Transcript Jake - Elgin Park Computers

By: Jake Keremidschieff
Computers 8
Vitamins
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Need them to grow and develop
Has many functions (e.g.)
 Vit A helps eyes
 Vit D helps bones
 Etc…
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2 Types
 fat-soluble (A,D,E,K)
 water-soluble (B,C)
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Each one has a special role
Your body needs them to work properly
In most foods including:
 meats, fruits, vegetables, dairy
Carbohydrates
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Provide energy
2 Types:
 Simple (Sugar)
 Complex (Starches)
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Easily digested by the body
Made of hydrocarbon molecules
Contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
Foods:
 grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and desserts
Water
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Transports nutrients in and out of cells
Needed for maintenance of proper body temperature
 Human brains are 75% water.
 Human bones are 25% water.
 Human blood is 83% water.
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In adults about 37L
You should drink 12 cups a day
Drinking too much can cause health risks
Proteins
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Builds, maintains, and replaces tissues in your body
Build and repair muscles
2 types:
 Egg protein (natural)
 Casein protein (rich)
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Your muscles, organs, and immune system are made up of
protein
made up of polymers of amino acids
Foods:
beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds, and
legumes like black beans and lentils
Fats
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Produce when diet provides the body with more calories than
needed
Regular exercise will help to decrease your body fat
2 Types
 Good kind ( monounsaturated and polyunsaturated )
 Bad kind ( saturated and trans)
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Removal of fat is achieved by consuming fewer calories
Common high fat foods:
•Chocolate candies, trail mix, cheese sauce, ricotta cheese,
chicken pot pie,
Etc…
Minerals (dietary)
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Many functions: build strong bones or transmitting nerve
impulses
2 Types:
 Macro (critical ingredients to health)
 Trace (support integrated nutrition)
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Help your body grow, develop, and stay healthy
Make hormones or maintain a normal heartbeat
Food:
meat, seafood, milk, eggs, plants, mushrooms, mineral water
Fibre
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Really good for you and your bowels
Can't be digested so it helps clean out your intestines
2 Types
 water-soluble (dissolves in water and is found in oat bran, legumes,
Psyllium)
 Insoluble (cannot be dissolved in water, meaning that our bodies
cannot digest it)
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Daily intake is about 5 to 14 grams per day
Found in plants
Food:
brown rice, fruit, and oatmeal, fruits, vegetables etc….
Bibliography
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http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/food/carbohydrates.htm
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/fat.htm
http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/vitamin.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/f/word_fiber.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/minerals.html
http://www.coastalcoolers.com/body.pdf