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    Nutrition

    Have you ever heard the expression, 'you are what you eat?' While we can't take this literally, this simple
    saying contains a lot of truth.
    The foods you choose to eat determine which nutrients your body will receive and in what quantities.
    Nutrients are substances that allow your body to make energy, build and maintain tissues, and regulate
    bodily processes. If you eat a healthy diet filled with a variety of high- nutrient foods, you
    are more likely to enjoy good health than if you eat a poor diet that is lacking in nutrients.
    This lesson will provide an overview of nutrition, which is the process of taking in nutrients from foods,
    by looking at the six classes of nutrients:
    • Carbohydrates
    • Lipids
    • Proteins
    • Water
    • Vitamins
    • Minerals

    Macronutrients
    Three of these six classes of nutrients are referred to as macronutrients because they are
    required in large quantities. The prefix macro means large, so this is a fairly easy term to
    remember.
    The macronutrients are carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. They are somewhat unique
    because they are the only nutrients that provide your body with energy, which is measured in
    calories.
    Of the three macronutrients, your body looks to carbohydrates for quick energy because carbs
    are readily available when there's an immediate need for energy. All carbohydrates come from
    food, but different foods contain different types of carbohydrates. For example, when you eat a
    cookie, you are consuming mostly sugars, or simple carbs, whereas your spaghetti dinner
    contains a lot of starches, which are complex carbs made up of many sugars. Eat some fruits
    and veggies and you will take in fiber, which is a type of carbohydrate that cannot be digested.
    This means you cannot get energy from fiber, yet fiber is great for moving foods through your digestive
    tract, so you want plenty of it in your diet.

    Lipids, which are commonly called fats, have more calories per gram than the other macronutrients, so
    you can think of them as energy-dense nutrients that are a perfect source of sustainable energy when you
    need some endurance. Like carbs, there are different types of fats. Saturated fats, like butter, are solid at
    room temperature; unsaturated fats, like vegetable oils, are liquid at room temperature.

    As for proteins, they do contain calories, but because proteins are so important for growth, development
    and repair, your body uses them as a last resort source of energy. You get proteins in a variety of animal
    and plant foods, with meats and beans being good sources. Your body then breaks these protein-
    containing foods down into amino acids, which are the basic building blocks of proteins. The amino acids
    are then reassembled into thousands of different types of body proteins.

    Read the text and answer:

    1. What does the expression “you are what you eat” mean? It means that all
    that I eat becomes in my body.
    The foods you choose to eat determine which nutrients your body will receive and in
    what quantities
    2. What is nutrition?
    Nutrition is the process of taking in nutrients from foods
    3. What are nutrients? They are substances that allow your body to make energy, build
    and maintain tissues, and regulate bodily processes.
    4. What are macronutrients? Name them
    • Carbohydrates
    • Lipids
    • Proteins
    • Water
    • Vitamins
    • Minerals

    5. Why are they unique?


    6. What are carbohydrates useful for?
    7. Where do we get them from?
    8. What are lipids useful for?
    9. What are proteins important to?
    10.Where do you get them from?

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