This document discusses the essential nutrients needed for healthy living: carbohydrates and fats, proteins, and vitamins and minerals. It explains that carbohydrates and fats are found in "go foods" that provide energy, proteins are found in "grow foods" that help muscles and bones, and vitamins and minerals are found in "glow foods" that help the body function properly and fight sickness. Examples are given of foods that contain each nutrient type along with tips for a balanced diet with variety and moderation of fats, sugars, and salts.

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2. Food Nutrients
For
Healthy Living

3. Do you enjoy eating these kinds
of foods?

4. These
foods
contains
nutrients.

5. What
is
nutrient?

6. Nutrients
- substances found in food that
make the body get energy, grow, and
regulate body functions.

7. Food is more than what we
eat when we are hungry. It can
affect our mind and body too.

8. Nutrition
- the process in which the
body takes in and uses
nutrients.

9. Here are the
nutrients needed for
good health.

10. 1. Carbohydrates and Fats
2. Proteins
3. Vitamins and Minerals

11. Carbohydrates and Fats

12. Carbohydrates and Fats
are found in
“go” foods.

13. “Go” Foods
are foods that give
your body the energy
that it needs so you can
carry out your activities.

14. “Go” Foods
are also called
“energy-giving foods”.

15. These are foods
rich in
carbohydrates.

16. Carbohydrates are
found in rice, cereal,
bread corn, potatoes
and many more.

17. These are
foods rich in
fat.

18. Fats are
found in oil,
butter, and
cheese.

20. Proteins

21. Proteins
are found in
“grow” foods.

22. “Grow” Foods
are foods that help
your bones and muscles
strong. It helps you to
grow.

23. “Grow” Foods
are is also called
“body-building
foods”.

24. Proteins
is needed by the
body to grow.

25. These are
foods rich in
proteins.

26. Proteins are found
in milk, eggs,
meat, fish, beans,
nuts and many
more.

27. When there is an injury to
any part of the body,
proteins are responsible
for the injured part, and
for wound healing.

28. The muscles of the
body is made up of
protein.

29. Vitamins and Minerals

30. Vitamins and Minerals
are found in
“glow” foods.

31. “Glow” Foods
are foods that help
your body protect itself
from getting sick.

32. “Glow” Foods
help regulate body
functions.

33. These foods are
rich in vitamins
and minerals

34. Fruits and
vegetables are
rich in vitamins
and minerals.

35. Vitamins and minerals are
needed in small amount
to make our body
performs its functions
properly.

36. Too much or too little of
these nutrients can lead to
poor health.

37. Tips to Proper Eating:

38. 1. Eat variety of foods. Make
sure you eat go, grow, glow foods
to ensure your body gets all the
nutrients it needs.

39. 2. Do not take too much fat, sugar, and
salt. Too much fat can lead to obesity or the
condition of being overweight Too much sugar
can also lead to obesity and can use teeth to
decay. Too much salt can cause problems with
the heart and kidneys.

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