FiT Work 14: Healthy Eating

FiT Work #14- Healthy Eating

Due @ the end of the period

Next to air, water is the most important substance necessary for our survival. We can live with hardly any food for two or more months, but we can only survive a few days without water! Water serves many functions in the body like digesting food, carrying nutrients through the blood to our cells, controlling body temperature, and helping joints move and keeping our lungs moist. You need to drink enough water each day to stay properly hydrated, and more than normal if you exercise, are overweight, are elderly, or live in a hot climate.

It is also important to eat well balanced meals to be sure you are getting enough protein, carbohydrates, and low fat food to fulfill your energy needs and avoid malnutrition. There are many vitamins and minerals that are considered essential and which can come from eating a variety of foods from each food group including dairy, fruit, vegetables, grains, as well as poultry, meat, nuts, or soy. Foods and snacks that are high in salt, sugar, and high fat foods should be avoided because eating too much of these can lead to health problems associated with being overweight.

To learn more about healthy eating click on each link below to watch the videos:

1. What If You Stopped Drinking Water?
2. Smart Nutrition - 3 Key Vitamins and Minerals for Teens

Click HERE once you have viewed the videos above and are ready to answer your homework questions.  You may need to watch the videos more than one time. Simple word answers are acceptable, you DO NOT need to write compete sentences for full credit. You must remember to click "submit" when you are done or your answers will not go to your teacher!