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Understanding Nutrition: Types of Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Fiber

This comprehensive overview covers the essential types of macronutrients and micronutrients necessary for optimal health. Explore the different varieties of carbohydrates like simple and complex sugars, various types of fats (saturated, unsaturated, and trans), and the importance of proteins (complete and incomplete). Learn about vitamins, including fat-soluble and water-soluble types, and discover minerals, their functions, and dietary sources. Lastly, understand the critical role fiber and hydration play in nutrition.

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Understanding Nutrition: Types of Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Fiber

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  1. By: John Savage Period 4 Nutrition

  2. Types • Simple (simple sugars) • natural foods (dairy and fruits) • Complex (starches) exp. • grain products • Major energy source • Rich in fiber • Whole healthier than processed • Found in most foods Carbohydrates

  3. Types • Unsaturated (good fat) • Plant foods and fish • Saturated (bad fat) • dairy and meats • Trans (awful fat) • processed and fast foods • Fuel body • Keep skin healthy • fat intake should be 25% Fats

  4. Types • Complete (nine essential amino acids) • From animal sources • Incomplete (not all essential amino acids) • From vegetables • Used to build cardiac muscles (heart) • protects body tissues • Makes specialized molecules that have specific jobs Protein

  5. Types • Fat soluble (body holds them in fat till needed) • Vitamins A, D, E, and K • Water soluble (travel through bloodstream) • Vitamins B and C • Each vitamin has special function • Eat variety of foods to get all vitamins Vitamins

  6. Types • Macro (need lots) • calcium, phosphorus, sodium etc… • Trace (need less) • iron, selenium, copper etc… • Help preform many different functions • Scientists aren’t sure how much you need but it’s very little Minerals

  7. Types • Soluble (help lower blood cholesterol) • Gains, nuts, pectin in fruits, etc.… • Insoluble (help moves through digestive system) • Fruits, vegetables, grains, etc.… • Fights disease • Grains offer most • More fiber more water Fiber

  8. Preforms lots of important jobs Without water body stop working You body get water from any fluid, vegetable, fruit etc.… Water

  9. http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/carb.html http://www.kidzworld.com/article/5537-nutrition-facts-about-fat http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/vitamin.html http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/minerals.html http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/f/word_fiber.html http://fibrefacts.com/children_and_fibre.html http://www.healthcheck.org/page/types-fibre http://www.healthcheck.org/page/types-fibre http://ezinearticles.com/?Nine-Facts-About-Fiber&id=392865 http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/water.html Bibliography

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