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2. Fibre • Keeps your digestive system healthy • Controls the amount of food you eat • Lowers risks of: • Heart disease • Colon Cancer • Digestive problems • Improves peoples blood sugar • Good sources: • Fruits • Vegetables • Beans • Bread

3. Fibre (cont.) • 2 types • Soluble fibre • Insoluble Fibre • Soluble - dissolves in water. Lowers blood cholesterol and controls blood sugars. • Insoluble – doesn’t dissolve in water. Prevents constipation, keeps digestive system healthy, lowers risks of cancer • Only eat 50 grams of fibre a day • If you don’t get enough fibre: • Constipation • Pockets in Colon • Diseases

4. Vitamins • Types: • Vitamin A • Vitamin B • Vitamin C • Vitamin D • Vitamin A: • Improves eyesight • Keeps skin healthy • Vitamin A Found in: • Eggs • Milk • Apricots • Carrots • Spinach • Yogurt • Vitamin B: • Energizes body • Makes read blood cells • Found in: • Wheat • Oats • Seafood • Leafy green vegetables • Milk • Beans • Peas

5. Vitamins (cont.) • Vitamin C: • Builds strong bones • Strengthens gums • Strengthens muscles • Heals wounds • Found in: • Oranges • Tomatoes • Broccoli • Cabbage • Strawberries • - Vitamin D: • - From the sun • - Strengthens bones • - Strengthens teeth • - Absorbing calcium • - Found in: • - Fish • - Egg yolk • - Milk • - Cheese

6. Minerals • Found in: • Dairy products • Meat • Vegetables • Toothpastes • Drinks (juice) • Each mineral has own function • Minerals can: • Build strong bones and teeth • Help red blood cells • Help muscles • Help nervous system • Maintains amount of water in blood • Helps you grow • Build strong immunity • Helps cuts heal

7. Minerals (cont.) • Definition: dietary elements • Two types of Minerals: • Macro Minerals • Trace Minerals • Macro: minerals you need a lot of • Trace: minerals you don’t need a lot of • If you don’t get enough minerals: • Lose weight fast • Don’t eat • Lose sleep

8. Carbohydrates • A sugar or starch that is a source of energy • 2 Types of carbs; - Simple (Sugars) - Complex (Starches) • Starches; -found in plants, white powdery substance, no taste or smell. • Sugar; -sweet-tasting substance, white powder, found in sugar cane -lactose- milk sugar, fructose- fruit sugar, sucrose- table sugar)

9. Carbohydrates (cont.) • Body's main source of energy • Fuels everything from muscles to brain. • Should be 50% to 60% of total calories • Foods with complex carbs; • grain products, such as bread, wheat, and pasta • Foods with simple carbs; • -candy, chocolate, cakes, and fruit

10. Water • Clear, colorless, odourless, tasteless liquid • What water does to your body • Suppresses appetite • Improves muscle tone • Keeps you hydrated • Prevents water retention • Water makes up 60% of your body weight • Need 2.5 litres per day of water • 75% of muscles are made of water • Easily get 20% of daily fluid from food • Water has no calories

11. Water (cont.) • Helps many medical problems; • Fatigue • Allergies • Depression • Digestive problems • Urinary problems • Constipation • Foods with high water content; • Fruits • Vegetables

12. Protein • Molecule made of smaller units called amino acids • 20 amino acids altogether • 11 come from body; • 9 from nutrition we eat • Protein makes up; • Bones • Tissue • Organs • Hair • Skin • Etc… • Protein can’t be stored, so it needs daily replenishing

13. Protein (cont.) • More active makes faster protein breakdown • What amino acids can do; • Help fat loss • Get you mind ready for activities • Help growth, maintenance, and repair of tissues • Make Haemoglobin (carries oxygen around body) • Makes antibodies which fight diseases • Helps cuts heal up faster • Foods with high protein; • Dairy • Eggs • Lean meats • Beans and Lentils • Tofu

14. Fats • Soft, greasy substance occurring in organic tissue • Consists of lipids (natural molecules) • Types of fats; (BAD) • Trans fats • Saturated fats (GOOD) • Monounsaturated fats • Polyunsaturated fats • Fats are what make you gain weight

15. Fats (cont.) • Chemically active part of cell membranes • Without fat, nothing in the body works • Bad cell membrane function causes low insulin • Get diabetes from too much fat • You can burn off bad fats (saturated, trans) • Foods with bad fats; • Dairy • Meat • Snack foods • Candy • Potato chips

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