Carbohydrates
What percentage of your daily diet should be carbohydrates?
What is 25%
What percentage of your daily diet should be protein?
What is 25%
What foods contain healthy fats?
What is avocado, eggs, fish oils and nuts
True or False?
Vitamins and Minerals are Micro-nutrients?
True!
How many litres of water should the average person drink?
What is 2-3 litres
What types of food do you get carbohydrates from?
What is starches, fibers and sugars
What are proteins made of?
What is amino acids
What are trans fats?
Man made
Found in baking, margarine and shortening
What is the difference between water soluble and fat soluble?
Fat soluble are stored in the body instead of directly leaving the body
What does water do for your body?
Hydrates the body, keeps you alive and regulates body temperature (transporting nutrients!)
What do carbohydrates do for the body?
Carbohydrates provide the body with energy and broken down into simple sugar
What are alternatives to get protein other then meat and fish?
What are beans and lentils
What are Saturated fats?
Unhealthy fats that are naturally made
Such as red meats and chesse
What types of foods have vitamins in them?
Fruits, vegetables, eggs
True or false?
There is a better way to stay hydrated other then water?
False!
Which is a better carbohydrate?
White bread/Whole wheat bread
What is whole wheat bread
What do proteins do in your body?
What is cell growth and repair
What do healthy fats do for your body?
Insulates and regulates body temperature
Important for the brain
What type of foods have minerals in them?
Meat, nuts, and vegtables
How much of your body is water?
what is 75%
Where is the sugars stored that your body does not use?
How many different types of proteins does the human body have?
What is 100,000
What is heart health and preventing cardiovascular disease
What does vitamin K do for your body?
Vitamin K helps the body clot blood and healing wounds/ keeping away infections
What part of the body has the most water?
The brain/ skin cells