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Nutrients

Nutrients. And the Food Pyramid. What are nutrients?. Nutrients: Substances that helps our body process, grow and repair Found in food Provide energy Essential Nutrients: Protein, Fat, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals and Water. Protein. Builds and repairs 4 Kcal/gram

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Nutrients

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  1. Nutrients And the Food Pyramid

  2. What are nutrients? • Nutrients: • Substances that helps our body process, grow and repair • Found in food • Provide energy • Essential Nutrients: • Protein, Fat, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals and Water

  3. Protein • Builds and repairs • 4 Kcal/gram • Amino Acids/ Complete Proteins • Chicken, cheese or eggs • Incomplete Proteins • Beans, seeds or rice

  4. Protein • If I ate a spoonful of peanut butter that had 7 grams of protein, how many calories would I have consumed? • Reminder: Protein has 4 Kcal/gram

  5. Protein and the Pyramid What food groups can you find protein in?

  6. Fat • Long term energy • 9 Kcal/gram • Healthy: • Monounsaturated (olive oil), Polyunsaturated (nuts and seeds) and Fatty Acids (salmon) • Not Healthy: • Trans Fat (baked or fried0, Saturated Fat (animal products)) and cholesterol (animal)

  7. Fat • In the same spoonful of peanut butter, 16 grams of fat is provided. How many calories in the peanut butter are from fat? • Reminder: Fat has 9 Kcal/gram

  8. FAT and the Pyramid What food groups can you find fat in?

  9. Carbohydrates • Immediate energy • 4 Kcal/gram • Simple: broken down and digested quickly • Sugars, fruit juice and milk • Complex: longer to digest; fiber • Vegetables, whole grains and oatmeal

  10. Carbohydrates • The very same spoonful of peanut butter also provides carbohydrates, 7 grams of it. How many calories are attributed to carbohydrates? • Reminder: Carbohydrates have 4 Kcal/gram

  11. Carbohydrates and the Pyramid What food groups can you find carbohydrates in?

  12. Putting it together • Many foods provide more than one nutrient. Peanut butter, for example, provides protein, fat and carbohydrates. • If 7 grams of protein, 7 grams of carbohydrates, and 16 grams of fat were consumed in one spoonful of peanut butter, how many calories were consumed total?

  13. Vitamins • Assist body with processes • No caloric value • Fat soluble: vitamins that dissolve in fat and are stored in body • A, D, E and K • Water soluble: need to dissolve in water before the body can store them • Vitamin C and B Vitamins

  14. Vitamins and the Pyramid What food groups can you find vitamins in?

  15. Minerals • Regulate chemical reactions • No caloric value • Macro: large amounts • Calcium • Trace: small amounts • Iron and Zinc

  16. Minerals and the Pyramid What food groups can you find minerals in?

  17. Water • Waste removal, body regulation and blood formation • No caloric value • 6-8 glasses a day

  18. Nutrients and the Pyramid • Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates provide energy • What food groups are each of these nutrients strongly associated with? • Provide three healthy food choices for each of the three nutrients mentioned

  19. Nutrients and the Pyramid In which food groups would you place your food choices?

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