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Nutrients

Learn about the six vital nutrients - proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water, their benefits to the body, and sources with a focus on how they aid in cell repair, energy supply, and overall health.

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Nutrients

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  1. Nutrients

  2. The Six Nutrients We Need Vitamins (Fat Soluble and Water Soluble) Minerals Proteins Carbohydrates Fats Water

  3. Proteins • How it helps your body • Builds and repairs cells • Made up of Amino Acids • Essential amino acids

  4. Foods with Protein Complete! Incomplete

  5. Carbohydrates • How it helps your body • Main source of energy • Include starches and sugars • Provides fiber

  6. Foods with Carbohydrates

  7. Fats • How it helps your body • Supply energy • Keep skin healthy • Promote growth • Maintain cell membranes • Saturated vs. Unsaturated

  8. Foods with Fat Saturated Unsaturated

  9. Water • How it helps your body • Essential to every body function • Digestion and waste removal • Carries other nutrients • Regulates body temperature

  10. Water! • Half of your body weight in ounces daily. Ex: 100 lbs • drink 50 ounces of water a day.

  11. Urine Chart

  12. Vitamins • Vitamin A • Vitamin D • Vitamin E • Vitamin K • Vitamin C • Vitamin B • Regulate body processes • Help body fight disease Fat Soluble Water Soluble

  13. Fat Soluble Vitamins • Vitamin A: vision, immune system, and reproduction • Vitamin D: maintains blood calcium • Vitamin E: blood thinner • Vitamin K: helps blood clot

  14. Water Soluble • Vitamin C: maintain connective tissue and antioxidant • Vitamin B: coenzymes in energy metabolism

  15. Minerals • Strengthens bones and teeth • Keeps blood healthy • Calcium • Chlorine • Iodine • Iron • Magnesium • Phosphorus

  16. Minerals • Calcium: bone structure • Chlorine: maintain fluid and electrolyte balance • Iodine: regulates body’s metabolic rate • Iron: carries oxygen to tissues and stores oxygen in muscles • Magnesium: muscle contraction, immune function • Phosphorus: mineralization of bones and teeth

  17. How much? • Carbohydrates (45%-65%) • Fats (20%-35%) • Proteins (10%-35%) Fact: Carbohydrates can make fat, but fat can’t make carbohydrates.

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