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Essential Nutrients
Connor Bobsien
Computers 8
Carbohydrates
• Provides energy
• Broken into sugar glucose
• 2 types
1. Simple  quick burning
2. Complex  slow burning
• Found in
– Fruit, Vegetables, Grains etc….
Fats
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Functions
Stores nutrients
Too much  Cardiac arrest
30% of diet
3 types
1. Unsaturated 
2. Saturated 
3. Trans 
helps heart
bad for heart
worse for heart
• Found in
– Meats, Fried food, Snacks etc.…
Protein
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Builds, maintains & replaces tissues
Assists Immune system
Makes Organs and Muscles
3 types
1. Whey 
2. Casein 
3. Egg 
Quick digested
Slower absorbing
Best form
• Found in
– Beef, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Dairy etc.…..
Fibre
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Parts of plants you cannot digest
Dietary Fibre: non digestible food
Feel full longer
2 Types
1. Soluble  slows digestion
2. Insoluble natural laxative
• Found in
– Oats, citrus fruits etc.….
Vitamins
• Digests food with enzymes
• Needed to grow
• 2 types
– Water-soluble 
– Fat-soluble 
Vits b,c
vits a,d,e,k
• Found in
– Meats, vegetables, fruits etc….
Minerals
• Naturally accruing solid
• have definite chemical composites
• 2 Types
– Macro 
– Trace 
need large amount
rare in foods
• Found in
– Everything edible
Water
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Hydrates body
2/3 of human body
Flushes toxins from body
Living things need it
Found in
Beverages, Vegetables, fruits etc….
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http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fat.html#
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