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Nutrition

LIFESKILLS 8. Nutrition. By: Kevin Xie & Paul Chen. Sugars that provide body with energy Can be broken down easily. CARBOHYDRATES. Where can carbohydrates be found?. Bread Pasta Candy Toast Sodas Wines Beer Fruits. Types of Carbohydrates. Simple Carbohydrates

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Nutrition

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  1. LIFESKILLS 8 Nutrition By: Kevin Xie & Paul Chen

  2. Sugars that provide body with energy Can be broken down easily CARBOHYDRATES Where can carbohydrates be found? • Bread • Pasta • Candy • Toast • Sodas • Wines • Beer • Fruits

  3. Types of Carbohydrates • Simple Carbohydrates • Also called simple sugars: • Includes; • Fructose • Sucrose • Lactose • Great source of energy • Complex Carbohydrates • Takes longer to digest • Include: • Fibre • Starches

  4. FAT A part of food Supplies energy Keeps body warm Types of Fat • Trans Fat • Found processed food • Can raise blood cholesterol and risks of heart disease • Unsaturated Fat • Found in plant foods and fish • May be good for health • Saturated Fat • Found in meat, palm oil, coconut oil and other animal products • Can raise blood cholesterol and risks of heart disease

  5. PROTEIN

  6. builds up, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body What are Proteins, and what does it do? Types of Protein • Complete • From animal • Contains all nine amino acids • Incomplete • From vegetables • Lacks one or more amino acids

  7. Vitamins

  8. Found in foods we eat: • Carrot • Milk • Oranges • Green Vegetables • Helps you grow • Vitamin A, B, C, D, E • Fat Soluble and Water Soluble • Cleans your body • Stays in your body until you need it • Vitamins stay in your body for a while

  9. Minerals • Helps your body develop • Body use minerals to do things • Build strong bones • Keeps your heartbeats normal

  10. Water • Everywhere in our body • About 70% of our body • Our body can’t survive without it • Travels around our body • Bones have water

  11. Carbohydrates that can not be digested Helps aid digestion Bind water Can be found in cooked dried beans and peas, oat bran, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables. FIBRE Types of Fibre • Soluble • pectin, guar, carrageenan, gums, mucilage, and oat bran • Insoluble • cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin

  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY • www.kidshealth.org • www.cyh.com • www.peconsulting.com • www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk • www.mamashealth.com

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