What is in food?
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Proteins
Our body uses proteins to grow and repair body structures.
They are in meat, fish, eggs, milk products, nuts and pulses.
Vitamins
Fats
Our body needs vitamins to work properly.
• There are many different vitamins.
• They are in foods of plant origin, like fruit and vegetables, and in foods of animal origin, like milk, fish, meat and eggs.
Our body uses fats to build a store of extra energy.
• Animal fats is in butter and red meat.
• Vegetable fats is in nuts and oils.
What is in food?
Minerals
Food contains the nutrients we need to live.
The main nutrients are: carbohydrates, fats and oils, proteins, minerals and vitamins.
Our body needs minerals to work properly.
• There are many different minerals.
• Calcium is one of the most important. It is in dairy products, pulses and some vegetables.
Carbohydrates
Our boy uses carbohydrates to get energy.
• Most carbohydrates come from plants.
• They are in cereals, like wheat, rice and corn, pulses, potatoes and fruit.