Nutrition and nutrients
Oscar Elipe
Created on April 24, 2020
Presentación introductoria a la nutrición y los nutrientes para educación primaria. Se puede utilizar para cualquier edad como introducción, pero resultará más productivo para niños a partir de 3º de primaria que puedan llevar a cabo una posterior investigación.
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Transcript
Nutrition and nutrients.
This week we are going to learn more about nutrition and what are nutrients.
Start
Index
What is nutrition?
What are nutrients?
Food pyramid
Quiz
Learning goals
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.
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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...
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.
We should only have a small amount of fats, spreads and oils because too much is bad for our hearts
You should aim for two servings of protein a day and try to have a different kind each time.
To be healthy, you should try to eat lots of different coloured fruit and vegetables
You should aim for between three and five portions of carbohydrates a day. Brown rice, wholemeal pasta and wholegrain bread are the healthiest choices.
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!
EMPEZAR
Nutrition quiz
PREGUNTA 1/5
What is the main goal of nutrition?
To give us money
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To sing a song every night
¡ERROR!
To give us energy and help our body
SIGUIENTE
Nutrition quiz
¡Correcto!
Nutrition quiz
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.
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García, Fernández, Muñoz, Pérez and Bellón
¡ERROR!
SIGUIENTE
Nutrition quiz
¡Correcto!
Nutrition quiz
PREGUNTA 3/5
Which one contains a huge source of proteins?
Egg
Chocolate cake
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Orange
¡ERROR!
SIGUIENTE
Nutrition quiz
¡Correcto!
Nutrition quiz
PREGUNTA 4/5
Vitamins help us to be...
Fat
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Healthy
Sad
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SIGUIENTE
Nutrition Quiz
¡Correcto!
Nutrition Quiz
PREGUNTA 5/5
The food pyramid shows us...
the way that we have to cook a Pizza
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how much of the different types of food we need
the differences between vitamins and minerals
¡ERROR!
SIGUIENTE
Nutrition quiz
¡Correcto!