Period 4 General PE Macronutrients

There are three Macronutrients that your body needs to get from food for energy and for survival. They are carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Everything that you eat falls into one of these three categories. Your body needs all three. In order to optimize energy levels and health it is important to get all three in each meal that you eat.

Common sources of carbohydrates - starchy foods (like grain, bread, cereals and potatoes), fruits, milk, and yogurt. Other foods like vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds and cottage cheese contain carbohydrates, but in lesser amounts.

Common Sources of proteins meats, poultry, fish, meat substitutes, cheese, milk, nuts, legumes, and in smaller quantities in starchy foods and vegetables.

Common Sources of fat meat, poultry, nuts, milk products, butters and margarines, oils, lard, olive oil, avocados, nuts, and coconut oil.


After looking over your nutritional habits from the last blog, it obvious that many of us are well fueled with carbohydrates. Some of us are getting a little bit of protein and very few of us eat much fat at all. For this weeks blog I want you to look back at your three meals from the last blog.
Use your meals, along with the information above to chart each item you ate for the past three meals into their appropriate macro nutrient category. For you blog you will give me the totals. For example if my last meal was cereal with milk, toast and orange juice. My breakdown would look like this.

Carbohydrate: 3
Fat:<1
Protein:<1

This can get a bit confusing, but is an important step in analyzing your current eating habits. I will explain further in class and answer any questions you may have.