Nutrition
what is a calorie?
A unit of heat that measures the energy available in food.
what does vitamin A help your body with?
Vitamin A helps with healthy teeth, skin, and eyes.
What does calcium help your body with?
Helps build strong bones and teeth.
How many carbohydrates are there?
2 different typed of carbohydrates.
Name both of the two bad fats.
Trans fats
Saturated fats
what are carbohydrates?
the starches and sugar found in foods, especially in plant foods.
What does vitamin B help you with?
Helps body use food energy, and helps with digestion and metabolism.
It helps maintain healthy blood pressure.
What function of your body needs water?
Trick question - Your body in general needs water to function .
How many nutrients are there?
6 different types of nutrients.
what is fiber?
The tough, stringy part of raw fruits, raw vegetables, whole wheat, and other grains.
what does vitamin C help you with?
Helps heal wounds and absorb iron.
What can iron help prevent?
Forms hemoglobin to prevent anemia which causes weakness due to lack of red blood cells carrying oxygen to body.
Which fat is considered a good fat out of the three existing fats listed below?
Saturated Fats
Unsaturated Fats
Trans Fats
Unsaturated Fats (good fat)
what foods can protein be found in?
Found in meat, fish, eggs, dairy products.
what are fats?
Nutrients that provide normal growth, give you energy and keep your skin healthy.
Helps absorb calcium for healthy bones and teeth
where can you get your calcium from?
You can get calcium from Dairy products. ex: milk
Does water create energy?
No water does not create energy.
Which vitamin is water soluble?
Vitamins C
what are proteins?
Nutrients that are used to build and repair cells .
Name a vitamin A-D and name what or where you can find it and get it from.
Vitamin A - Eggs, Milk, Cheese, Carrots Vitamin B - Lean meats, eggs, fish Vitamin C - Citrus fruits,Bananas peppers, broccoli Vitamin D - Dairy products, Sun
Where can you get your iron from?
You can get iron from meat.
Water is used to carry what throughout the body?
Used to carry nutrients throughout the body.
Which Vitamin is fat soluble?
Vitamin A