MIRJAM NILSSON​

WHAT IS NUTRITION?
Nutrition is the science of food & its
relationship to health

Health is more than the absence of

disease

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NUTRIENTS
The substance that provide nourishment essential for the maintenance
LIFE and for GROWTH.

SOURCE OF NUTRIENTS

FOOD is the source of nutrients.

 WHY WE NEED NUTRIENTS?
• Because old body cells are continuously being replaced by new
cells.
• Healthy new cells can only be formed I presence of sufficient
nutrients
MACRONUTRIENTS MICRONUTRIENTS
 NUTRITION
MACRO NUTRIENTS
MICRO
• Our body needs these in large • Our body NUTRIENTS
need these in small
amount. amount.
• They are too big to be absorbed • They are too small to be broken
by the body so they must be down therefore they take less
broken down. time in absorbing by the body.
• Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats, & • Vitamins & Minerals.
Water.

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 NUTRIENTS IN FOOD
PROTIEN

1. Building and maintaining all body

parts – help grow/build our muscle,
skin, hair, nails, skeleton, vision and
transport oxygen.
2. Comforting the body –thy bring a
feeling of safety.
 NUTRIENTS IN FOOD
carbohydrates
1. Fueling the engine –provide the
major source of instant energy in our
diet.
2. Comforting the body –Add
sweatiness, flavor and texture to the
fool fill &satisfy
3. Oiling the system –Aid the
digestive system and bowl function.
NUTRIENTS IN FOOD
FATS

1. Chief source of Energy

2. Insulate body in cold weather
 MICRO-NUTRIENTS

VITAMINS MINERALS

• Vit A MAJOR TRACE

• Vit B MINERALS MINERALS
• Vit C
• Vit D • CALCIUM • Iron
• PHOSPHORUS • Zinc
• Vit E • CHLORIDE • Copper
• SULFUR
• Vit K • SODIUM
• Iodine
• POTASSIUM • Molybdenu
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 CLASSIFICATION OF VITAMINS

Fat soluble vitamins: Water soluble

stored in liver & fat vitamins:
tissue in the body. Not usually stored in
body. Excess is excreted
The body store large
in the urine
amount of fat soluble
vitamin – A, D, E, and K
The body store water
In the liver and fatty
soluble vitamin (e.g, B &
tissue. Thus a deficiency
C) in small quantity up to
can occur only after they
the saturation point in
have not been ingested
various body tissues their
or adequately absorbed
short period and adequate
for times
intake can lead to
deficiency
 VITAMINS
VITAMINS USES SOURCE
-Good vision
Green and yellow vegetables
VITAMIN A Healthy skin
Dairy products
Growth
Essential for metabolism, Red Poultry
VITAMIN B
blood cell formation Egg
Healthy skin
VITAMIN C protect cells Fruits and vegetables
Help absorbing iron
Helps absorbing calcium
VITAMIN D Margarine and oily fish
Strong teeth and bones
Eseential for biological Peach
VITAMIN E
antioxidant deficiency Cabbage
Kiwi
VITAMIN K Essential for blood clotting
broccoli
CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS
 CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS
MINERALS

CALCIUM IRON • ZINC

• SODIUM
 POTASSI
It is needed for It is needed for UM
the healthy the formation of
growth of teeth Red blood cells
and bones
 FUNCTION OF MICRONUTRIENTS

• Micronutrients do not provide energy.

• They are needed for the proper functioning of the body cells.
 DIETRY FIBERS

• Fibers are carbohydrates & present e.g, in fruits, vegetables,

cereals, pasta and breads.
• The parts of leaves, stems, roots, seed and fruits of plants that are
resist to the action of digestive enzymes.
• Different types of fibers are important to health because they absorb
many times their weight in water resulting softer and bulkier stools
and reduces risk of constipation
 DEFICIENCY OF NUTRIENTS

Deficiency of nutrients can lead to following diseases:

• Blindness
• Sterile or mental retardation
• Bones can break
• Teeth and hair can fall out
• Skin may flake away
You are what you eat?