Nutrition

• 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.