• Sugars that provide body with energy

• Can be broken down easily

Where can carbohydrates be found?

• Bread• Pasta• Candy• Toast• Sodas• Wines• Beer• Fruits

Types of Carbohydrates• Simple Carbohydrates

– Also called simple sugars:• Includes;

– Fructose– Sucrose– Lactose

– Great source of energy

• Complex Carbohydrates– Takes longer to digest– Include:

• Fibre• Starches

• A part of food

• Supplies energy

• Keeps body warm

• Trans Fat– Found processed food– Can raise blood cholesterol and risks of heart disease

• Unsaturated Fat– Found in plant foods and fish– May be good for health

• Saturated Fat– Found in meat, palm oil, coconut oil and other animal products– Can raise blood cholesterol and risks of heart disease

Types of Fat

• builds up, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body

What are Proteins, and what does it do?

• Complete– From animal– Contains all nine amino acids

• Incomplete– From vegetables– Lacks one or more amino acids

Types of Protein

• Found in foods we eat:– Carrot– Milk– Oranges– Green Vegetables

• Helps you grow• Vitamin A, B, C, D, E• Fat Soluble and Water Soluble • Cleans your body• Stays in your body until you need it• Vitamins stay in your body for a while

• Helps your body develop

• Body use minerals to do things

• Build strong bones

• Keeps your heartbeats normal

• Everywhere in our body

• About 70% of our body

• Our body can’t survive without it

• Travels around our body

• Bones have water

• Carbohydrates that can not be digested• Helps aid digestion• Bind water• Can be found in cooked dried beans and peas, oat bran, fresh fruit,

fresh vegetables.

Types of Fibre

• Soluble– pectin, guar, carrageenan, gums, mucilage, and oat bran

• Insoluble– cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin

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