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In today’s Physical and Health Education class, we will be learning about Nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is about eating a healthy and balanced diet. Food and drink provide the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. Understanding these nutrition terms may make it easier for you to make better food choices.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all cells of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. However, cholesterol also is found in some of the foods you eat. High levels of cholesterol in the blood can increase your risk of heart disease.
Diet
Your diet is made up of what you eat and drink. There are many different types of diets, such as vegetarian diets, weight loss diets, and diets for people with certain health problems.
Blood Glucose
Glucose — also called blood sugar — is the main sugar found in the blood and the main source of energy for your body.
Dehydration
Dehydration is a condition that happens when you do not take in enough liquids to replace those that you lose. You can lose liquids through frequent urination, sweating, diarrhea, or vomiting. When you are dehydrated, your body does not have enough fluid and electrolytes to work properly.
Poor nutrition can lead to a lack of energy, digestive problems, food allergies, weight gain, depression and anxiety as well as many of today’s most prevalent chronic diseases like coronary heart disease. Having nutritional knowledge and making informed choices about the foods you eat can help you achieve optimum health over your lifetime.
Nutrition is also about why we choose to eat the foods we do, even when we know they may not be good for us, what is going on at a cellular level and how that affects what we crave and therefore set up food cycles that are unhealthy or damaging. Nutritionists advise people on what to eat and how to modify their diet so they can maintain or restore optimal health or help relieve ill health and combat disease.
Evaluation
What is Nutrition?
Reading Assignment
Explain five consequences of Poor Nutrition
Weekend Assignment
What do you understand by having a Good Diet?
We hope you enjoyed today’s class. In our next class, we will be learning about Nutrition II.
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