Nutrition is very important because we all need to obtain certain substances from the environment and use them for building their own matter for obtaining energy.

Energy is necessary for any process involving living beings.

Nutrients are the substances we need for obtaining energy and for making our own living matter.

There are two types of nutrients:

Macro nutrients: Wich are the majority components of food ( lipids or fats, proteins, water..)

Micro nutrients: substances wich are present in very small quantities in food ( vitamins)

Timeline:

• Breakfast: 7.30 am• Snack: 11.30 pm• Lunch: 3.00 pm• Snack: 7.15 pm• Dinner: 10.30 pm

• Breakfast: Milk with colacao.

• Snack: Cookies (oreo)

• Lunch: Macarrones with tomatoe and meat.

• Snack: Sandwich

• Dinner: Pizza and milk.

Kcal: 2133 kcal

• Breakfast: Milk with colacao and cereals.

• Snack: Sandwitch

• Lunch: Soup, fish, and a piece of fruit.

• Snack: Some pieces of fruits.

• Dinner: Milk.

Kcal: 2108 kcal

• Breakfast: Milk with colacao

• Snack: Sweets

• Lunch: Peas and meat with some potatoes.

• Snack: Yogurth

• Dinner: Milk.

Kcal: 2331

• Breakfast: Milk with colacao and tostes.

• Snack: Cookies.

• Lunch: Garbanzos and meat.

• Snack: Yogurt and some biscuits.

• Dinner: Egg with frites.

Kcal: 2015 kcal

• Breakfast: Milk with colacao and some cereals.

• Snack: Sandwitch

• Lunch: Croquetas and fish.

• Snack: Juice.

• Dinner: Pizza and milk.

Kcal: 1092 kcal

• Breakfast: Chocolate.

• Lunch: Albhondigas with potatoes.

• Snack: Some sweets and fruit.

• Dinner: Milk.

Kcal: 2140 kcal

• Breakfast: Milk with tostes.

• Lunch: Paella.

• Snack: Some sweets.

• Dinner: Milk.

Kcal: 2327 kcal

Sports…Also to keep our bodies in a good form, we practise sports…

Like athletics, and ballet.

With this sports we can loose aproximately 1300 Kcal.

Our country…• We eat this type of food because of the country that we live in.

• The gastronomy of each country is different.

• Here in Spain is very common the Spanish Omellete, Paella, croquetas…

Importance of quality of food…

Food quality is the quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers. This includes external factors as appearance (size, shape, colour, gloss, and consistency), texture, and flavour; factors such as federal grade standards (e.g. of eggs) and internal (chemical, physical, microbial).

Food quality is an important food manufacturing requirement, because food consumers are susceptible to any form of contamination that may occur during the manufacturing process. Many consumers also rely on manufacturing and processing standards, particularly to know what ingredients are present, due to dietary, nutritional requirements (kosher, halal, vegetarian), or medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, or allergies).

Besides ingredient quality, there are also sanitation requirements. It is important to ensure that the food processing environment is as clean as possible in order to produce the safest possible food for the consumer. A recent example of poor sanitation recently has been the 2006 North American E. coli outbreak involving spinach, an outbreak that is still under investigation.

A (retinol): we can find retinol in carrots, spinach, parsely.

B1 (thiamine): We can find thiamine in eggs, peanuts, pulses.

B6 (pyridoxine): We can find pyridoxine in sardines and fresh anchovies, lentils.

C (ascorbic acid): We can find ascorbic acid in kiwis, red peppers, citrus fruit.

D (calciferol): Produced by the skin.

Anorexia: Anorexia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to commonly control body weight through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. It primarily affects adolescent females, however approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male. Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, involving psychological, neurobiological, and sociological components.

Bulimia:Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors, referred to as "purging". The most common form—practised more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa—is self-induced vomiting; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and overexercising are also common.

Goals for a good diet…

In conclusion we think that a good diet shud include vegetables, fruits & all types of food, but in a good proportion and in a good way. Also we shud include the importance of sports and activities. If you have a good diet your life is going to be better!

By Maria Sta Isabel &

Leyre Sanchez