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Lesson 1: Nutrients

Lesson 1: Nutrients. The Key to Good Health. Nutrients. Essential for good health Found in food Six types. Carbohydrates Fats Vitamins Minerals Water. Six types of Nutrients. Proteins. Made of Amino Acids Necessary for growth and tissue repair Food sources: beans, meats, nuts.

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Lesson 1: Nutrients

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  1. Lesson 1: Nutrients The Key to Good Health

  2. Nutrients • Essential for good health • Found in food • Six types

  3. Carbohydrates Fats Vitamins Minerals Water Six types of Nutrients

  4. Proteins • Made of Amino Acids • Necessary for growth and tissue repair • Food sources: beans, meats, nuts

  5. Carbohydrates • Main source of energy and fiber • Food sources: rice, wheat, corn & potatoes

  6. Fats • Provides some energy • Facilitates absorption of some vitamins • Cushions vital organs • Maintain body temperature

  7. Minerals • Helps the body build red blood cells • Helps the blood carry oxygen from the lungs to each body cell • Food sources: meat (especially liver), egg yolks, dark green vegetables

  8. Vitamins • Needed for growth and health • The body cannot properly manufacture vitamins • Orange juice is full of vitamin C

  9. Water • Carries the other nutrients • Regulates body temperature • Helps eliminate wastes • 60% of an adult’s body weight

  10. Why you eat • Your diet is everything you eat and drink • Hunger is the physical need to eat • Appetite is the desire to eat

  11. Nutrient chart – containing key information: nutrient function & food sources • Use Microsoft Word to create a chart to record the information on each nutrient • Some of the information may come from your notes

  12. Use the following web sites to find more information • http://www.linksnorth.com/nutrition/nutrients.html • http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutrition101/a/nutrients.htm • http://alri.org/nutrimap/example.html • http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/healthieryou/html/chapter6.html

  13. You are what you eat Conclusion

  14. Today you learned • The six nutrients • The function of each nutrient • Food sources for each nutrient • Reasons why you eat

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