Healthy diet 5 important things Healthy diet consists

Healthy diet

5 important things Healthy diet consists from five important things: • Carbohydrates • Proteins • Fibre • Vitamins • Minerals

Carbohydrates are main source of energy for our body. They are in potatoes, bread, pasta, cereals and rice. If you want to have a balanced diet, you should eat about 35 per cent carbohydrates.

Proteins are in meal, eggs, cheese and fish. Some people eat lots of proteins for make muscles. Vegetarians don‘t eat meal, they get proteins from beans.

Vitamins contain energy. They are in fruit and vegetables. § vitamin A-carrot, spinach, apricot, melon… § vitamin B-yeast, fish, legume, milk, potatoes… § vitamin C-in every fruit and vegetables § vitamin D-egg, milk, fish… § vitamin E-hazelnut, walnut… § vitamin F-oil, walnut, seed… § vitamin K-spinach, lettuce, broccoli, meal, milk product…

Fibre is in legumes, cereals and a little bit in some fruit (apples, bananas) and vegetables (carrot, broccoli). One adult person should eat 12 -24 grams of fibres in one day. It‘s good medicine for people, who has sick intestines.

Minerals are very important part of our diet. Calcium(Ca), Magnesium(Mg), Iron(Fe), Zinc(Zn), Selenium(Sn), Silicon(Si), Chromium(Cr), Iodine(I), Manganese(Mg). They are in spinach, nut, poppy, fish, apple, meal, milk products, egg yolk…

Work out by Kateřina Metelková Sources: Wikipedia, Google pictures, vocabulary, information from school