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hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is alicia and today we're
going to talk about 10 words for talking
about nutrition so let's get started
nutritional facts the first word is
nutritional facts nutritional facts if
you look at the back of a
food product in this case it's not
written english but in the back of a
food product you will often see
in many countries depending on the
regulations in your country a list of
information numbers and some words those
are the nutritional facts of that food
product in a sentence check the
nutritional facts for important dietary
information
calorie
the next word is calorie so calorie is
the word that's assigned which means
energy the energy in a food essentially
so
some foods are high calories some foods
are low calorie in a sentence avoid
eating lots of high calorie foods if you
want to lose weight
carbohydrate carbs the next word is
carbohydrate carbohydrate carbohydrate
is a very long word so we usually
abbreviate it we usually shorten it to
carbs carbs so carbs are foods for
example bread rice pasta
sweets sugars and things these are foods
which will give you like a quick burst a
quick bit of energy in a sentence i
can't help but eat lots of carbs
sometimes
protein the next word is protein protein
is often
talked about when you want to build
muscle or
lose weight
protein relates a lot to muscle um it's
the it can help you build muscle too
um when you want when when if that's
your goal um so we use protein protein
is a much
it takes your body a longer time
to access the energy in protein than it
does carbohydrates so people say it's
important to have a balance of protein
and carbohydrates in your diet for a
quick energy and slow release energy in
a sentence it's important to get enough
protein
sugar the next word is sugar so sugar we
talked about sugar and carbohydrates
it is pure energy it is but not usually
it is not a healthy type of energy
especially if it's added to a food so
sugar is just it's a it's a carbohydrate
it's just energy and it doesn't have
really
much other good stuff nutritionally in
it but it can help make things sweet and
it can help give quick bursts of energy
so it's very commonly found in candy and
sweets in a sentence eating too much
sugar can be bad for your skin
fat the next word is fat fat there's of
course animal fats so like uh bacon for
example is like kind of famously uh
delicious because it is a fatty piece of
meat there's a lot of fat in it so fat
can make food taste better
and then fat also has a bad reputation
because it can um of course the word fat
oftentimes people say i don't want to be
fat
but fat in food
can make things taste better there can
be good kinds of fats and trying to
reduce bad fats um so in a sentence fat
helps make things taste better
sodium the next word is sodium sodium
sodium is essentially salt salt
so
lots of sodium can be bad for you it's
people tend to recommend i think to keep
low sodium levels in your food so sodium
is salt uh in a sentence make sure not
to consume too much sodium vitamins
the next word is vitamins so vitamins
are
kind of good like body boosting things
so like
they can give you like extra extra good
stuff for your body essentially so like
fruits and vegetables have lots of
vitamins in them for example
in a sentence fruit juice has lots of
vitamins
diet
the next word is diet so be careful
there's the word to diet which means to
limit your food and drink to limit your
consumption in order to lose weight but
there's also the noun form of diet so in
this case i mean diet as in your eating
habits you're eating lifestyle so for
example i could say it's important to
have a balanced diet meaning it's
important to keep balance in the foods
that you eat and the things that you
drink so a balanced diet refers to a
balanced eating and drinking lifestyle
so diet when used in this way means
lifestyle not like a intention to lose
weight so please be careful with this
word in a sentence keeping a balanced
diet is important for a healthy
lifestyle ingredients
the next word is ingredients ingredients
so if you check the nutritional facts on
the back of a food product you'll
usually see a list of ingredients so the
ingredients are the
things inside that product the things
that are used to make the product you're
looking at right now the uh the
ingredient list is created based on the
quantity of that item in that product so
if you're buying candy for example the
first item in the ingredient list is
probably going to be sugar and then
after that the the item with the next
highest quantity will be on the list so
ingredients are the things used to make
that product ingredients in a sentence i
always check the ingredients list so
those are 10 words that you can use for
talking about nutrition i hope that
those are helpful for you the next time
you're at the supermarket
and you're looking at a nutrition facts
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