WEBVTT 00:00.934 --> 00:05.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% NUTRITION IS THE PROCESS OF TAKING IN AND USING FOOD. 00:05.767 --> 00:09.567 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLANTS GET THEIR NUTRIENTS FROM THE SOIL AND AIR. 00:09.567 --> 00:14.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE GET OUR NUTRIENTS FROM FOOD. 00:14.133 --> 00:14.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YUM! 00:14.400 --> 00:18.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHEN YOU EAT, YOU CHEW FOOD UP AND MIX IT WITH SALIVA. 00:18.066 --> 00:21.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FOOD DWOAS DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS INTO THE STOMACH, 00:21.033 --> 00:23.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHERE IT'S TURNED INTO A THICK LIQUID. 00:23.600 --> 00:27.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% NUTRIENTS IN THAT LIQUID ARE ABSORBED INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM. 00:27.300 --> 00:30.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S HOW YOUR BODY GETS THE ENERGY IT NEEDS TO MOVE AND 00:30.300 --> 00:33.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% GROW. 00:33.300 --> 00:34.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THERE'S SO CHOICES. 00:34.300 --> 00:36.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO EAT? 00:36.400 --> 00:39.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF FOODS, BECAUSE 00:39.400 --> 00:43.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENT FOODS GIVE YOUR BODY DIFFERENT THINGS. 00:43.233 --> 00:46.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE SIX BASIC NUTRIENTS. 00:46.867 --> 00:52.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, FAT, VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND WATER. 00:52.767 --> 00:55.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> PROTEINS ARE CALLED THE BODY'S BUILDING BLOCKS. 00:55.400 --> 00:58.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> PROTEINS BUILD AND REPAIR YOUR MUSCLES, SKIN, BRAIN, 00:58.700 --> 01:01.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% BLOOD, BONES, AND INTERNAL ORGANS. 01:01.133 --> 01:05.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'LL FIND PROTEIN IN MEAT, EGGS, MILK, CHEESE, AND IN 01:05.000 --> 01:09.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% PLANTS LIKE ALBANIANS, PEAS, NUTS, AND GRAINS. 01:09.767 --> 01:12.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CARBOHYDRATES ARE THE BODY'S PRIMARY FUEL. 01:12.667 --> 01:15.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES LIKE SUGAR AND CANDY GIVE US QUICK 01:15.600 --> 01:19.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENERGY, BUT NO REAL NUTRIENTS. 01:19.233 --> 01:22.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES LIKE BREADS, PASTAS, AND SOME 01:22.600 --> 01:27.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% VEGETABLES LIKE POTATOES GIVE US LONGER MORE LASTING ENERGY. 01:27.066 --> 01:31.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES ALSO CONTAIN FIBER THAT CARRIES BAD 01:31.133 --> 01:35.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHEMICALS AND EXCESS MATERIAL OUT OF THE BODY. 01:35.667 --> 01:40.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% FATS HELP STORE VITAMINS IN THE BODY AND HELP PROTECT IMPORTANT 01:40.033 --> 01:42.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% ORGANS BUT NOT ALL FATS ROO GOOD FOR US. 01:42.033 --> 01:45.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE RIGHT KINDS OF 01:45.133 --> 01:49.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% FATS LIKE OLIVE OR CANOLA OIL. 01:49.066 --> 01:53.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> VITAMINS HELP OUR BODIES USE CARBOHYDRATES FAST. 01:53.000 --> 01:56.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> VITAMINS ALSO GIVE US HEALTHY SKIN, HELP OR BLOOD CLOT, AND 01:56.834 --> 01:58.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HELP OUR EYES DID TO SEE. 01:58.700 --> 02:03.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% FRUITS AND VEGETABLE ARE LOADED WITH VITAMINS. 02:03.934 --> 02:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MINERALS HELP OUR BODIES FUNCTION PROPERLY. 02:06.066 --> 02:10.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND WATER HELPS OUR BODY METABOLIZE OR DIGEST FOODS WE 02:10.133 --> 02:10.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% EAT. 02:10.600 --> 02:13.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WATER KEEPS THINGS MOVING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. 02:13.000 --> 02:15.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER ALSO HELPS US REGULATE OUR BODY'S TEMPERATURE. 02:15.667 --> 02:20.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT BRINGS NUTRIENTS TO THE CELLS AND TAKES THE CELLS' 02:20.066 --> 02:20.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WASTING AWAY. 02:20.500 --> 02:24.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% NO SIMPLE FOOD CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NUTRIENTS YOUR BODY NEEDS TO 02:24.467 --> 02:28.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAY HEALTHY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS, 02:28.133 --> 02:32.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND NOT TOO MUCH FOOD OR TOO MANY SWEETS AND SODAS. 02:32.233 --> 02:35.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% CANDY AND POP FILL YOU UP SO YOU AREN'T HUNGRY FOR HEALTHY FOOD. 02:35.500 --> 02:37.567 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE KEY IS FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE. 02:37.567 --> 02:40.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHECK OUT THE MY PLATE TO SEE IF YOU'RE EATING THE RIGHT VARIETY 02:40.400 --> 02:41.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF FOOD FOR YOUR AGE. 02:41.767 --> 02:46.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> TO STAY HEALTHY, YOU N ONLY HAVE TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF