1. Nutrition and Nutrients

3. Nutrition
The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
Food nourishment

4. What is a Nutrient? Substances that the body needs to live and grow
Body requires more than 45 nutrients
Six Main Nutrients
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
Minerals
Vitamins
Water

5. Macronutrients and Micronutrients
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
These nutrients are broken down (metabolism) to provide energy
Vitamins
Minerals
Not used for energy themselves but help macronutrients to be used as energy

6. Carbohydrates About 3/4s of your daily calories should be from carbs
The most important source of energy for your body
The digestive system changes carbs into glucose and your body uses this as sugar for energy for your
Cells
Tissues
Organs
About 3/4s of your daily calories should be from carbs

7. Simple Carb Presented by BATDAD

8. Simple VS. Complex Carbs
Simple Carb
Complex Carbs
Made of sugar molecules strung together
Referred to as a dietary starch
Rich in fiber
Found in whole plant foods
Often high in vitamins and minerals
Green vegetables
Whole grains: oatmeal
Starchy vegetables
beans
Made up of just one or two sugar molecules
Very rapidly digested
Quickest source of energy
Table sugar
Honey
Jams/jellies
Candy
Soft drinks

9. Smarter carb consumption
list.
Smarter carb consumption
Carbs to Limit
Smarter Carbs
Best Choices
Instead of:
Choose:
Or better yet choose:
Candy
Dried fruit
Whole fruit
Soda or punch
Fruit juice
Seltzer with a dash of juice
White bread
Whole-wheat bread
Seven-grain bread
Enriched pasta
Whole-wheat pasta
Cracked wheat pilaf
White crackers
Whole-grain cracker
Vegetable sticks
Cotton candy
Caramel apple
Apple
Chocolate chip cookie
Oatmeal raisin cookie
Strawberries
Sugary cereal
Bran cereal
Rolled oats

10. proteins Building blocks of life
Basic structures of proteins are amino acids
Need it to help your body repair cells and make new ones
Important for growth and development in:
Children
Teens
Pregnant women

11. Proteins Cont. Found in animal sources such as Meats Milk Fish Eggs
Soy and beans

12. Amino acids Essential: Can’t be made by the body SUPPLIED BY FOOD
NONESSENTIAL: ARE MADE BY THE BODY

13. FATS FOUR MAJOR TYPES GOOD FATS BAD FATS MONOUNSATURATED
POLYUNSATURATED
BAD FATS
SATURATED FATS
TRANS FATS

14. Good fats vs bad fats Good fats Bad fats
Good for the heart, cholesterol and overall health
Manages moods, helps mental health, fights fatigue and controls weight
Tends to be a liquid
Monounsaturated
Olive oil, sunflower oil, olives, nuts, avocados
Polyunsaturated
Soybean oil, corn oil, walnuts, fatty fish, soymilk
Increases risk of disease and elevates cholesterol
Tends to be solid at room temperature
Saturated fats
High-fat cuts of meat, chicken with skin, whole dairy products, butter and cheese
Trans fat
Baked pastries, packaged snacks, fried foods, candy bars

16. Trans fat in america

17. vitamins Not a source of energy but helps unlock energy stored in food
Organic substance made by plants or animals

18. Water-soluble Fat-soluble
Needs to dissolve in water before body can absorb them
Body cant store these vitamins
If it isn’t used will be leave body by urination
Vitamin C
B complex Vitamins
Dissolve in fat and can be stored in body
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K

20. Minerals Inorganic substances coming from soil and water
Absorbed by plants or eaten by animals
Some body needs a lot
calcium
Some body needs a little
Copper
Iodine
Iron
zinc

21. Minerals and vitamins Both boost immune system
Support normal growth and development
Help cells and organs do their jobs
It’s better to eat these nutrients instead of taking supplements

23. Water Helps maintain homeostasis Transports nutrients to cells
Removes waste products
Body is made up of 50-80% water
Drink 8, 8 oz. of water daily

24. benefits Boosts Immune system Helps cells and organs do job
Support normal growth and development
Maintains homeostasis
Boosts energy
Overall health