NUTRITION
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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Question
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What are CARBOHYDRATES?
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Found in all meats, diary, beans, and nuts. Helps make skin, muscles and bones. They are needed to help repair damaged tissues
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Found in meats and processed foods. The body needs a certain amount to:protect against cold, provide energy for muscles, provide a layer of padding between skin and muscles, and protect internal organs
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Makes up 50-70% of your body weight. Is important that your body can’t live for more than a few days without it. This nutrient has many functions, such as helping to carry nutrients and oxygen throughout the body and helping in digestion
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Found in grains, and vegetables. Are the main part of most human diets, and provides the body’s most important source of energy.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They are complex carbohydrates, which are made of lots of simple sugars strung together. Your body needs to break starches down into sugars to use them for energy. Starches include bread, cereal, and pasta. They also include certain vegetables, like potatoes, peas, and corn.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grains-along with fruits, vegetables, and dairy-contain carbohydrates, the body’s main source of energy.
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