Nutrition

1st Reporter
 Nutrition
Nutrition is basically how
we use the food we eat to
keep our bodies functioning,
growing and repairing. It's
essential for life.
 Plant
Nutrition
 Nutrients
Are substances that our
bodies need to grow, function
properly, and stay healthy.
 2 Types of Organisms
base on the mode or
Nutrition
Autotrophs are organisms that can
make their own food from sunlight
or chemical energy, like plants or
certain bacteria. They're nature's
self-feeders!
 2 Types of Organisms
base on the mode or
Nutrition
Heterotrophs are organisms that get
their food and energy by
consuming other organisms, like
animals and humans. They depend
on others for meals!!
 The Nutritional
Requirements of Plants

Water Carbon Sunlight

Dioxide
 The Nutritional
Requirements of Plants

Macronut ...
-rients Micronut
-rients
 The Routes for the absorption of
water and minerals
A. Symplast Route— through plasmodesmata
B. Apoplast—along cell walls
Note that the water and minerals from the soil need
to reach the conducting tissues of plants, specify the
xylem.
 Animal
Nutrition
•A calorie is a unit of energy
that indicates the amount of
energy contained in food.
•specifically refers to the
amount of heat energy to raise
temperature of 1 kg (2.2 lb.)
Of water by 1°C (1.8°F)
• The greater the number of
Calories in a quantity of food,
the greater energy it contains.
(Johnson and Raven, 1996)
 The Main
Stages of
Food
Processing
 The Organs
involved in Food
Processing in the
Human Digestive
System
 The Oral
Cavity,
Pharynx
and
Esophagus
 The
Stomach
 The Accessory
Digestive Organs
Pancreas, Liver and
Gallbladder
The Large Intestine
The Rectum and
Anus
Thank
You!