Health Concept Statement Examples
Out of the 10 Health Concept Statement, I decided to pick the three major nutrients - fats, carbohydrates, and proteins and the other three nutrients- water, vitamins, and minerals aid in the body’s use of energy. The textbook provided with good examples of these nutrients and I found it very helpful.
Let’s start on carbohydrates in the book. The textbook mentions that carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of energy for all body functioning. Includes chemical compounds sugar, starches, and dietary fibers. For some reason, I never knew that sugar was part of carbohydrates, I thought that it was a part of fat. Anyways, something new that I learned that carbohydrates is divided into two categories: simple, monosaccharides and disaccharides; and complex, polysaccharides. One thing that I do recall on carbohydrates back when I took a health class, that carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram and are converted into glucose indigestion. But surprising, one fact that I found to be very amazing was that simple carbohydrate is digested faster because since they are composed of few saccharides unite than complex. Whereas, complex carbohydrates take longer to digest because …show more content…
But not many people are well informed about protein. According to Heuser Health, it explains that protein is the main component of our organs, muscles, all our living cells, and almost all our body fluids. Therefore, protein isn’t really for building muscle, but help maintain strong organs and cells, which I found it very interesting. One thing that was very surprising was that you can get your proteins from plant food source. And yet, Heuser Health states that if you compare any source of animal meat and dairy to dark green vegetables, such as soybeans or other plant sources, you will find that the plant foods often contain more protein and fewer calories than consuming meat or
Let’s start on carbohydrates in the book. The textbook mentions that carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of energy for all body functioning. Includes chemical compounds sugar, starches, and dietary fibers. For some reason, I never knew that sugar was part of carbohydrates, I thought that it was a part of fat. Anyways, something new that I learned that carbohydrates is divided into two categories: simple, monosaccharides and disaccharides; and complex, polysaccharides. One thing that I do recall on carbohydrates back when I took a health class, that carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram and are converted into glucose indigestion. But surprising, one fact that I found to be very amazing was that simple carbohydrate is digested faster because since they are composed of few saccharides unite than complex. Whereas, complex carbohydrates take longer to digest because …show more content…
But not many people are well informed about protein. According to Heuser Health, it explains that protein is the main component of our organs, muscles, all our living cells, and almost all our body fluids. Therefore, protein isn’t really for building muscle, but help maintain strong organs and cells, which I found it very interesting. One thing that was very surprising was that you can get your proteins from plant food source. And yet, Heuser Health states that if you compare any source of animal meat and dairy to dark green vegetables, such as soybeans or other plant sources, you will find that the plant foods often contain more protein and fewer calories than consuming meat or