Our bodies also get sugar from young vegetables.

Refined sugar is found in products like candy and soft drinks.

Along with bread, pasta, and potatoes provide us with starch.

Our bodies breakdown starch into glucose.

Glucose then releases energy throughout our bodies.

We get our fiber through foods like vegetables and grains.

Fiber does not release energy within our bodies.

However, because of fiber, our digestive tract is kept healthy.

Many doctors believe in a high fiber diet to guard against colon cancer.

.... carbohydrates, fats also provide energy.

Fats release energy slowly, instead of the quick release from carbohydrates.

We also have health skin and hair because of fats.

However, too much saturated fat from food turns into excess body fat.

Saturated fats come from animal products

Unsaturated fats are found in vegetables and nuts.

Minerals are important for bone strength.