NUTRITION & FOODS

BY QUILLAN

WATER- Hydrates you body - Remove toxins that's in the air you breathe- Keep your metabolism working properly- Foods such as fruits, drinks, vegetables,

meat- About 75% of you body is water- You can go 5 to 7 days without water.

Vitamins- Gives us stronger bones- Helps you see at night- Food such as dairy, meat, vegetables, fruit- All vitamins have been given letter codes- Vitamins are chemical compounds- Types Vitamin A, Vitamin B6 , Vitamin B12,

Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K

Fats- Adds flavour to our foods- Mostly meat, oils, dairy, fish - Keeps food in our body- A generic term for class of lipids- Types, Trans fat, & Saturated fat- Needed for absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K- Insulate the body against extreme temperatures

MINERAL

- Mostly vegetables and meat- Found in small quantities of the body- Homogeneous inorganic solid- Types macro minerals, trace minerals- Inorganic substances that occur naturally as elements- Are vital for a healthy mind and body

carbohydrates

- Protects your muscles- Mostly Sugar, potatoes, pasta, bread and cereal- One of the main dietary components- Organic compound group including starches

and sugars- Types Monosaccharide's, Nucleotides- Body breaks down into simple sugars- Don’t stop eating carbohydrates

Fibre

- Helps move digestion along- Mostly Oats, beans, peas, apples, and oranges- Becomes gel when mixed with liquid- Is an enormous group of different chemical- Takes up more space in your stomach- The part of food that is hard for your body to break down

PROTEIN

- Builds and repair of body tissues- Mostly meat, Pasta, Oats, Beans, fish- Found in muscles, and bone - There are two types Hemoglobin, Alpha-helical.- Proteins contain carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,

nitrogen- The basic monomers of proteins are amino

acids.

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