nutrition+notes+for+test

=**A nutrition label**= 1. serving size - look at serving size per container

2. calories: measures energy - calories come from fat= main place where calories come from.

3. saturated fat- bad fat!! - butter, shorting -solids -comes from animals -causes cancer and other diseases - have more hydrogen- it allows the molecules to stack up AVOID: butter, crisco(shorting), fried food because they are fried in animal fats, packaged foods


 * trans fat- take an unsaturated fat and make it into a saturated fat.- man made solid fat!**
 * VERY BAD FOR YOU****

4. unsaturated fat- -liquid, - comes from plants - molecules cant stack.

GOOD OILS: olive oils, vegetable oils, peanut oil, corn oil


 * you need fat in your diet because it stores energy for long term.
 * you need fat because your cells need it for a healthy membrane. Your cells need to have a good healthy membrane for your cells to be healthy.

5. cholesterols - a fat - building block in your body, not for energy - diets high in cholesterol is bad -cholesterols come from animals -cholesterol causes diseases


 * high levels of sodium is very bad- its causes high blood pressure.

6. CARBS -sugars - pure white sugar - not good - like a drug, and our body cant handle all of that sugar

-Fiber- from cell wall of a plant - found in bread, salad - can't digest it, and it cleans out our large intestine - good