Colegio García flamenco

Students names: Víctor Mendoza y

Mauricio Velis

Topic: Good and Bad Nutrition

Grade: 8° B

¿What is the Nutrition?

Nutrition is the

process of getting

food into your body

and using it as raw

materials for

growth, fuel for

energy, and

vitamins and

minerals that keep

your body healthy

and functioning

properly.

Good Nutrition Means Good

Health

A healthy diet will

give your body the

right amount of

energy, enough raw

materials and all of

the "little helpers"

you need to stay

healthy. Good

nutrition will also

provide

phytochemicals and

Benefits of Good

Nutrition.

The benefits of good nutrition are

multiple. Besides helping you

maintain a healthy weight, good

nutrition is essential for the body

and all its systems to function

optimally for a lifetime. In fact, the

benefits of good nutrition can be

found in physical and mental health

because a healthy diet provides

energy, promotes good sleep, and

gives the body what it needs to stay

healthy. When you consider the

benefits of good nutrition, it's easier

to eat healthy.

A good way to know you are getting good

nutrition from your eating plan is to ask yourself

how you honestly look and feel. A healthy eating

plan will include lean proteins, grains, nuts, fresh

fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats that

provide enough calories to support your

lifestyle. A balanced diet will not exclude any

one food group.

Bad nutrition is often

the cause of many health problems, as

well as being the cause of physical

illness, it is also one of the causes of

mental A bad diet can

cause conditions such as obesity, diabetes,

scurvy, heart disease, high blood

pressure, osteoporosis,

cardiovascular disease,depression an

d stress.illness.

According to a world

health organization

report that looked at

eighty developing

countries

iodine deficiency has diminished the

intellectual ability of roughly all of

nations by as many as ten to fifteen

percent. It causes eighteen million

children per year to be mentally

impaired at birth.

Adults who have iodine deficiency are

so widespread that work force

productivity is lowered, mean the

cutting the Gross Domestic Product in

the countries worse affected by 2

percent.

Forty percent of the

developing world have iron deficiency

and forty percent

are lacking in vitamin A.