Nutrients

What is nutrients?

• Nutrients are compounds in foods essential to life and health

• nutrients are compounds that are not necessary for health

A balanced diet is a diet that contains different kinds of foods in certain quantities and proportions

• True

• False

How many nutrients are there ?

• 5

• 6

• 7

Carbohydrates are

• Most important source of energy

• Carbohydrates is not an essential

Proteins build body muscles and repair tissue

• False

• True

protect organs and keep us warm

Bread, pasta and rice are examples of

• protein

• carbohydrates

• fats

butter, cheese and oil are good source of

• proteins

• carbohydrates

• Fats

An example of protein is

• Rice, bread

• Meat, eggs

• Oranges

water regulates our body temperature

• True

• False