By Gavin AckermanComputers 8

Health & Essential Nutrients

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

Bibliography

• http://www.blurtit.com/q1415112.html• http://

www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/FatFacts.html• http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/protein.html• http://ezinearticles.com/?

Different-Types-of-Protein&id=1080942• http://caloriecount.about.com/protein-facts-nf203• http://

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071105171037AAMVonO

• http://factsaboutvitamins.net/