1. Name the six basic nutrients needed by the body. What is each of their unction? What types of foods might you find them in?How to they each benefit the body? The human body requires 6 basic nutrients. These 6 are Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins, and minerals. Carbohydrates are split into two main groups. The simple sugars and the starches. Simple sugars contain fructose, glucose and lactose. All three sugars can be found in most fruits. The starches are found in bread, rice, some fruits, some vegetables, and potatoes. Carbohydrates are mainly tasked with providing your body energy. However, in some instances where the body lacks enough fibre, the carbohydrates can be broken down to provide a replacement for fibre. Proteins are the building blocks for your body. The proteins are broken down into amino acids. These amino acids are used to build and repair muscles, hair, blood cells, and some hormones. Proteins are also a good source of calories, which the body recognizes and uses to replace carbohydrates. Without proteins are body’s couldn't exist. Proteins can be found in the Protein Foods Group, which consists of meats, eggs, nuts, beans, etc.. Fats are used to help produce and absorb certain vitamins and hormones. In addition to this, fats 'cushion' vital organs. Fats also act like calorie storage, although this is not their main use. Fats can be found in butter, cheese, oil, and most dairy products. In addition, the body converts extra calories into fat, hence the reason they are like calories storage. Water is very important to have in your body. Water is in charge of transporting nutrients throughout your body, removing waste products, controlling out body temperature, etc.. Without water our body would compl... ... middle of paper ... ...bullying to the want to control you life better. The treatment of anorexia is handled by a doctor, psychologist, and counselor. These people will make sure you get back to a health weight and attempt to change the way you think of weight gain (Or whatever your cause is). Bulimia nervosa (normally called bulimia) is “disorder” where a person feels the need to eat more food than is needed. Some symptoms of bulimia are sores on the knuckles or hands (Caused when a person sticks their fingers down their throat to cause vomiting.), discolored teeth (from the stomach acids), and puffy cheeks (again caused by repeated vomiting.). You can die from anorexia or bulimia. Both of these conditions can cause your body to not receive the nutrients it needs, cardiac problems, damage to the esophagus, etc.. Both of these eating disorders are very serious and caused deaths every year.
As many as 20% of females in their teenage and young adult years suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa (Alexander-Mott, 4). Males are also afflicted by these eating disorders, but at a much lower rate, with a female to male ratio of six to one. Those with anorexia nervosa refuse to maintain a normal body weight by not eating and have an intense fear of gaining weight. People with bulimia nervosa go through periods of binge eating and then purging (vomiting), or sometimes not purging but instead refraining from eating at all for days. Both of these disorders wreak havoc on a person's body and mental state, forcing them to become emaciated and often depressed.
Protein have connection with amino acid to help in functions of: skin, muscle, hair and bones
Nutrition experts in the United States and Canada have a list of standards with four list values. These list values are called the Dietary Reference Intakes. The DRI committee sets these values for vitamins, minerals, calories, and nutrients. These nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, and water. These list values measure the nutrient intakes of healthy people, and its major goal is to help prevent chronic diseases.
Bulimia nervosa is a slightly less serious version of anorexia, but can lead to some of the same horrible results. Bulimia involves an intense concern about weight (which is generally inaccurate) combined with frequent cycles of binge eating followed by purging, through self-induced vomiting, unwarranted use of laxatives, or excessive exercising. Most bulimics are of normal body weight, but they are preoccupied with their weight, feel extreme shame about their abnormal behavior, and often experience significant depression. The occurrence of bulimia has increased in many Western countries over the past few decades. Numbers are difficult to establish due to the shame of reporting incidences to health care providers (Bee and Boyd, 2001).
For a person’s body to maintain proper heath and gain the right and necessary nutrients there are several factors that work together to provide the most benefit to that person’s body. There is the importance of Macronutrients and micronutrients. Macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein, lipids, and water, and required in large amounts as chemical compounds that people consume. Micronutrients classified are vitamins and Minerals. Vitamins aid the function of macronutrients and help in metabolism, immunity, and digestion. Minerals aid the bodily functions, the body requires seven major minerals and trace minerals that have different roles throughout the body. Nutrients are found in different foods which is important to distinguish when trying
Carbohydrates provide your body with immediate energy. Not all carbs are created equal, there are simple and complex starches. Eating foods that are refined don’t provide long lasting fullness and you may find that you need to eat again soon after your meal or you may feel very lethargic. Refined starches include white products such as bread, bagels, tortillas, pitas, or pasta. Conversely, complex carbs are full of fiber which lead to lasting fullness.
