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Essential Nutrition Guide: Carbohydrates, Fats, Protein, Fiber, Vitamins, Minerals & Water

Learn about the importance of key nutrients for optimal body function, including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and water. Discover their sources, benefits, and impact on your health.

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Essential Nutrition Guide: Carbohydrates, Fats, Protein, Fiber, Vitamins, Minerals & Water

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  1. Nutrition By Kristen Binley Computers 8

  2. Carbohydrates • Fuels you to make your body function • Examples: fruit, beverages including orange juice, milk • Provides about half of your body’s energy • Are found in breads, pastas, wines, fruits. • Two types: • Simple (all sugars) • Complex (fiber and startches)

  3. Fats • Nutrients in food that the body uses to build tissue • Body uses fat as fuel. • Body saves fat for when food is scarce. • Two harmful fats: • saturated fat and trans fat. • Examples: butter, meat, french fries doughnuts, soybeans, oils, fish

  4. Protein • Necessary for the building and repair of body tissues.  • Prevents one from becoming easily tired • Examples- grains, legumes, seeds, nuts and vegetables • Two types: • Complete protein- source that contains all 8 essential acids • Incomplete proteins- proteins that lacks one or more of the 8 essential acids.

  5. Fiber • Helps the body to flush out bad fluids • Is in fruits, vegetables and grains. • Two types of fiber: • Water-soluble- dissolves in water and is found in oat bran and various fruits and vegetables • Insoluble- cannot be dissolved in water bodies cannot digest it.

  6. Vitamins • Your body needs them to work properly • Examples: carrots, milk, oranges, and any vegetable • Two types: • Fat soluble- stored in your body until needed • Water soluble- travel through your blood • Waits in your body fat until your body needs them.

  7. Minerals • Important for proper functioning of the body • Examples: milk, meat, nuts, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, grains • Types: • Magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium • Something that is necessary for our growth

  8. Water • Removes dangerous fluids that your body takes in • Carries nutrients into all your cells • Examples: All fruits and most vegetables • Roughly 70% of an adult’s body is water • The weight a person loses after activities is water

  9. Bibliography • http://www.iloveindia.com/nutrition/carbohydrates/functions-of-carbohydrates.html • http://www.mamashealth.com/nutrition/carbo.asp • http://www3.georgetown.edu/admin/auxiliarysrv/dining/Nutrition/protein.html • http://www.answerfitness.com/518/what-is-a-complete-protein/ • http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Does-Fiber-Do-For-Your-Body---Dietary-Fiber-Flushes-Out-Toxins-and-Makes-Bowel-Movement-Easier&id=2230545 • http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/watersounds.shtml • http://www.gifmania.ca/

  10. Bibliography (continued) • http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:fiber&ei=EYINS_O9KovYtgPP3NmsAw&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAgQkAE • http://naturaltechniques.com/dietary_fiber.htm • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_minerals_help_the_human_body • http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html • http://www.gifs.net/gif/ • http://www.gif.com/

  11. Thanks for watching! The End

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