Food and the Periodic Table

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Food and the Periodic Table

• So whats that about?

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FoodIt does your body good!

• Cells are the basic
• unit of life.
• Cells get into groups to do special functions
  (help the heart, strengthen bones, etc.)
• The human body has a hundred trillion
  cellsthats a lot!

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Your body is made up of
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Bone

• The body has about 206 bones
• Bone is made mostly of protein and calcium and
  phosphorus poop
• Functions
• Framework for the body
• Protect vital organs
• Store minerals
• Makes the blood

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Muscles

• The body has more than 600 muscles
• Muscles are made mostly of protein
• Functions
• Helps the body move
• Regulate body temperature
• Helps the systems do their work (lungs, heart,
  legs, brain, etc.)

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Fats

• Its gotten a bad rap lately
• Fat is stored in special cells called adipose
  tissue (fat cells)
• Functions
• Insulation to protect the body from cold
• Protects vital organs keeps them in place
• But too much can cause health problems!!!

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The Periodic Table (the key!)

• Chemicals are the make-up of every cell in our
  body.
• Therefore, in order to build better bodies, we
  need to put the chemicals in that the body needs.
• SO.

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The basisa thing of beauty!
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What does your label have to do with any of this
stuff?
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A closer look at your label

• What can you link directly to the periodic table?
• What about all those other things on the label?
• Whats the connection to all that other nutrition
  information?

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Carbohydrates

• Also have some subgroups
• Sugars (simple)
• Starch (more complex)
• Dietary fibre (very complex)

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Carbohydrates

• Made up of sugar units including
• Glucose, Fructose, Lactose, Galactose, Maltose
• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• See page 75 in Nutrition and Fitness

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Protein

• Made up of amino acids
• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen

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Fats aka Lipids

• Made up of subgroups including
• Saturates
• Mono polyunsaturates,
• Cholesterol
• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Sometimes nitrogen and phosphorus
• See page 93 in Nutrition
• and Fitness

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Vitamins

• Water soluble
• Bs (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic
  acid, biotin, B6, B12)
• C
• Fat soluble
• A,D, E K

• Carbon
• Hydrogen
• Oxygen
• Some
• Phosphorus
• Nitrogen
• Sulphur
• Cobalt

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Minerals

• Macro
• Calcium
• Phosphorus
• Magnesium
• Sulphur
• Sodium
• Potassium
• chloride

• Micro
• Iron
• Zinc
• Iodine
• Fluoride
• Selenium
• Chromium
• Copper
• Manganese
• molybdenum

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Back to what we eat!!!