1. Nutrition

2. Learning Intention Success Criteria
Students will explore the basics of nutrition and build an understanding of how it may affect their current and future health.
Success Criteria
I am successful when:
Take good notes on the nutrition information
Participate in class
Pay attention to teacher and classmate comments
Act in a respectful manner
Show self motivation

3. Nutrient
A nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or a substance used in an organism's metabolism which must be taken in from its environment.

4. There are six classes of nutrients: Carbohydrates Fats Minerals
Protein
Vitamins
Water

5. Carbs are sugars and starches that the body uses for energy.
Carbohydrates
Carbs are sugars and starches that the body uses for energy.
Plants are the major source of carbs in our diets

6. Simple Carbohydrates
Sugars that are quickly digested and provide a boost of energy for the body.

7. Foods with lots or sugar: oranges, milk, cookies, and candy
Simple Carbohydrates
Foods with lots or sugar: oranges, milk, cookies, and candy

8. Complex Carbohydrates
Starches that are composed of many sugars linked together.
They provide the body with long term energy since they are digested more slowly

9. Complex Carbohydrates
Complex Carbohydrate Foods: rice, beans, potatoes

10. Protein
Proteins are the basis of many animal body structures (e.g. muscles, skin, and hair)
Provide the building materials to help the body grow and repair itself.
Proteins are made from many amino acids connected together in different arrangements.

11. Protein & Essential Amino Acids
9 of the 20 amino acids are called essential amino acids because you must obtain them from the foods you eat since your body cannot make them.

12. Foods containing all 9 of essential amino acids
Complete Proteins
Foods containing all 9 of essential amino acids

13. Examples: fish, meat, eggs, milk, cheese
Complete Proteins
Examples: fish, meat, eggs, milk, cheese

14. Foods that are missing some essential amino acids.
Incomplete Proteins
Foods that are missing some essential amino acids.
For example: Legumes, nuts & whole grains

15. ENERGY source for the body (more than carbs and proteins)
Fat
ENERGY source for the body (more than carbs and proteins)
Fats belong to a group of organic compounds called lipids which are substances that do not dissolve in water.
Help protect and cushion vital organs as well as joints
Insulate the body

16. Contain fatty acids that are missing hydrogen atoms
Unsaturated Fats
Contain fatty acids that are missing hydrogen atoms
At room temperature, they are typically in liquid form.

17. Unsaturated Fats
Foods with a lot of unsaturated fat: canola, safflower, and peanut oils, avocados

18. Contain fatty acids with the MAXIMUM amount of hydrogen atoms
Saturated Fats
Contain fatty acids with the MAXIMUM amount of hydrogen atoms
At room temperature, they are typically in solid form.

19. Saturated Fats
Foods with a lot of saturated fats: cheese, whole milk, butter, and ice cream

20. Some Important Minerals: Calcium Iron Potassium Magnesium
Minerals are INORGANIC substances that are required by your body in order to develop and grow properly.
Some Important Minerals:
Calcium
Iron
Potassium
Magnesium

21. Vitamins
Group of complex compounds that help your body maintain normal metabolism, growth, and development

22. Balanced Diet

23. Balanced Diet