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Importance of Carbohydrates in Your Diet by Slidesgo
Importance of Carbohydrates in Your Diet by Slidesgo
Importance of Carbohydrates in Your Diet by Slidesgo
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Adrito Chakrabarti
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What is diet?
the food eaten by an animal everyday is called is diet.
Humans need six types of nutrients in theire diet. These are
1. Carbohydrates
2. Protiens
3. Fats
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals
6. Water
A diet which contains all of these nutrient in abalanced
proportion is knokn as a balanced diet.
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Energy needs
Everyday a person uses up energy .the
amount you use partly depends on how old
are you , which sex are you
And what job you do.
For example : A pregnant woman would use
twice as much energy as a normal human
which is
Around 2356 k/cal per day
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Fats and oil are needed for energy, and to make cell membranes .
We store excess fat and in our adipose tissue
Function:
1. Provides insulation , reducing heat loss from the body
2. It can also form a protective layer around the body organs such
as kidneys , providing mechanical protection
Some sources of fat are
Cooking oils
Meat
Eggs
Dairy products
Fun fact : our brain is made up of about 60% of
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Protein
● Proteins are needed to build new cell walls for growth . They are also used
for making protein such as hemoglobin, insulin and antibodies( which help
to kill harmful pathogens . The sources of protein are meat ,fish ,eggs ,
peas and lentils
Insulin is a hormone
which is secreted
from the pancrease
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