I have to teach a short like 5 minutes lesson on Carbohydrates and minerials.  I.E. If I teach vitamins, since they are important for our memory, I would play a memory game using healthy foods.  If I taught water I would use red dye in water and put celery in it.  This would cause the celery to turn red.  If I taught Fats, I would use a a wire and cut the wire.  Because Fats provide a outer protecting cover to our nerves, the wire would be a demo of our vain. Someone Please help, I need a way to teach about Carbohydrates and Minerals, It has been almost impossible to find something short, simlple, so that everyone can understand something about these 2 of the 6 classes of nutrients. HELP!!!!
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To teach about the importance of minerals put a egg shell ( has calcium like bones) inside a cup with vinegar and see it go limp.\nChildren loves it and can see the importance of minerals in bone formation\nAbout carbs the best way is to bring a Cookie jar and wile they eat you tell them about energy.
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Why you shouldn't eat fast food. I did a speech on this last semester and my professor and peers loved it. You can use clips from the movie "Super Size Me" as a visual aid.
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Go here my dear. I think you'll find the information you're searching for. I know you aren't a kid and this is a kid's site but it's pretty informative. Even for me, I'm 28! \n\nhttp://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html\n\ntry this too...\nhttp://www.dmturner.org/Teacher/Library/4thText/FoodPart2.html\n\none more... can't you see I want to help you!!! ha ha!\nhttp://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0016.html\n\nGood luck and goodnight!
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What is wrong with the one you learned in school?\nThe five food groups, eight glasses of water a day.\nWe do not need special or what is called new/best diets.\n\nWe all learned ; dark green fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, red meat, fish, eight glasses of water per day and exercise.  Nature has not changed that!
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I am a full-time teacher and full-time graduate student, so I understand!!  I recommend protein like peanuts or peanut butter, lunch meat, etc. Not too many carbs and very little sugar.  If you prefer caffeine, try the new Diet MDX (I think that's what it's called.) It a new highly caffeinated soda drink from Mountain Dew, or if you don't mind the sugar, Mountain Dew also makes an energy drink called AMP, it tastes much better than Red Bull or Monster (at least I think so.)  Hope that helps!!
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Well I did this in sixth grade and it has to do with drinks.. The teacher had a I think a fish tank of water.. just something big to hold water and he had cans of different sodas or drinks..like diet or not..juice.. anything seeing if they'd float or not. And we had to figure out why one was floating and the other one wasn't. So that could be a possibility.\n\nAnother one I remember.. I don't know if they are too old for it or not, but we were learning about our taste buds. My teacher blind folded a student and he would have them smell a lemon.. and guess what it is.. or something harder, and then taste a little bit.. the food selections out there are are phenominal.. so yuo could have a lot of fun with that. Hehe and he also tricked us when we would have to smell one type of food and have us taste another... We learned about our senses and the different taste buds on our tongue. I really like this one.. If you do it I hope you and your class has a fun time doing it. :)
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carb:\n1. basically, carbohydrates have carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is 2:1\n2. rice, starch subtances like potatoes\n3. carbs are for energy\n\nlipids:\n1. also carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.. but the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is more than 2:1\n2. butter, margerine, oil\n3. also as extra source of energy.. lipids can be a heat insulator of the body\n\nproteins:\n1. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen are the main elements... other element which may be found is sulphur...\n2. beans, peanuts, meat, milk, fish\n3. proteins are something like the building blocks for our body to grow...
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You've got a mineral defficiency, and like a headache signalling to you to take action to heal your body, your behaviour pattern is an expression of your mind signalling to you that you are not well. The need to keep on eating is because your body isn't getting what it really needs, so it craves for more and more, and you keep feeding it sugars and fats - all acid forming, which in turn craves for even more. What your body needs is to become balanced with more of an alkaline intake - more greens and vegies. Although becase you're craving for sugars, etc, it's highly unlikely you'll opt for spinach over a slice of chocolate cake. So  we need to get you on some colloidal minerals - fast! I recommend you take 10mls a day, alongside multivitamins and antioxidants. You can by them wholesale from Neways (www.neways.com.au) - please feel free to email me for more product info and advice. I also recommend you have a minimum of 3 litres of water a day with fresh squeezed lemon juice to alkalize and flush out your system. Doctors and psychiatrists/psychologists are not trained in nutrition; they only cure the effects, not the cause of the problem. If you don't take action now, you'll go on and continue your BS story that you tell everyone, when in truth you are undernourished and misinformed - as are the majority of the population. Why do you think there is so much illness/disease? Because everyone keeps blaming the problem as some disorder that they have no control over. Choose LIFE.
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I had a similar assignment when I was in school. I used food items on cardboard. Spaghetti - endoplasmic reticulum, peppercorns, ribosomes, pepperoni - nucleus, olive - nucleolus, hot dog - mitochondria, and so on. I put them all con cardboard. keep it simple, be creative, and have fun!
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persuade your classmates on the benifits of eating worms. how enjoyable they are possible future need for a alternative food source. \nat the end of your speech hand out gummy worms.
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I happened to come across this - looks interesting.\n\nhttp://cgi.ebay.com/500-TASTY-DIABETIC-RECIPES-Satisfy-Your-Tastebuds-Diet_W0QQitemZ160024054423QQihZ006QQcategoryZ47103QQcmdZViewItem
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How about having fruit for  'starters' before every meal, or puree some vegetables into a drink and of course you could have soup. I have heard recently that people who have soup before a meal consume 30% less calories for each meal
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Try going to a website like www.allrecipes.com and check out all the vegetable recipes they have. Maybe look up vegetable recipes for kids as these will probably "hide" the veggies in the dish with the other ingredents.
