Fruits & Vegetables
Besides lowering blood pressure, eating fruits and vegetables lowers your risk of this disease that involves blood sugar.
What is diabetes?
Calcium and this vitamin in dairy help build and maintain strong bones and teeth.
What is Vitamin D?
Grains move waste smoothly through the digestive tract, reducing the risk of this.
What is constipation?
Protein stabilizes this, which helps control cravings.
What is blood sugar?
The number of cups of dairy you should have each day.
What is 3 cups?
These help you grow, function, and stay healthy, and fruits and vegetables are a good source of them.
What are vitamins?
This dairy food is specifically called out in the lesson for promoting a healthy gut.
What is yogurt?
At least this fraction of your daily grains should be whole grains.
What is half?
Protein aids healing and supports this system that fights off sickness.
What is the immune system?
The daily cups of fruit AND the daily cups of vegetables. (You need both!)
What are 2 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of vegetables?
Many people think it's a vegetable, but this green fruit with a big pit is on the fruit list.
What is an avocado?
Dairy lowers the risk of this bone-weakening disease.
What is osteoporosis?
Whole grains contain all three parts of this.
What is the grain seed?
Tofu, chickpeas, and beans are proteins that come from this kind of source, not from animals.
What are plants?
The range of cups of protein you should eat per day.
What is 1.5 to 2.5 cups?
Fruits and vegetables contain these natural substances that protect your cells from damage.
What are antioxidants?
Dairy lowers the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and this specific type of diabetes.
What is type 2 diabetes?
Pasta and white rice are examples of this type of grain, which has had the outer layers stripped away during processing.
What are refined grains?
This food appears on BOTH the grains list and the protein list.
What is quinoa?
The range of cups of grains you should eat per day.
What is 2.5 to 4 cups?
Of the 10 vegetables listed in the lesson, these are the two that belong to the onion family.
What are onions and garlic?
This powdered dairy product, popular with weightlifters, made the list of dairy examples.
What is whey protein powder?
Grains lower the risk of these two serious diseases, listed together on the same bullet point.
What are diabetes and cancer?
These two dairy foods also appear on the protein examples list.
What are Greek yogurt and cottage cheese?
If you eat the MAXIMUM daily serving of every group listed (fruit, vegetables, dairy, grains, and protein), this is the total number of cups.
What is 14.5 cups? (2 + 2.5 + 3 + 4 + 2.5)