Carbohydrates include sugars and starches, contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen which appears in a ratio of 1:2:1. Carbohydrates are classified according to size as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. The primary function of carbohydrates is to serve as sources of energy. Carbohydrates are some of the most numerous molecules in living organisms. They play a major role as food molecules in the cell, being broken down to produce energy. Polysaccharides play an important role serving as energy reserves also. It provides a quick-release energy source that keeps us going between meals. Small amounts of carbohydrates are also used for structural purposes and others are attached to outer surfaces of cell membranes to guide cellular interactions. For many cells, sugars are the most important source of energy.
Human body needs to get a lot of different kinds of food every day, from which we can get various nutrients to build the foundation of life. Three of the major nutrients: carbohydrates, protein and fat not only provide the body 's main energy nutrients, but also have a special physiological function. Our life will not be able to continue once we are lack of the major nutrients.
Carbohydrates are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which provide the body with energy when they are broken down in cellular respiration (LABS-AIDS INC., 2012). Starches and sugars are considered two carbohydrates. Our bodies use carbohydrates to make glucose also known as sugar, which gives you energy and helps keep everything going. Our bodies use glucose immediately or stores it in our liver and muscles for when it is needed. Carbohydrates found in fruits, vegetables, grains (cereal, breads, etc.), milk, and foods with added sugars. The foods that contain added sugars, such as cakes and cookies, are considered to be “bad” carbs in most cases. “Good” carbs can be found in natural foods, such as strawberries and bananas.
Protein provides four calories per grams. Proteins are made up of chemical compounds called amino acids. Amino acids are used to build and maintain protein- based components of the body such as bone, enzyme, muscle and red blood cells. Food source of protein are meat, fish, eggs, poultry, dairy products, legumes and nuts.
Bulimia nervosa may lead to death like anorexia, but the characteristics remain different. Bulimics go through a binging cycle. Actions such as forced vomiting compensate for the weight gain during binge eating (National). Common signs and symptoms involve eating until the victim feels discomfort, binging of unhealthy foods, forced vomiting, use of laxatives, and unusual bowel functioning (...
Food is the fuel of human body. The body has ability to separate the complex food to simple food to get every single ingredients out of it and add it to its blood circulation system. Then it convert that to energy which is fuel for the body. The body requires six kind of nutrients; water, carbohydrate, fat, proteins, vitamins and minerals. Energy yielding nutrients which is nutrients the body use for energy is carbohydrate, fat and protein. Carbohydrate contribute 4 Cal/g, fat 9 Cal/g and protein 4 Cal/g. Alcohol contribute 7 Cal/g as well but alcohol is not a nutrient it is a toxin. There is different amount of recommendation for each nutrients as well as each vitamins and minerals depends on age, gender and health status adjusted by committee
Without a healthy balance of nutrition, a human being cannot have a healthy immune system, which can lead to impairment in the homeostasis of the human body. Nutrition is the matter that the human body requires to survive. The essential nutrients that a human body requires are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and water. Nutrients can be broken down into two categories: large (Macronutrients) and small (Micronutrients).
Proteins can be thought of as the tissue builders in our body (Hall, 2017), and vegetarians can still get their daily recommended amount of protein, proving that a vegetarian diet is not a major risk to one’s health. Protein can come from poultry, eggs, fish, nuts, and seeds (2017). Some major functions of protein in our body include structural formation, acid/base and electrolyte balance, enzyme function, energy, immune function, and transport function (Hall, 2017). The wide variety of jobs a protein host in the body is actually pretty extensive and obviously variable. Not only is protein function in the body variable, its sources and recommended daily intake also have a high degree of variability, which a great plus that benefits
All of these substances serve one purpose or another when consumed into the body. Carbohydrates, for example, are broken down in the body to provide energy for the body to perform reactions and to regain stamina. Protein helps muscles to recover stronger than before as well as help skin and hair cells to develop. Some substances, such as fat and sugar, can be misinterpreted as being harmful to the body. However, fats and sugars are vital to the human body and without them certain processes within the body could not take place ("What's In Food", Nutriti...