DR. Jonathan Spages is an expert Nutritionist in New Jersey. He is telling here about the way to boost your immunity with Nutrition

1. BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY WITH
NUTRITION
DR. JONATHAN

2. NUTRITION
• The study of how your bodies use the
substances in food to maintain our health
Affects your everyday tasks
Helps you grow and repair your body
Food affects feelings:
Hunger
peoples eating habits are affected when they are
sad, happy, and nervous

3. NUTRITION
• Digestion- is the process in which food is
broken down into a form your body can use
• Nutrients- are the substances found in food
that your body needs to function properly.
• Your body makes some but most come from food
• Metabolism- the process of turning nutrients
into usable energy.

4. NUTRITION
• Diet- is a pattern of eating
• Not always about losing weight
• Diet includes: when your eat, what you eat,
how much you eat.
• Many factors affect diet, one for example is
food choices

5. FOOD CHOICES
• There are 6 factors that affect food choices:
• Your personal taste
• Family traditions
• Convenience of foods
• Overall cost of food
• Foods your friends eat
• Availability of foods in your area

6. NUTRIENTS
• 6 essential nutrients:
• Fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals,
and water
• Fats, proteins, and carbohydrates are used for
energy
• Vitamins and minerals control bodily functions
• Water controls temperature and is a transportation
system.

7. CARBOHYDRATES
• Chemical composed of one or more simple
sugars
• Can be sugar or starch
• Starches are many simple sugars
• Fiber is carb that cannot be broken down
• 1 gram of carbs is 4 calories

8. FATS
• Nutrients that store energy and store vitamins
• Can be found in solid or liquid
• Makes food taste better
• Contains more calories than any nutrient, 1 gram of
fat is 9 calories.
• Eating foods high in fat will put more calories in the
body then needed, these extra calories are stored as
fat
• Fat can block flow to the heart

9. PROTEINS
• Nutrients that are used for building,
maintaining, and repairing tissues and cells.
• Help make food into energy
• Meats and poultry good forms of protein
• 1 gram of protein is 4 calories

10. VITAMINS AND MINERALS
• Vitamins- organic compounds that control
many body functions
• Minerals- elements that are essential for good
health.
• Can be found in all grown products
• Each vitamin and mineral has a certain function
• For example vitamin A helps with vision, and the
mineral calcium helps build bones.

11. WATER
• No energy from water
• Can live for several weeks without food, but
without water a person can only live a few days
• Is used to fill spaces in the body, and lubricate
and transport
• Regulates body temperature
• Drink water

12. BALANCING YOUR DIET(PG. 102)
• The dietary guidelines for Americans
• The food guide pyramid
• The nutrition facts label
• What is a serving size
• What is a portion
• Build healthy eating habits

13. HEALTHY BODY AND BODY
WEIGHT
• What is body image
• Is the way you see and imagine your body
• What is a healthy and unhealthy body image
• Building a healthy body image
• The media, family
• I statements
• Eating disorders/Over exercising
• Managing your weight
• Healthy weight range
• What affects weight
• Keeping a healthy weight
• Why do you eat
• Eating healthfully
• Stay physically active

14. THANKS