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i just got a great new diet from a friend of mine and am starting on Monday.  I have copied it in for you.\n_______\nDAY 1.All fruits except bananas. Your first day consist of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lots of melons the first day especially watermelon and cantaloupe.\nDay One: You are preparing your system for the upcoming Program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food.  They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except  Total Balance and variety.\nDAY 2.All vegetables.  You  are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed With all the raw and cooked vegetables  of  your choice. There is no limit On the amount or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables.  Have large boiled potato for breakfast.\nDay Two:Starts  with a fix of complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato.  This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables,  which  are  virtually  calorie  free and provide essential nutrients and fiber.\nDAY 3.Any  mixture  of  fruits  and  vegetables  of your choice. Any amount, any quantity, no bananas yet and no potatoes today.\nDay Three:Eliminates  the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits.  Your system is now prepared to start  burning excess pounds. You will Have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.\nDAY 4.Banana  and  Milk.  Today  you  will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. You can also have 1 bowl of Vegetable soup.\nDay Four:Bananas  and milk. You are in for a surprise. You probably will not be able to eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there for the potassium you have lost and sodium you may have missed the last three days. You will  notice  a  definite  loss  of  desire for sweets and you will be surprised at how easy this day will go.\nDAY 5.Today  is  feast  day. You will eat 1 cup of rice. You also have to Eat six whole tomatoes and drink 12 glasses of  water today to cleanse Your system of the excess uric acid you will be Producing.\nDay Five:Rice  and  tomatoes. The rice is for the carbohydrates and the tomatoes are for the digestion and fiber. Lots and lots of water purify you system. You should notice colorless urine today. Do not feel you have to eat one-cup rice, you may eat less. But you may eat six tomatoes.\nDAY 6.Today  is  another all vegetables day. You must eat 1 cup of rice Today and eat all the vegetables you want,cooked or uncooked, in your Hearts content. \nDay Six:It  is  similar  to  five.  Vitamins  and  fiber from  the vegetables and carbohydrates from the rice. By now your system  is in a total Weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way You look today compared to day one.\nDAY 7.Today  your food intake will consist  of 1 cup of rice, fruit juice And the vegetables you care to consume. Tomorrow morning you will be five To eight Kgs. Lighter than 1 week ago. If you desire further weight loss repeat  the  program  again. Repeat the program as often as you like.  However, it is suggested that you rest for three days before every\nrepetition. You  have  your system under control now and it will thank you for all the purging and cleansing you just gave it.  Even  more  than  a diet  program it is good to follow this diet once in awhile to clean your digestive system and remove toxic substances that have accumulated in the system.\nDay Seven:You  may  celebrate with champagne. You may also have white wine instead of champagne, but in all practical programs,  and in all surveys done to measure the success of the program, General Motors employees have always preferred champagne to wine \nADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The most important element of the program is the 10 tall glasses of water a day. You can also flavor  the  water with  some lemon to make the drink easier. While on the program take only black coffe
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If you want to train your memory you can use things like peg words and word association in a manner that your memory is forced to work.  There is NOT enough room here to offer everything but I have a memory course which I bought a long time ago that teaches you how to associate things in a funny or violent or zany or sexual manner to remember them.  The theory behind this is that this is what the mind seems to keep as the deepest or most intense of memories.  Also, using sounds to match the numbers 0 to 9 can allow you to remember things like dates and lists and so on.  ONCE you do these training excersises you not only have a few good memory techniques, but your mind actually improves as per its memory because you are "using it" or "excercizing" it. Incidently, if you are wondering about Ginko Biloba or other herbs, there is little evidence to show that this helps the mind - and it is expensive.  If it were cheap, I would say go for it.  Apparently eating fish helps because of the vitamin and mineral and fatty acids in fish.  You should look up health FOOD and MEMORY to see what FOOD (not supplements so to speak) helps keep the brain or mind healthy.
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What level are you and how much information do you want? That question is like asking explain Biochemistry?\n\nAlright the basics: Carbohydrates are made up of sugar molecules they can be one sugar molecule or many in a chain. The simplified answer on their main function is that serve as an energy source, they can be stored in long chains (glycogen, or starch in plants) in the short term and then broken down into smaller sugars and eventually carbon dioxide and water releasing energy.\n\nFats, also called lipids are long carbon chains and are mainly used in cell membranes and as a long term energy store. Look up lipids and triglycerides for more information.\n\nProteins are made up of chains of amino acids which fold into different shapes relating to their functions. Proteins are used as catalysts (called enzymes) and are involved in most of the chemical reactions that occur in the cells. Try looking up enzymes for more information. There are also proteins with different roles in maintaining structure or sending signals around the body.
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ok.  i took nutrition class twice about 3 years ago.  \nprotein  carbs fats and alcohol.  best to worst.  alcohol has like an extreme amount of fat for one.  alcohol is all sugar once broken down in the body.  if you're worried about alcohol for diabetes steer clear.  if it's for a diet, steer clear.  if it's for general info, just do it in moderation with a balanced diet.  alcohol isn't "empty calories" or whatever she  said earlier.  it's fattening and sugary.