Canada Food Guide
This food group includes bread, rice, pasta, and oats.
What are Grains?
This nutrient helps build and repair muscles
What is protein
Traditional Indigenous diets included foods like fish, wild game, berries, and plants. These foods were usually what type of food
What are natural / locally gathered foods
This spread is made from vegetable oils and is often used instead of butter.
What is margarine
Taking food into the body through eating or drinking.
What is ingestion?
Apples, carrots, broccoli, and bananas belong to this food group.
What are Fruits and Vegetables?
This nutrient gives the body quick energy and is found in bread, pasta, and fruit.
What are carbohydrates
Modern North American diets often include more processed foods like chips, soda, and fast food.
What are processed foods?
Margarine belongs to this Canada Food Guide category.
What are Oils and Fats
When nutrients move from the digestive system into the blood.
What is absorption
Beans, eggs, fish, and meat belong to this food group.
What are Meat and Alternatives
These nutrients help control body processes and keep the body healthy
What are vitamins and minerals
Traditional diets were often healthier because they had less of this
What is sugar, salt, or processed food?
This nutrient provides long-term energy and helps the body absorb vitamins.
What is fat
This system in the body breaks down food so nutrients can be used.
What is the digestive system
Milk, cheese, and yogurt belong to this food group
What are Milk and Alternatives
This nutrient stores energy and helps protect organs.
What is fat?
Traditional Indigenous diets depended on this for food
What is the land / hunting / fishing / gathering?
Too much fat in a diet can increase the risk of this health problem.
What is heart disease
If your body does not get enough vitamins or minerals, this can happen
What is nutrient deficiency / poor health
Butter, margarine, and cooking oil belong to this food group.
What are Oils and Fats
Having too much sugar or fat can cause this type of health problem
What are health problems like obesity or heart disease
One reason some modern diets can be unhealthy is because they contain too much of this nutrient.
What is fat, sugar, or salt
Oils like olive oil and canola oil are examples of this type of nutrient.
What are fats
Eating a variety of foods from all food groups is called this
What is a balanced diet