Starchy carbohydrates for active adults
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- active adults should include not only carbohydrates but,:
- B vitamins
- B VItamins play a vital role in maintaning good health and well being
- B Vitamins have a direct impact on your energy levels, brain function and cell metabolism
- Vitamin B complex helps prevent infections and promote growth of red blood cells
- magnesium
- It helps to maintain normal nerve and muscle function, supports a healthy immune system, keeps the heartbeat steady, and helps bones remain strong.
- It also helps adjust blood glucose levels. It aids in the production of energy and protein
- zinc
- Zinc helps the immune system fight off invading bacteria and viruses ... Zinc also helps wounds heal and is important for proper senses of taste and smell.
- The body also needs zinc to make proteins and DNA, the genetic material in all cells.
- helping with groth and repair
- calcium
- stronger bones
- calcium also enables our blood to clot, our muscles to contract, and our heart to beat.
- iron
- Iron is a mineral vital to the proper function of hemoglobin, a protein needed to transport oxygen in the blood
- when exersizing blood needs to be moving properly to get rid of carbondioxide and introduce oxygen
- Iron is a mineral vital to the proper function of hemoglobin, a protein needed to transport oxygen in the blood
- Protien
- growth and repair of muscles and cells
- starchy carbohydrates for active adults
- Food types
- Food with protien
- tofu
- eggs
- nuts
- fish
- beans
- meat
- seeds
- cheese/milk
- food with starchy carbohydrates
- pasta
- bread
- grains
- barley
- rye
- cous cous
- oats
- rice
- potatoes
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- food with vitamins and minerals
- poultry
- fish
- whole grains
- nuts
- seeds
- foods with antioxidants
- garlic
- red wine
- sea food
- berries
- leaks
- grapes
- onions
- fruit
- pumpkin
- apricot
- carrot
- Food with protien
- Food types
- vitamin D
- These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy.
- vitamin D helps regulatethe amount of calcium and phosphate in the body
- A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.
- antioxidants
- vitamin C
- Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant
- The body also needs vitamin C to make collagen, a protein required to help wounds heal
- vitamin E
- Vitamin E is a fat soluble nutrient, it acts as an antioxidant helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals
- selenium
- Selenium is a powerful antioxidant that fights oxidative stress and helps defend your body from chronic conditions, such as heart disease and cancer
- selenium works by neutralizing excess free radicals and protecting cells from damage caused by oxidative stress.
- FREE RADICALS
- Free radicals are compounds formed when our bodies convert food we eat into energy
- vitamin C
- B vitamins
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