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By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8

Health & Essential Nutrients. By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8. Carbs. Gives your body energy Two kinds: Simple (quick, sugars) Complex (slow, starches) In grains, fruits, milk, etc. Stored as fat Make Growth Hormones. Fat. Protects & insulate body Stores energy

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By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8

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  1. Health & Essential Nutrients By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8

  2. Carbs • Gives your body energy • Two kinds: • Simple (quick, sugars) • Complex (slow, starches) • In grains, fruits, milk, etc. • Stored as fat • Make Growth Hormones

  3. Fat • Protects & insulate body • Stores energy • Two kinds: • Healthy (unsaturated, omegas, etc… ) • Unhealthy (Saturated, trans ) • In meats and dairy • Can protect from cancer • Make up your cell Membrane

  4. Protein • Used to build muscle • Used to fix red blood cells • 3 Kinds: • Whey (quickly digested) • Casein (slowly digested,) • Egg (absorbed easily) • Found in meats, eggs, nuts, seeds, etc. • Extra amounts are stored as fat, calories • Everything in body has some type

  5. Fibre • Helps move waste through intestines • Reduces “bad” cholesterol • 2 Kinds: • Water-soluble fibre (forms gel in intestines) • Insoluble fibre (collects water to store in intestine) • Found in bran cereal, beans, veggies, fruit, etc. • 80% of people don’t have enough

  6. Vitamins • 4 kinds + what they do: • Vitamin D helps your bones. • Vitamin A helps you see at night. • Vitamin C heals you if you get a cut. • B vitamins make protein and energy. • Found in everything we eat • Used in every single part of the body

  7. Minerals • Work like vitamins • 2 kinds: • Macro (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulphur) • Trace (iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium) • Found in everything we eat • Calcium helps build bones, teeth, etc.

  8. Water • Caries oxygen and nutrients to cells • Helps control blood pressure • Stops constipation • Gets rid of toxins that you breath in • Body is 60% water

  9. Bibliography • http://www.blurtit.com/q1415112.html • http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/FatFacts.html • http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html • http://ezinearticles.com/?Different-Types-of-Protein&id=1080942 • http://caloriecount.about.com/protein-facts-nf203 • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071105171037AAMVonO • http://factsaboutvitamins.net/

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