Nutrition

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  • Carbohydrates help provide energy for reactions and can be found in foods such as bread, fruits, and vegetables.
  • Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that cannot be digested by the body and helps with digestion and maintaining a healthy weight.
  • Complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains and legumes, take longer to digest and provide sustained energy.
  • Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that is important for immune function and collagen synthesis.
  • Vitamin A is a vitamin that is essential for vision and cell development.
  • What does a healthy diet help you do? 

    Keeps you active, healthy and prevents illness.
  • Lack of calcium can give you bone disease.
  • It is recommended to drink at least 8 cups (64 ounces) of water per day to stay properly hydrated.
  • Dehydration can lead to fatigue, dizziness, and impaired cognitive function.
  • Lack of fibres can give you constipation but maybe even bowel cancer.
  • Lack of fats can give you dry scaly skin and high cholesterol levels.
  • A Lack of protein causes too much fluid which makes you swell.
  • Lack of carbs can make you nauseous, dizzy , irritated easily and have a lack of energy levels.
  • Lack of vitamin A gives you night blindness and dry skin.
  • Lack of Vitamin B12 and Iron gives you anaemia.
  • Lack of Vitamin C gives you scurvy (a vitamin c deficiency).
  • A Lack of Vitamin D gives you Soft Weak bones.
  • A Lack of Folic Acid gives Babies Spina bifida.
  • The Consequences of a Unbalanced diet :
    • Fatigue
    • Low mood/Irritability
    • Infections and inflammations
    • Diet related diseases.
  • The diet related diseases are Diabetes (Type 2), Bowel cancer, Stroke and heart disease.
  • Heart diseases are common in obesity.
  • What are some of the consequences of a unbalanced diet?
    Fatigue, low mood and diet-related illness
  • What are the diet-related diseases?
    Type 2 Diabetes, Bowel cancer, stroke and heart disease
  • Calcium is a micronutrient that is essential for bone health and muscle function.
  • Carbohydrates give you energy for a reaction.
  • Vitamin A helps you with your vision.
  • Vitamin C is important for making red blood cells.
  • Vitamin D helps the cells and helps you get good skin.
  • Vitamin B12 makes the red blood cells.
  • An example of minerals is Calcium.
  • Protein helps the cells develop.
  • Fibre helps the digestive system.
  • Lipids (fats) help absorb the fat-soluble and provide insulation.
  • Water helps keep the cells working effectively and regulate your body temperature.
  • An imbalanced diet causes Malnutrition.
  • Examples of Diet related diseases are Bowel Cancer, Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity and high cholesterol.
  • Obesity is where you are over the average weight and have excess body fat.
  • To assess obesity, Medical professionals do the BMI (Body mass index).
  • A Deficiency is when you have a lack of something.
  • Starvation is a severe calorie intake, some effects of this is malnutrition, eating disorders and even underlying health issues.