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Balanced Diet

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Key Stage 3
*[[Carbohydrate]]s - To provide energy for respiration.
*[[Protein]]s - To provide material for growth and repair.
*[[Lipid|Fatsand Oils]] - For our [[Nervous System|nervous system]] to function.
*[[Vitamin]]s - For growth and repair.
*[[Mineral]]s - Four growth, repair and our [[Nervous System|nervous system]] to function.
====Protein====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ We can eat any of these foods to get enough [[protein]].
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|[[File:Meat.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Beans.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Nuts.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Peas.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Meat provides lots of protein for a '''balanced diet'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |You can help keep your diet '''balanced''' by eating lots of different beans.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Nuts are the seeds of trees and are part of a '''balanced diet'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |There are many different kinds of peas that can help make sure you have a '''balanced diet'''.
|}
 
===Fats and Oils===
: [[Lipid|Oil]] is better for us than [[Lipid|fat]], but we need some of both.
: If we eat too much [[Lipid|fat and oil]] then we can become [[Obesity|obese]].
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ These foods contain a lot of [[Lipid|fats and oils]].
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|[[File:NutsMeat.png|center|200px]]|[[File:PeasCookedFish.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Butter.png|center|200px]]|[[File:CookingOil.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Nuts are the seeds Meat contains useful fat for our diets, but too much can lead to heart disease.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Fish is a very healthy source of trees oils in our diet.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Butter is full of fat and are part of a '''balanced diet''we shouldn't eat too much. Butter is found in cakes and cookies.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |There are many different kinds of peas that can help make sure you Cooking oil is used to fry our food causing it to have a '''balanced diet'''lot of oil inside it. A small amount is healthy but too much is bad for us.
|}
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |You should eat 3 to 5 portions of vegetables everyday to get the vitamins you need in a '''balanced diet'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Breakfast cereal has added vitamins in them to help make a '''balanced diet''' because some people are too fussy to eat enough vegetables.
|}
====Energy====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ We can eat any of these foods to get enough energy.
|-
|[[File:Bread.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Pasta.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Bread makes part of a '''balanced diet''' because it has a lot of stored energy we can use.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A '''balanced diet''' might contain pasta for energy.
|-
|[[File:Potato.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Rice.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Potatoes are an excellent source of energy in a '''balanced diet'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Rice is a very important part of many people's '''balanced diet'''.
|}