Keeping Healthy

A balanced diet contains the correct amount of:

• Carbohyrates
• Proteins
• Fats
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Fibre
• Water

Your body uses carbohydrates, proteins and fats to release energy and build new cells.

Your need a small amount of vitamins and minerals to keep your body to work healthly.

Everyone needs a different amount of energy in their diet. This is becuse the rate of chemical ractions in your cells (the metabolic rate) varies for everyone.

Your metabolic rate is effected by your muscle to fat ratio, the amount of excercise you do and the temperature you are in.

• Excercise increases your metabolic rate.
• If you are in a cold environment your metabolic rate increases.