AP+Nutrition+Fact+Label+Notes

1st thing to look at is the serving size and servings per container Calories are a measure of energy Calories from fat You need fat in your diet our school fries food in plany oil instead of animal for you which is better for you Cholestrol: Sodium: Carbs: Why do we need to eat? Protein: Not an energy source but are very important to the body Vitamin A: Vitamin C: Calcium Iron Footnote at the bottom of the label:
 * serving size is how much you are eating
 * one of the reasons we eat
 * we have to be careful of not to eat too many calories
 * Trans fat:
 * really bad for you
 * more associated with cancer
 * take saturated fat and make it unsaturated
 * Saturated Fat:
 * butter/ shortening
 * solid at room temperature
 * bad fat
 * fried/ animal fat
 * has more hydrogen- they stack up on top of each othe
 * unsaturated fat:
 * good fat
 * liquid
 * less hydroen and they cant stack up on each other
 * stores long term energy
 * fat makes the cell membrane healthy
 * liquid fats are better for you
 * olivie oil
 * seasme oil
 * lipid- another kind of fat
 * building block in body not used for energy
 * comes from animals
 * we dont want alot of it in our diet
 * associated with heart disease
 * high in blood pressure
 * heart disease
 * lose it when you sweat
 * sugar v. Fiber
 * Fiber:
 * bread/ salad/ plant = good cant digest
 * where you can tell it came from a plant
 * Sugar:
 * bad
 * pure sugar is like a drug and the body cant handle it
 * gives us energy
 * nutrition
 * matter: we have to consume matter to be matter
 * we are always losing cells and we need food to help build them back
 * everything cells do is done by protein
 * our DNA comes from protein
 * made out of amino acids: so we can have the building blocks to make our own protein
 * 20 different amino acids
 * as humans we are only to make ten of them
 * essential amino acids
 * if you don't eat them then your body will die
 * eating animals gives our body alot of protein
 * muscles are a large source of protein
 * vegetarians:
 * if they drink milk
 * plants
 * eat alot of beans and pasta
 * vegans:
 * people who dont eat any aniamls
 * eat rice and beans
 * eat a combination of vegatbales
 * corn and rice' corn and wheat
 * eye sight
 * carrots
 * helps your immune system
 * makes collagen
 * 25 percent of the protein in your body
 * in connective tissue
 * filler protein
 * in lips and nose
 * build strong bones
 * red blood cells that carry oxygen
 * usually for a 2000 cal diet
 * the things you want to limit