1 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:05,767 NUTRITION IS THE PROCESS OF TAKING IN AND USING FOOD. 2 00:00:05,767 --> 00:00:09,567 PLANTS GET THEIR NUTRIENTS FROM THE SOIL AND AIR. 3 00:00:09,567 --> 00:00:14,133 WE GET OUR NUTRIENTS FROM FOOD. 4 00:00:14,133 --> 00:00:14,400 >> YUM! 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,066 >> WHEN YOU EAT, YOU CHEW FOOD UP AND MIX IT WITH SALIVA. 6 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:21,033 THE FOOD DWOAS DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS INTO THE STOMACH, 7 00:00:21,033 --> 00:00:23,600 WHERE IT'S TURNED INTO A THICK LIQUID. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,300 NUTRIENTS IN THAT LIQUID ARE ABSORBED INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM. 9 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:30,300 AND THAT'S HOW YOUR BODY GETS THE ENERGY IT NEEDS TO MOVE AND 10 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:33,300 GROW. 11 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,300 >> THERE'S SO CHOICES. 12 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,400 HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO EAT? 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,400 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF FOODS, BECAUSE 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,233 DIFFERENT FOODS GIVE YOUR BODY DIFFERENT THINGS. 15 00:00:43,233 --> 00:00:46,867 THERE ARE SIX BASIC NUTRIENTS. 16 00:00:46,867 --> 00:00:52,767 PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, FAT, VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND WATER. 17 00:00:52,767 --> 00:00:55,400 >> PROTEINS ARE CALLED THE BODY'S BUILDING BLOCKS. 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,700 >> PROTEINS BUILD AND REPAIR YOUR MUSCLES, SKIN, BRAIN, 19 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:01,133 BLOOD, BONES, AND INTERNAL ORGANS. 20 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:05,000 YOU'LL FIND PROTEIN IN MEAT, EGGS, MILK, CHEESE, AND IN 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,767 PLANTS LIKE ALBANIANS, PEAS, NUTS, AND GRAINS. 22 00:01:09,767 --> 00:01:12,667 >> CARBOHYDRATES ARE THE BODY'S PRIMARY FUEL. 23 00:01:12,667 --> 00:01:15,600 >> SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES LIKE SUGAR AND CANDY GIVE US QUICK 24 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,233 ENERGY, BUT NO REAL NUTRIENTS. 25 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:22,600 COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES LIKE BREADS, PASTAS, AND SOME 26 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,066 VEGETABLES LIKE POTATOES GIVE US LONGER MORE LASTING ENERGY. 27 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:31,133 COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES ALSO CONTAIN FIBER THAT CARRIES BAD 28 00:01:31,133 --> 00:01:35,667 CHEMICALS AND EXCESS MATERIAL OUT OF THE BODY. 29 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:40,033 FATS HELP STORE VITAMINS IN THE BODY AND HELP PROTECT IMPORTANT 30 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:42,033 ORGANS BUT NOT ALL FATS ROO GOOD FOR US. 31 00:01:42,033 --> 00:01:45,133 IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE RIGHT KINDS OF 32 00:01:45,133 --> 00:01:49,066 FATS LIKE OLIVE OR CANOLA OIL. 33 00:01:49,066 --> 00:01:53,000 >> VITAMINS HELP OUR BODIES USE CARBOHYDRATES FAST. 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,834 >> VITAMINS ALSO GIVE US HEALTHY SKIN, HELP OR BLOOD CLOT, AND 35 00:01:56,834 --> 00:01:58,700 HELP OUR EYES DID TO SEE. 36 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:03,934 FRUITS AND VEGETABLE ARE LOADED WITH VITAMINS. 37 00:02:03,934 --> 00:02:06,066 >> MINERALS HELP OUR BODIES FUNCTION PROPERLY. 38 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:10,133 >> AND WATER HELPS OUR BODY METABOLIZE OR DIGEST FOODS WE 39 00:02:10,133 --> 00:02:10,600 EAT. 40 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,000 >> WATER KEEPS THINGS MOVING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,667 WATER ALSO HELPS US REGULATE OUR BODY'S TEMPERATURE. 42 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:20,066 AND IT BRINGS NUTRIENTS TO THE CELLS AND TAKES THE CELLS' 43 00:02:20,066 --> 00:02:20,500 WASTING AWAY. 44 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,467 NO SIMPLE FOOD CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NUTRIENTS YOUR BODY NEEDS TO 45 00:02:24,467 --> 00:02:28,133 STAY HEALTHY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS, 46 00:02:28,133 --> 00:02:32,233 AND NOT TOO MUCH FOOD OR TOO MANY SWEETS AND SODAS. 47 00:02:32,233 --> 00:02:35,500 CANDY AND POP FILL YOU UP SO YOU AREN'T HUNGRY FOR HEALTHY FOOD. 48 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,567 THE KEY IS FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE. 49 00:02:37,567 --> 00:02:40,400 CHECK OUT THE MY PLATE TO SEE IF YOU'RE EATING THE RIGHT VARIETY 50 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,767 OF FOOD FOR YOUR AGE. 51 00:02:41,767 --> 00:02:46,333 >> TO STAY HEALTHY, YOU N ONLY HAVE TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF