1.1 Nutrients Flashcards
What is a nutrient?
A nutrient is an important substance that your body needs to survive and stay healthy.
Carbohydrates function
provide energy, and the main source of energy, its found in sugar and fruit,pasta, rice
provide energy
Carbohydrate
lipids function
They have 3 main jobs which are
- provide you with energy
- keep you warm
- protect organs from a disease
protein function
growth and repair, repair body tissues and to make new cells for growth
Vitamins
Keep you healthy, grow, normally. develop normally. function normally.
Minerals
Keep you healthy, grow, develop and function normally.
Water
Needed in all cells and body fluids
Fibre
keeps food moving through gut, important for healthy diet and waste is pushed out of the body more easily, helping to prevent constipation.
What are the types of food that are in a balanced diet
Carbohydrate lipids protein Vitamins Minerals Water Fibre
What is made from protein
Muscles
Organs
immune system
What in your body keeps you healthy with water?
Sweat Tears Urine Feces Exhaling
