Non Energy Nutrients
Vitamins, Minerals and Water
Vitamins
• Complex organic substances
• Needed in small amounts for
– Growth
– Maintenance
– Reproduction
• Body cannot produce most vitamins
• Eat a nutritious diet!
More Vitamins
• Either Fat Soluble or water soluble
• Fat Soluble
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Dissolve in fats
Carried by fats
Stored in fatty tissues
Can build up and reach dangerous levels
• Water Soluble
– Dissolve in water
– Not stored, excess are carried out in the urine
Minerals
• Inorganic substances that make up 4%
of your body weight
• Become part of the bones, soft tissues
and body fluids
• Regulate body processes
• Macro Minerals: minerals needed in 100
mg or more each day
• Trace elements: minerals needed in less
than 100 mg each day
Water
• Must have water to function!
• 50-75% of your body weight is water
• Aids in proper digestion, cell growth and
maintenance
• All chemical reactions in the body require
water
• Lubricate joints and body cells
• Regulates body temperature
Water Intake
• Body gets water from:
• Liquids you drink
• Foods you eat
• 54% from liquids
• Water, milk, coffee, tea and fruit juices
• 37% comes from food
• Different foods contain diff. amounts of water
• Ex. Lettuce contains more water than bread
• Body excretes most of the water it uses as
urine
• It excretes the rest through skin, lungs and
feces
Water Requirements
• Divide your body weight by 2
• Result equals the amount of water you
should drink each day
• Some people need more water than
others
• People in hot climates, high protein diets,
athletes, or diarrhea and vomiting need
to increase intake
Project!
• We are going to learn about each
important vitamin and mineral
• Vitamin/Mineral research presentation
and commercial!!
• Email presentations and commercials to
me by the end of class September 23rd!
• Presentations begin on September 24th!
• Best group gets an EXTRA food lab of
their choice (within reason )