BLOCK #8 (part 2) NUTRITION & FITNESS UNIT PACKET

NUTRITION OUTLINE6 CLASSES OF NUTRIENTS A healthy Diet: Follow 2 principles

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CARBOHYDRATES

Glucose:o

o

Glycogeno

Athletes and CHOs CHOs maintain

Modify o

Liquid CHOs supplementation

o

o

PROTEIN

Required for

Necessary

o

o

o

Not

Amino Acids

o

Athletes and Protein

FATS AND CHOLESTEROL Most

o Calories =

Good for

2 Types of CHOs

Important dates:

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2 Types of Fat Cholesterol

Athletes and Fat

o

Dietary Fiber:

Dietary Fiber: o reduces o Can prevent

VITAMINS

Not necessary:

MINERALS:

Examples:o

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o

o

o

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WATER

o

o

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o

US. Department of Agriculture’s Dietary guidelines for Americans

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Good?! Bad!

o

Eat a Healthiest

o Balance calories consumed to

READING A FOOD LABEL

Weight Gain and Loss

Loss:

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Gain

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Anatomy of MyPlate

Food Label Information:

1. The lists of ingredients on a food label are :

2. Each package must identify:

3. Each package must identify:

Using different food labels and find the following information using the conversion chart:

Lets Do Number 1 together: (SHOW YOUR WORK)

Food Item ______________________________

1. Serving Size:

2. Number of Total Calories in one serving:

3. Number of Total Calories from Fat:

4. Number of total Calories from CHOs:

5. Number of total Calories from Protein

6. Total Number of calories in entire package

SHOW YOUR WORK

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1 gram of fat =

1 gram of protein =

1 gram of CHO =

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