Nutrition and nutrients

Nutrition and nutrients.

This week we are going to learn more about nutrition and what are nutrients.

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What is nutrition?

Learning goals

What are nutrients?

Index

Quiz

Food pyramid

What are we going to learn?

These are the main points that we are going to talk about during this week.

• What is nutrition?
• Why is nutrition important for us?
• What are nutrients?
• Families of nutrients.
• Food pyramid.

Nutrition

What is nutrition?

Nutrition is the process by which the body nourishes itself by transforming food into energy and body tissues. Food provides essential substances called nutrients. The body needs these nutrients to help it make energy; to grow, repair, and maintain its tissues; and to keep its different systems working smoothly. Nutrition is important for all organisms.

Why is nutrition important?

Vídeo

Watch the video about nutrition and its importance in our healthy lifes.

What are nutrients?

What are nutrients?

Nutrients are compounds in foods essential to life and health. Thanks to nutrients we get the energy from the food. Not all the food has the same amount of nutrients and there are different families of nutrients. The main five families of nutrients are:

• Proteins.
• Carbohydrates.
• Lipids (fats).
• Vitamins.
• Minerals.

What are nutrients?

Proteins

Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans and nuts are all sources of protein. Protein is a nutrient which is important to help us grow and help our bodies to repair themselves. These foods also have something called iron in them and this helps keep our blood healthy.

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What are nutrients?

Carbohydrates

Include food such as bread, potatoes, pasta, rice and wholegrain cereals like porridge. Carbohydrates are nutrients which give our bodies energy. These foods also give us fibre which helps us to go to the toilet regularly.

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What are nutrients?

Lipids (fats)

Fats, spreads and oils include foods like olive oil, vegetable oil, butter and margarine. Mayonnaise and some salad dressings are also included in the section because they have lots of oil in them.

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What are nutrients?

Vitamins

Vitamin means ‘vital for life’. Vitamins are compounds necessary for the healthy functioning of our bodies. We need vitamins to help us grow, to see correctly, to form bones, muscles, skin and organs, as well as to help us battle infections. Includes whole grain bread and cereals, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts and legumes, and dairy products

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What are nutrients?

Minerals

Minerals are inorganic substances required by the body in small amounts. Minerals are involved in the formation of bones and teeth; they are essential constituents of body fluids and tissues. Some examples are: iron, magnesium, calcium...

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Food pyramid

Food pyramid

This is a food pyramid. It is an easy way to work out how much of the different types of food we need. The smaller the section of the pyramid, the less we need. The bigger the section of the pyramid, the more we need. Click on each section to find out more.

Food pyramid

The food pyramid

Watch the video about the food pyramid to get more knowledge about it. What do you think about the food pyramid?

QUIZ

Lets put our learning in practice! Now it´s time to answer some questions about nutrition and nutrients. Good Luck!

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Nutrition quiz

PREGUNTA 1/5

What is the main goal of nutrition?

To give us money

To sing a song every night

To give us energy and help our body

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¡Correcto!

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PREGUNTA 2/5

What are the names of the 5 most important families of nutrients?

Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Vitamins and Minerals

Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, Fishes and Iron.

García, Fernández, Muñoz, Pérez and Bellón

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¡Correcto!

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PREGUNTA 3/5

Which one contains a huge source of proteins?

Chocolate cake

Orange

Egg

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PREGUNTA 4/5

Vitamins help us to be...

Healthy

Fat

Sad

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¡Correcto!

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PREGUNTA 5/5

The food pyramid shows us...

the way that we have to cook a Pizza

the differences between vitamins and minerals

how much of the different types of food we need

Nutrition quiz

¡Correcto!

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