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• Main source of energy for the body• Helps break down fatty acids• Two types

– Complex (starches)– Simple (sugars)

• 4 cals per gram• Complex carbs stay in your body longer• Should make up 60 % of diet• Sources:

– Grains, pasta, fruits, veggies, candy, ect…

• Important for a source of energy.• Needed for absorption

– Vitamins A, D, E and K. • Provides essential fatty acids that can

– help heart health, make hormones and build healthy cells and skin.

• Major storage form of energy in body.• Is an energy storage encase of starvation.• Mainly found in animal products and oils

– Dairy products, meats, sunflower seed oil, ect…• Types:

– Saturated, unsaturated, trans fatty acids

• Essential to proper functioning of body• The foods that have nutritious minerals are:

– Tea, nuts, yogurt, apples, milk, seafood, ect…• Help keep your heart rate normal• Keeps bones and teeth strong• naturally occurring solid formed through

geological processes • Two types:

– Macro minerals: calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, Sodium, sulphur and chloride

– Trace minerals: iron, magnesium, cobalt ,zinc, iodine and copper

• Building and repair of body tissues. • produces enzymes, hormones, and other

substances the body uses. • Foods that have protein:

– Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, soups, beans and dairy

• Contained in every part of your body.• Proteins are composed of small units.• There is no life without protein• Helps tissue

• Keeps digestive system healthy and functioning properly• Aids and speeds excretion of waste and toxins • Foods that have lots of fibre:

– Whole grain bread, microwave popcorn, brown rice and apples.

• Lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. • Lower your risk of:

– Colon cancer, heart disease, and digestive problems

• Substance found in foods that come from plants• Two types of fibre:

– Naturally occurring fibre – Insoluble fibre

• Extremely important to body

• Organic substances necessary for life

• Help growth and vitality

• Foods that have vitamins:– Oranges, strawberries, milk, carrot, ect…

• Organic components in food

• Vital organic compounds

• Types of vitamins: – A, B, C, D, E, K

• Removes dangerous toxins you breathe in• Keeps metabolism working properly• Foods/drinks such as:

– Camomile tea, fruits, ect… have lots of fluids

• Occurs at room temperature colourless, odourless, ect…

• 70% of adults body is water• Healthy person drinks 48 cups per day• Drinking to quickly leads to water intoxication

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