Balanced Diet and its constituents

GRADE 7
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The six types of nutrient that everyone needs to eat :

• Carbohydrates
• Fats and Oils
• Proteins
• Minerals
• Vitamins
• Water
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NUTRIENTS FUNCTIONS SOURCES

MINERALS- • Make bones and teeth strong. • Milk products
CALCIUM • Seeds and some type of nuts e.g. almonds

IRON • To make hemoglobin • Meat(especially red meat), dark green vegetables, many
kinds of fish, shell fish, some nuts and seeds.

VITAMINS Vitamin A- • Vitamin A- green vegetables, carrots and squash (such as

A,C,D • good vision. pumpkin), fruit, foods made from milk (such as cheese) and
• helps your white blood cells to fight some kinds of fish.
pathogens.
Vitamin C-
• helps the skin to stay strong and to • Vitamin C- Fresh fruit ,vegetables. citrus ,potatoes, colorful
heal quickly if it is damaged. . berries.
• keeps blood vessels and bones
healthy. • Vitamin D-Oily fish, fish liver oils, mushrooms, cereals, eggs.
Vitamin D-
• Needed for strong bones and teeth.
• helps the body to absorb calcium
from the food.
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NUTRIENTS FUNCTIONS
WATER • Water in cells allows all the
different chemicals inside
them to dissolve, so that they
can react together.
• Water in blood allows it to
flow easily, transporting
substances all over the body.
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