6 Essential Nutrients
What are they?
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Carbohydrates
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Supply our bodies with the main source of energy function
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What do you think are the best sources of carbohydrates?
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3 main forms: sugars, ______________________, fiber
What does your body do with carbs?
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Breaks it down into it’s simplest form (sugar)
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Goes into the bloodstream (blood sugar level)
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Makes energy (easiest to break down)
Proteins
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Build up, maintain and replace tissue in your body
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muscles, organs and immune system mostly made up of protein
Your body breaks down the proteins and makes specialized protein cells
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Hemoglobin (carries oxygen, part of our red blood cells)
What does your body do with protein?
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Fats
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Breaks it down into it’s simplest form: _____________________________
Amino acids are used for different functions
There are _______ in the world, but our bodies can only make ________ (leaving how many...?)
Complete proteins have all 9 (like meat and milk)
Incomplete is missing 1 or more (like vegetables)
Why do little kids get to drink whole milk while you should be drinking low-fat?
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Fat helps the brain and nervous system develop properly
What are the 3 types of fat?
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Fats insulate nervous system and help create hormones
Types of Fats
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Saturated Fat
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found in meat, milk, cheese, coconut oil
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to much can raise your blood cholesterol = risk of heart disease
Unsaturated Fat
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found in plant foods (almonds, olive oil) and fish (salmon, tuna)
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good for heart health (IN MODERATION)
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found in margarine, snack foods, baked goods
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a.k.a hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated
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to much can raise your blood cholesterol = risk of heart disease
Trans Fat
Vitamins
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Substances found in the foods we eat
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Your body cannot make vitamins so we have to _________ them
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Name some of the vitamins you know and what they do...
Where are Vitamins?
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2 main type of vitamins:
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fat soluble and water soluble
Where do you think the fat soluble vitamins stay?
▪ IN YOUR __________ (and in your liver) until your
needs it! few days-6 months
body
▪ A, D, E, K (adek) are all fat soluble
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What happens to the water soluble vitamins?
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They travel through your ______________, and what your body doesn’t use comes out
when you pee!
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Need to be replaced more often
Minerals
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Help your body grow, develop and stay healthy
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2 main kinds of minerals
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_________________________
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Type of Minerals
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Main Macrominerals:
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Calcium
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Phosporous
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Maganese
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Sodium
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Potassium
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Chloride
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Sulfur
Main Trace Minerals:
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Iron
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Maganese
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Copper
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Iodine
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Zinc
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Colbalt
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Flouride
Water
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Makes up more than ___________ of your body weight
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Can’t survive for more than a few days
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Blood is made up of mostly water, it carries oxygen to your body
What does Water Do?
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______________________________
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Aslo part of lymph (helps your immune system)
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Digests food and gets rid of waste
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Nutrient Match Up
Directions: Match each nutrient function in the left column with the correct nutrient from
the right column. Write the letter of the nutrient in the space provided. Each nutrient will
be used at least once.
Nutrients
A. B vitamins
B. carbohydrates
C. fat
D. potassium
E. protein
F. vitamin A
G. vitamin C
Nutrient Functions
1. Cushions vital organs
2. Provides energy for the body
3. Builds new cell
4. Heals wounds
5. Repairs injured cells
6. Keeps a normal heart beat
7. Keeps skin healthy
8. Keeps nerves and muscles healthy
9. Helps fight off disease
10. Insulates body from heat and cold
11. Promotes good vision