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We all need vitamins and minerals to keep us healthy. Some of the foods with vitamins and minerals are good at cleaning out our bodies. We should always have these foods when we are sick because they help us feel better.
If you don’t get enough vitamins and minerals you will get scurvy and get sick. Pirates and explorers used to get scurvy when they went on long journeys and didn’t get enough fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Food is something that animals and plants put into their body to make energy. All foods have nutrients that can help us keep healthy, keep us warm, help us grow and help us from getting sick and feeling bad. All animals and plants eat and drink different foods. We should eat a variety of different foods.
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You need lots of proteins to make yourself strong and healthy. If you want to have big muscles or be good at sports, then you need plenty of foods with protein in them.
Chicken, eggs, pumpkin, beans, fish, milk, cheese and nuts have lots of proteins, but you should be careful not to eat too many eggs. Ask a grown-up if you are getting enough protein in the foods you eat.
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You need fats to give us energy like carbohydrates and to provide you with a layer to protect you from the cold. If you have too many fats you’ll get very big, but some fat is very important to stay healthy.
There are fats in cakes, cheeses, chocolates, candy, bacon, butter and fizzy drinks. Grown-ups can get fats from drinking beer, but too much can be very dangerous and unhealthy because it contains a drug called alcohol that slows down their brains.
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You need carbohydrates to give you energy and to keep you warm. Without carbohydrates in your food you would feel exhausted very quickly!
Things that have lots of starch are foods like bread, pasta, corn, potatoes and biscuits. A potato is where a potato plant stores its energy!
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