Health Essential Nutrients By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8
Health & Essential Nutrients By Gavin Ackerman Computers 8
Carbs • Gives your body energy • Two kinds: – Simple (quick, sugars) – Complex (slow, starches) • In grains, fruits, milk, etc. • Stored as fat • Make Growth Hormones
Fat • Protects & insulate body • Stores energy • Two kinds: – Healthy (unsaturated, omegas, etc… ) – Unhealthy (Saturated, trans ) • In meats and dairy • Can protect from cancer • Make up your cell Membrane
Protein • Used to build muscle • Used to fix red blood cells • 3 Kinds: – Whey (quickly digested) – Casein (slowly digested, ) – Egg (absorbed easily) • Found in meats, eggs, nuts, seeds, etc. • Extra amounts are stored as fat, calories • Everything in body has some type
Fibre • Helps move waste through intestines • Reduces “bad” cholesterol • 2 Kinds: – Water-soluble fibre (forms gel in intestines) – Insoluble fibre (collects water to store in intestine) • Found in bran cereal, beans, veggies, fruit, etc. • 80% of people don’t have enough
Vitamins • 4 kinds + what they do: – – Vitamin D helps your bones. Vitamin A helps you see at night. Vitamin C heals you if you get a cut. B vitamins make protein and energy. • Found in everything we eat • Used in every single part of the body
Minerals • Work like vitamins • 2 kinds: – Macro (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulphur) – Trace (iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium) • Found in everything we eat • Calcium helps build bones, teeth, etc.
Water • • • Caries oxygen and nutrients to cells Helps control blood pressure Stops constipation Gets rid of toxins that you breath in Body is 60% water
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