Importance of a Good Nutrition for the Average Teenager
Mitch Militello 11/24/09
Eat your fruits and vegetables is what parents say to their kids every day. They’re right but to have a healthy and balanced diet there are a lot more ingredients to a good diet. There’s breads (carbohydrates), Milk (calcium), Meat (protein), and the best candy (other junk we don't need). All of these “ingredients” are important to have a balanced diet.
Water for the Athlete 60%. That’s your average percent of weight from water. Water is one of the most important parts of a balanced diet for the average teen who doesn't play sports and is even more important for the teenager that does. In the food chart to the right is a food chart. The bottom is what you should have the most of the top is the least. On this “food chart” it says that water is the most important part of your diet. When you play sports your body sweats a lot in a game like tennis in the sun a player can sweat out about 2 and a half gallons of water each day, which means an athlete needs to drink a whole lot of water before and after there competition to stay hydrated so they can maintain a healthy diet.