and other organs

• Minerals

• Chemicals

• Hormones

• Kidneys

Starches and sugars that provide energy

• Sugar

• Carbohydrates

• Supplements

Nutrients used to repair body cells and tissue

• Proteins

• Muscles

• Immune system

The part of grains fruits and vegetables that the body can not break down

• Fats

• Fiber

• Seeds

• Skins

Ability to handle the physical work and play every day without getting tired

• Fitness

• Strength

• Health

Ability to perform vigorous physical activity without getting overly tired

• Strength

• Stress

• Endurance

• Flexibility

Waxy substance used by the body to build healthy cells

• Fat

• Cholesterol

• Fluid

• Water