• Provides energy• Creates glucose • Adds taste and appearance• Absorbed into bloodstream • Examples:

• Grain• Rice • Breads• Veggies

• Two Types– Simple (Sugar)– Complex (Starches)

• Carbohydrates that can not be digested • Found in plants (Fruit, Veggies, & Grains)• Soluble& Insoluble• Lowers Blood cholesterol• Helps digestive system stay healthy• Has no calories • Examples:

– Bread– Fruit– Almonds

• Builds nerve tissue and hormones• Used as fuel• Stored in fat cells• Kids need 2,000 calories per day• Bodies way of thinking ahead • Examples:

– Nuts – Butter– Oil– Meat

• A, D, E, and K • dissolve in fat • Found in all foods• Need a fresh supply of vitamins• Helps to grow and develop properly• Uses iron • 2 types

• fat soluble• water soluble

• Helps the body develop and grow• Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus,

Potassium, Zinc.• Iron is used to carry oxygen• Creates a steady heart beat• 2 types, macro minerals & trace minerals• Macro minerals: calcium, potassium, sulfer• Trace minerals: iron, copper ,zinc

• Your body constantly looses water.• Replace water very often• Water is commonly found in food • no calories• Need it to survive• Suggested 168 mL per day• 73% of your body is water

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