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Main Dish

Side Dish

Hudson Bay Bread

Dessert

Seven Layer Bars

Winter Nutrition
• The best source of warmth is your own furnace— your body.
• Food affects morale
• In an attempt to keep your core warm, your body burns hotter, needing more calories.

What is Food?
• Fuel in the form of calories
• Material for building and repairing body tissues
• Regulator of.the body processes

Food Components
• Carbohydrates 60% 
     1. Main source of energy 
     2. Starches, cellulose, sugars
     3. Source of Glycogen stores
• Fats 20%-25%
     1. Highest source of energy.
     2. Yield is 9 calories per gram of fat
• Protein 15%-20%
     1. This is the source of backup energy
     2. Source of Amino Acids which are important:
* Aids in digestion
* Increased metabolic rate
* Require more water to assimilate (soups)
* Slow-burning calories

Winter Rations
• 4000 to 5000 calories
• Drink 1-1/2 to 3 quarts of water per day in some form
• Keep liquid intake at close to body temperature (keep bottle next to body). The body burns 25 calories warming one cup of water!
• “Feed the Furnace” before bed.