Jamies_Health_Report

Jamies Health Report Jamie's Health Report To function, the human body must have nutrients. The nutrients known to be essential for human beings to survive are proteins, carbohydrates, fats and oils, minerals, vitamins, and water. Proteins are made of amino acids, small units necessary for growth and tissue repair. Protein is the body's most plentiful substance exceept for water and, possibly, fat. Animal foods such as meat, fish, poultry, milk, and eggs are rich in protein. Good plant sources of protein are beans, peas, nuts, bread, and cereals. Combining plant sources, such as peanut butter with whole-grain bread or rice with beans, provides excellent protein. So does combining plant and animal sources such as cereal and milk or macaroni and cheese. Starches and sugars are carbohydrates, the main source of the body's energy. Carbohydrates account for about half of the calorie intake for most Americans and up to four fifths of the calories in diets of African and Asian peoples. Carbohydrate-rich foods are also the main sources of protein for most of the world. Rice, wheat, corn, and potatoes are common rich sources of carboohydrates. Sugars are not essential foods. They provide energy (calories) but no nutrients. For that reason sugar is called an "empty body, vitamin, vitamins, sources, fats, water, helps, foods, blood, protein, teeth, iron, cells, bones, minerals, milk, help, healthy, good, food, essential, enough, energy, eaten, diet, carbohydrates, calcium, animal, tissue, strong, stored, source, small, skin, rich