Harold W.O.F

During the last two days room 19 has been going to Lyn in the life education caravan,we learn about thing that are very important for us humans to do.What I didn't know was that cars are just like us except we need water,oxygen and food but a car need's fuel to be able to move anywhere.

One of my favourite words that I liked was carbohydrates because that was one of the word's that we were learning about,what I had learn't that simple carbohydrates are sugars such as fructose (from friuts),sucrose (from white sugar),lactose(from milk) and maltose (from malt)complex carbs are chains made up of simple sugars.

Simple carbohydrates go through the digestive system faster than the complex because they don't need to be broken down so much.That means that complex carbohydrates are far better for longer lasting energy,they move through slowly so are realeased into the blood more slowly.

My other word that I liked was Fats because I've been learning it last term and also with Lyn.Fat is a source of energy for the body but as it contains twice as many kilojoules as carbohydrates we don't need to much of it in our diets.
There are three types of fat:

1.Saturated            -animal fats (usually solid at room temperature)
2.Monounsaturated      -olive,canola and peanut oil
3.Polyunsaturated      -sunflower,corn and soyabean oils

Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are usually liquid at room temperature and are the better health choice...just remember though,all fats contain the same amount of kilojoules so go for the low fat options when you have a choice.