This document discusses the essential nutrients required for human nutrition: water, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. It provides sources and functions for each nutrient. Water carries nutrients and removes waste. Proteins help build tissue and provide antibodies. Carbohydrates and fats provide energy, while saturated and unsaturated fats impact cholesterol levels differently. Vitamins facilitate nutrient use and regulate growth. Minerals aid bone/tooth growth and various body functions.

1. Health
Education-
Nutrition
Miss Chantelle Chaudoin
MPH

2. Nutrition
 Nutritionis the study of the food we eat
and it works in our body

3. Essential Nutrients
 Water
 Protein
 Carbohydrates
 Fats
 Vitamins
 Minerals

4. Water
 Sources-Liquids, fruits, and vegetables
 Functions- Carries nutrients an removes
waste; dissolves amino acids, glucose,
and minerals; cleans body by removing
toxins; regulates body temperature

5. Proteins
 Sources – meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans,
nuts, cheese, tofu, vegetables, some fruits,
pastas, breads, cereal and rice.
 Functions – Helps build new tissue to keep
hair, skin and eyesight healthy; builds
antibodies, enzymes, hormones and other
compounds; provide fuel for the body.

6. Carbohydrates
 Sources – Grains, cereal, pasta, fruits, and
vegetables, nuts, milk, and sugars.
 Functions – provides energy

7. Fats
 Saturated
 Sources – Red meat, dairy products, egg yolks,
coconut and palm oils, shortening, stick
margarine, and baked goods.
 Functions – provides energy, triggers production
of cholesterol
 Unsaturated
 Sources – some fish, avocados, olives, canola
and peanut oils
 Functions – provides energy but triggers more
“good cholesterol” production and less “bad
cholesterol” production.

8. Vitamins
 Sources – fruits, vegetables, grains, some
meat and dairy products.
 Functions – facilitate use of other nutrients;
involved in regulating growth, maintaining
tissue and manufacturing blood cells,
hormones and other body components.

9. Minerals
 Sources – many foods.
 Functions – help build bones and teeth,
aid in muscle function and nervous system
activity, assist in various body functions
including growth and energy production.