CarbohydratesUnit 21

Assignment 2 – P2 & M1

Learning obejectives

Unit 21 Assignment 2P2 & M1

L01- Identify the food group carbohydrates

LO2- Locate foods that go into this food group food group

LO3- Outline the effects of the food group on the body

LO4- Discuss the benefits of the food groups on the body.

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Assignment 2- Nutrients, energy and requirements

Carbohydrates

Fats

Protein

Vitamins and Minerals

Pregnancy requirements

Carbohydrates

Write down 3 foods in the

Carbohydrates category?

Carbohydrates Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, French fries, potato chips and porridge.

Write down what you think the

main function of

carbohydrates are?

So what is the function of Carbohydrates?

“Carbohydrates are

needed to give the

body energy”(Stretch and

Whitehouse, 2010)

Two types of Carbohydrates

Complex Simple V

Write down 2 foods that might be complex carbohydrates

Write down 2 foods that might be simple carbohydrates

Complex Carbs (Starch)Complex starch foods are found in bread, cereals, pasta, rice and many more.

They give the body long lasting energy.

Simple Carbs (Sugar)Simple Sugar foods are found in fizzy drinks and sugary foods such as chocolate.

They give the body an increase of sugar for a short period of time.

A snack consisting of complexed

carbohydrates provide 2 hours of energy and takes

only 15 minutes to digest.

A snack consisting of simple carbohydrate

s provide 30 minutes of energy

and only 15 minutes to digest. 

 

Simple V Complex Carbohydrates

 

Simple V Complex Carbohydrates

After 30 minutes her sugar levels will go even lower than she started. 

After 2 hours her sugar levels will go back to a normal sugar level.

 

Complexed Carbohydrates

provide 2 hours of energy

4 / 2= 2

2 complexed snacks

 

Carbohydrates Energy

If you were running 12 mile and ate just

complex carbohydrates how many complex

snacks would you need to have enough energy if it took you 4 hours? 

Simple carbohydrates provide 30 minutes of energy. 

2 hours = 120 minutes 

120 / 30= 4 

Check by = 30 X 4= 120 minutes

 

Carbohydrates Energy

If you were running 4

mile and it took you 2

hours how many snacks

would you need of the

simple carbohydrates?

Carbohydrates and Diabetes?

Insulin-

Is produced by the pancreas.

It opens the cell to absorb the sugar.

Then our blood sugar levels can go back down to normal.

If you don’t have insulin?

The cells are closed

Therefore sugar stays in the body.

Causing:

Dizzy

Faint

Too hot

Long term- Fatal.

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Individual Posters (15 minutes)

Complete a poster about carbohydrates.Include the following:

Define/ functionWhat foods are high in carbohydrates?Starch V Sugar.Relate it to diabetes