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Entries from January 2006

Nutrition #4

January 9th, 2006 · Comments Off

1. The six nutrients our body needs are: water, carbs, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
2. Carbohydrates main function in our body is to provide us with energy.
3. The functions of fats, or lipids, in our body are used as energy storage, protection, insulation, and part of cell membranes.4. Proteins are used for used for energy, [...]

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Nutrition Worksheet #3

January 9th, 2006 · Comments Off

1. For food to be truly inside you, you must put it through the process of digestion.- that is you must put it into your body through your mouth, mechanically break it down with your teeth, chemically digest it with your saliva, until it is a clump known  as a bolus which passes down the [...]

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Nutrition Lab: Parts 1,2,3

January 7th, 2006 · 20 Comments

Part 1.

   Good For You
    Bad For You

Protein
Protein

Sodium
Sodium

Glucose
Glucose

Fiber
Fiber

Carbs
Carbs

Starch
Starch

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Vitamin C

Vitamin A(retinol)
Vitamin A

Vitamin D(calciferol)
Vitamin D

Vitamin E(tocopheral)
Vitamin E

Vitamin K
Vitamin K

Vitamin B1(thiamine)
Vitamin B1

Vitamin B2(riboflavin)
Vitamin B2

Niacin
Niacin

Vitamin B6(pyridoxine)
Vitamin B6

Pantothenic Acid
Pantothenic Acid

Folic Acid
Folic Acid

Vitamin B12(cyanocobalamin)
Vitamin B12

Biotin
Biotin

Choline
Choline

Calcium
Calcium

Phosophorus
Phosphorus

Potassium
Potassium

Chlorine
Chlorine

Magnesium
Magnesium

Iron
Iron

Fluorine
Fluorine

Iodine
Iodine

Zinc
Zinc

Unsaturated fats
 

Saturated fats
 

 

Unsaturated fats
 

 

Cholesterol
 

Carbohydrates
 

Carbohydrates
 

 

perservatives
 

 

Artificial flavoring
 

 

 

 

 

Part 2.A-IA. The University of Seattle thinks people with high cholesterol should go to 30 percent of calories from [...]

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Digestive System Diagram! :D

January 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

copy and paste didn’t work. So here is a link to my photobucket site where I uploaded the diagram onto instead:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/s1lverandc0ld/bio.jpg

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Nutrition #2 and Weightloss worksheet

January 6th, 2006 · 14 Comments

Nutrition:
1. The building blocks of proteins are amino acids.
2. Essential amino acids are Methionine, Tryptophan, Phenylalanine, Leucine, Threonine, Vaine, Isoleucine, and Lysine.
3.The nutrient that makes up a majority of the food we eat is water.
4. To detect simple sugars in food you use a glucose test strip to test the water for the presence of [...]

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Hello world!

January 4th, 2006 · Comments Off

Welcome to Edublogs.org. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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