Summary Unit Diet and Digestion 3rd grade

1. DIET AND DIGESTION
Healthy Diet
Should be
Balanced
Gives the
right amount of nutrients
sufficient
Gives the right amount
of energy
includes
Five meals a day
Drinking water and doing exercise
Eat lots of vegetables and fruits
Wholegrain bread, cereals or pasta and potatoes
Meat, fish, eggs or pulses
Food groups
Group 1- Carbohydrates:
Cereals, pasta, potatoes, sugar
Give energy
Group 2: Fats
Oil, butter and bacon
Give energy
Group 3-Proteins
Meat, fish, eggs and pulses
Build the muscles
Group 4-Dairy Products
Milk, cheese, yoghurt
Give proteins and calcium
Group 5:
Vitamins, Minerals, Fibre
Fruits and vegetables
Prevent and diseases
Food hygiene
Natural/Fresh food
Processed food
Hygiene Wash your hand before eating or preparing food
Mediterranean Diet Is very healthy
Vegetales, fruits, pulses, dry fruits, olive oil, bread and cereals, fish
Digestive system Mouth: chew the food The food goes down the oesophagus
The stomach transform food into a past
We absorb the nutrients in the small intestine The waste go into the
large intestine
Form faeces
Waste expelled
through the anus