Nutrition

Lessons

1. 01

   What a Calorie Measures

   See why fat and water decide how much energy a mouthful carries, and read the energy line on a label.

   11 steps
2. 02

   Where Your Energy Goes

   Explain why most of a day’s energy keeps you alive at rest, and why every calorie calculator gives an estimate.

   10 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures
3. 03

   Sugar, Starch and Fibre

   See how one glucose brick builds sugar, starch and fibre, and why a food’s structure sets how fast it is digested.

   12 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures
4. 04

   How Blood Glucose Stays Steady

   Follow the two-hormone loop that holds blood glucose steady, and tell free sugars from total sugars on a label.

   9 steps·Builds on Sugar, Starch and Fibre
5. 05

   Glycogen and Fat: Two Energy Stores

   Explain how a small, quick glycogen store and a large, dense fat store keep you supplied between meals and overnight.

   9 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures, How Blood Glucose Stays Steady
6. 06

   Protein and the Missing Part

   Explain why the scarcest essential amino acid limits what your body builds, and how plant proteins cover each other across a day.

   9 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures
7. 07

   Solid Fats, Liquid Oils

   Explain why chain shape makes a fat solid or liquid, and why swapping saturated fat for unsaturated beats adding more.

   9 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures
8. 08

   Vitamins, Minerals and the Winter Sun

   Explain which vitamins your body keeps and which it needs topping up, why UK winter sun makes too little vitamin D, and how to absorb more iron.

   10 steps·Builds on Solid Fats, Liquid Oils
9. 09

   Reading the Whole Label

   Read a UK pack front and back: the traffic lights, reference intakes, salt, the ingredients list and allergens.

   9 steps·Builds on What a Calorie Measures, How Blood Glucose Stays Steady, Solid Fats, Liquid Oils
10. 10

    Plan Affordable, Varied Meals

    Plan three dinners for two on a £10 budget, using fibre, protein, fat and salt to choose what goes in the basket.

    13 steps·Builds on Sugar, Starch and Fibre, Protein and the Missing Part, Solid Fats, Liquid Oils, Reading the Whole Label