Jobs of Vitamins
Carbohydrates
Jobs of Minerals
Proteins
Fats
100
This vitamin helps the absorption of calcium in the intestines and maintains proper calcium and phosphorus balance in the bones for proper growth.
What is Vitamin D?
100
This is the main purpose of carbohydrates.

What is to provide energy for living things?

100
This mineral forms the main structural component of bones.
What is calcium?
100

This is your GROW macronutrient.

What is PROTEIN

100

This macronutrient has __ calories per gram

What is 9?

200
This vitamin acts as a necessary part of the retina in your eyes. It also maintains normal skin health.
What is Vitamin A?
200

This macronutrient has __ calories per gram.

What is carbohydrates or proteins?

200
This mineral forms part of the hemoglobin molecule in blood and therefore is needed to capture oxygen.
What is Iron?
200

This percent of calories should come from proteins

What is 10-35%?

200

You need fat in order to absorb these four vitamins.

What is VITAMINS A, D, E, and K?

300
This vitamin protects cells from damage by free radicals and other harmful chemicals. It is plays an important role in your immune system.
What is Vitamin C?
300

This nutrient keeps you full; it also helps you go to the bathroom regularly.

What is FIBER

300
This mineral performs the function of maintaining a good water balance between the inside and outside of cells. It also acts as signaling molecule in nerve cells.
What is potassium?
300

This is the way that most protein can be acquired.

What is THROUGH A BALANCED DIET?

300

This is the good, healthy type of fat; it is usually liquid at room temperature.

What is UNSATURATED FAT

400
This vitamin helps to build the proteins that are involved in clotting blood. It also helps build proteins that are involved in bone growth.
What is Vitamin K?
400

Ritz crackers, made from white flour, don't contain much fiber and are an example of what kind of carbohydrate?

What is SIMPLE (moves through your body QUICKLY)

400
This mineral helps to control blood's acid-base balance. It also is an essential part of the acid important in digesting food.
What is Chloride?
400
Name three main functions of protein.

What is muscle growth, tissue repair, hormone function, immune functions, and backup fuel source?

400

You need fat in order to absorb what these two important hormones.

What is ESTROGEN and TESTOSTERONE

500
This vitamin is an antioxidant that helps to keep cell membranes in proper form and protects important lipids from damage by radicals
What is Vitamin E?
500

Triscuit (whole wheat) crackers contain lots of fiber and are an example what kind of carbohydrate?

What is complex (moves through your body slowly)?

500
This mineral is an essential part of the main energy compound in the body - ATP. It is also an important part of DNA.
What is phosphorus?
500

What makes protein the most satisfying of the macronutrients?

What is the rapid influence that protein has on the hormones that affect appetite?

500

This type of fat is not healthy for us. It stacks very easily and is usually in solid form at room temperature.

What is SATURATED FAT

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