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Nutritional Essentials for a Healthy Lifestyle

Discover the importance of essential nutrients like carbohydrates, fats, protein, fiber, vitamins, water, and minerals for optimal health. Learn about different types, dietary sources, and daily requirements for each nutrient category. Explore how these nutrients support various bodily functions and overall well-being.

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Nutritional Essentials for a Healthy Lifestyle

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  1. Essential nutrients Cameron Wilson

  2. Carbohydrates • Two types • Simple • complex (starches) • It gives you physical energy • 60% of your diet • Sources • Bread, cereals, pastas, etc.

  3. Fats • 9 calories per gram • Protects and insulates body • 2 types • Saturated (good) • Unsaturated (bad) • Sources • Meat, cheese, milk, butter, fish etc.

  4. Protein • Builds and protects skin • 15% of diet • 2 types • Complete (animals) • Incomplete (vegetables) • Sources • Fish, nuts, chicken, seeds, meat etc.

  5. Fibre • Helps you digest foods • 2 types • 18 grams a day • Soluble (digests slowly) • Insoluble (digests quickly) • Sources • Veggies, nuts, beans

  6. Vitamins • Boosts energy • 2 types • Fat soluble • Water soluble • Sources • Vegetables, fruits, vitamin tablets

  7. Water • Helps you breath • Makes up more than half your body • Covers 71% of the earth • 2 types • Filtered • Unfiltered • Is made of H2O

  8. Minerals • Helps build tissue • To much can hurt or kill you • Every day you should have a minimum of 25 a day. • 2 types • Major minerals • Trace minerals

  9. Bibliography • http://www.google.ca/ • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate • http://www.answers.com/topic/carbohydrate • http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/carbohydrate • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat • http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data2g.html • http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food-trans-fat.php • http://pediatrics.about.com/od/nutrition/a/high_fat_foods.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein • http://www.answers.com/topic/protein • http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Proteinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber • http://www.answers.com/topic/fiber • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin • http://www.answers.com/topic/vitamin • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water • http://www.answers.com/topic/water

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