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CARBOHYDRATES, FATS, AND PROTEIN FOODS SUPPLY NUTRIENTS • Food is more than something that is satisfies your hunger. • Nutrients is a substances that the body needs to regulate bodily functions, promote growth, repair body tissues, and obtain energy. • Nutrition is the process by which the body takes in and uses this nutrients. • Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins can all used by the body as a sources of energy. • Vitamins, Minerals, and Water perform other essential functions.

Foods supply energy • The foods you eat are you’re body’s energy source. • Maintain body temperature. • Keep your heart beating. • Enable you to understand what you read. • Fuel for Your Body : When your body uses the nutrients in foods, series of chemical reactions occurs inside your cell. • Metabolism is the chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release this energy. Metabolism also involves the use of this energy for growth and repair of body tissues.

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CONNECT YOUR LIFE: HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN A SERVING OF YOUR FAVORITE SNACK FOOD?

• Are nutrients made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. • Two General Types of Carbohydrates 1. Simple Carbohydrates are also known as sugars. Sugars occur naturally in fruits, vegetables, and milk. Glucose is the most important types of sugars because it provide energy to our body’s cells. 2. Complex Carbohydrates are made up of sugars that are linked together chemically to form long chains, something like beads' in a necklace. Starches are the main types of complex carbohydrates. Starches are found in many plant foods, such as potatoes and grains----for example, rice, cereals and wheat

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YOUR BODY’S ENERGY RESERVE