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Nutrients
By: Rhys
Carbohydrates
• Main source of energy
• Two main types
•
simple (sugars)
•
complex (starches)
• Should make up 60% of diet
• Foods:
• Breads, rice, pasta, vegetables and fruits etc...
Fats
• Important for diet
• Two types
•
Saturated fats
•
Trans fat
• Should make up 30% - 35% of diet
• Foods that have it:
•
Peanuts, meat, butter, milk, and
cheese etc…
Protein
• Builds up, maintains, and replaces tissues in
your body
• Two types
-Egg protein
-Whey protein
• 40-70 grams per day
• Foods that have it: beef, fish, eggs, dairy
products, nuts, and legumes etc…
Fibre
• Helps body to flush toxins
• Types:
-soluble
-insoluble
• Average Canadian takes 14 grams day
• Foods that have it: vegetables, fruits, beans
and almonds etc…
Vitamins
• Body needs them to work properly
• Types:
-Vitamin D helps bones.
-Vitamin A in carrots helps you see at night.
-Vitamin C helps your body heal
-Vitamins makes protein and energy
• Food that have it:
• - oranges, carrots, milk, leafy green vegetables
etc…
Minerals (dietary)
• Body needs it for body processes and
developments
• Examples: calcium, iron, sodium, zinc etc…
• Helps body grow, develop, and stay healthy
• Strengthen immune system and increase
metabolism
• Minerals that body needs everyday:
• Calcium, iron, manganese, phosphate,
molybdenum etc..
• Minerals should be small and essential quantities
Water
• Keep your metabolism working properly
• Body is made up of mostly of water
- 85% brain, 80% blood and 70% muscles is
water
• Drink 8-9 cups a day
• Need water to survive
• Helps regulate body temperature
Bibliography
• http://kitchenzones.com/nutrition/mineral/How-ManyVitamins-And-Minerals-Do-I-Need-Daily.html
• http://www.thefoodchart.com/dietary-minerals.php
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/protein.html
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/fiber.ht
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• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/carb.html
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002468.
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• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html
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