Transcript Nutrition Handout

Nutrition
Why do we eat?
• To give our body energy to grow, repair itself,
and to function properly
• _____________ – your body’s natural and
physical need for food (inborn)
• _____________ – your desire for certain foods
Factors that influence your food
choices
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______________ – religion, ethnicity, and traditions
Family and _______________
Advertising
Time and ______________
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_________________ – Number one reason why we
choose the foods we do!!!!!
Food Advertising
• Food ads are everywhere
• Majority of food ads are for desserts, snacks, and
soft drinks
• Ads are strategically placed to reach their target
audience
• Many ads are misleading and use persuasion to get
you to buy their product, much like many products
on the market
Six Essential Nutrients
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Proteins
Carbohydrates
Fats
Vitamins
Minerals
Water
Proteins
• Definition
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• Two Types of Protein
– ______________________ – a protein that contains all of the essential
amino acids
– ______________________– a protein from plant sources that does not
contain all of the essential amino acids
– ________________ – building blocks that make up proteins
• Body needs ______ amino acids. Body produces only ____, others are known as
_____ essential amino acids
• Examples – Meat, Fish, Poultry, Milk, Yogurt, and Eggs
_____________ calories/ 1 g of protein
Carbohydrates
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Definition:
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Two types:
– _____________________________________– Sugars that enter the
bloodstream rapidly and provide quick energy
• Examples – Candy, sweets, soda, fruits, and honey
– ________________________________ – Starches and Fibers
• Examples – Grains, pasta, vegetables, potatoes, and beans
• ____________ – provide __________________ energy. Eventually
turned into glucose.
• _______________ – part of grains and plant foods that cannot be
digested. Helps with ____________________________
– 55-65 % of daily calories come from complex carbohydrates
________ calories / 1 g of carbohydrate
Fats
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Definition:
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– Type of fat found in ___________________, solid vegetable fat, and _______ and
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– A type of fat obtained from __________ products and ____________
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– Fatty acids that are formed when ____________________ are processed into
solid fats, such as ________________ or _______________________.
___________ calories/ 1g of Fat
Vitamins
• Definition:
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– A vitamin that dissolves in fat and can be stored in the body
• Four fat-soluble vitamins: A, D, E, and K
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– A vitamin that dissolves in water and cannot be stored by the body in
significant amounts
Fat – Soluble Vitamins
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin E
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Vitamin K
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Minerals
• Definition:
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• ___________ minerals
– Minerals that are required in amounts greater than _________ mg
• Examples: Calcium and Sodium
• __________ minerals
– Minerals that are need in very small amounts
• Examples: ________ and _____________
Water
• Definition:
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– Helps with waste removal, regulates body temperature, and cushions
the spinal cord and joints
– Water makes up more than _______________________________.
• _____________________________
– Condition in which the water content of the body has fallen to an
extremely low level
– You can lose about _______ 8 oz. glasses of water daily through
perspiration, _________ , bowel movements, and _______________
Evolution of Food Guidelines
Food Guide Pyramid 2006
Choose My Plate
Anorexia Nervosa
• Obsessed with ___________________, when
they look in the mirror, they see themselves as
having more weight
• Sometimes obsessed with _______________
• May deny at when they are confronted
• __________________________ disease that
requires physicians, dietitian, and mentalhealth professionals to treat disease
Bulimia
• _______________________ than anorexia nervosa
• Unsuccessful at _________________________.
• Periods of ___________ eating and then purging to
follow
• Some people can become bulimic in _________ with
other people
• Treatment involves mental-health professionals who
help these people develop new ways of selfconfidence and self-respect