Vitamins and Minerals
Be a Wise Food Consumer
I'm Hungry
Canada's Food Guide
100
Eating habits during adolescence can have a life long impact on bone health. What mineral and what vitamin are especially important to bone strength?
Calcium is an important mineral that supports bone strength and Vitamin D is a vitamin that also helps give you healthy bones and teeth.
100
Name two reasons why eating breakfast is important.
Breakfast helps bring up your energy level after sleeping, and it helps keep you alert for the day, preventing irritability and tiredness.
100
What dietary habits help you to keep your skin healthy?
A healthy daily intake of Vitamin A can help make your skin much healthier. You can find it in foods such as: milk, eggs and cereal. Vegetables such as carrots have also shown to improve skin tone and pore size.
100
Foods are grouped according to the nutrients they provide. Name the four food groups.
The four food groups are fruits and vegtables, grains, dairy and meats and alternatives.
200
A lack of this mineral can cause tiredness, an inability to concentrate, and anemia. What is it and name an excellent food source.
An iron deficiency in the blood is what causes anemia, tiredness and inability to concentrate. An excellent food source could be either various meat products, or peanut butter.
200
Describe two healthy breakfasts that provide at least three food groups.
Two healthy breakfasts that provide at least three food groups are: Toast, low fat yogurt, and an apple Muffin, low fat milk, and a banana
200
Athlete need food to fuel their brain. Name 3 foods that help provide plenty of energy.
3 foods that provide plenty of energy include nuts, eggs and yogurt. All of these are considered healthy pre-game snacks.
200
Canada's food Guide tells us to have vegetables that are these two colours everyday. Name the colours and tell why these vegetables are engouraged.
The two colours that are encouraged are orange and green because they are good sources of calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, vitamine B, vitamine A, vitamine C and vitamine K.
300
Vegetables and fruits contain many needed nutrients. Name at least 3 nutrients they provide.
Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and potassium are all nutrients that can be found in vegetable and fruits such as carrots, kiwis, or sweet potatoes.
300
Name two different healthy lunches that you could buy at fast food outlet that contains all four food groups.
Subway offers the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki with cheese, with milk. Another healthy option is the McDonalds Chicken Snack Wrap, with water.
300
Many TV commercials and magazine ads can affect the way we feel about food. Choose an ad and explain how it can effect our food choices.
McDonalds commercials use young, healthy actors and actresses. They also occasionally use athletes to support their food, to make you feel as if McDonalds can`t be too unhealthy if it`s supported by an athlete. This changes your opinion about its food and can make you change your mind about whether or not it is healthy.
300
Some foods do not fit into a food group or catagory because that are low in nutrients and/or high in fat or sugar, therefor often called "empty calories". Name eight foods that do not fit into a food group category.
Eight foods that do not fit into a food group category are: french fries, fried chicken, chips, candy (such as jelly beabs), pop, white rice, white bread and cookies.
400
This vitamin is needed in periods of rapid growth and cell division. It is important to all girls and women of child bearing age because it reduces the risk of certain birth defects (neural tube defects). It is important to keep your heart healthy. What is the vitamin and what are the best food sources?
400 micrograms of folate/folic acid a day can greatly help prevent risk of birth defects and heart disease. Good food sources of folate include: breakfast cereals, beans and whole grains.
400
Grocery stores use various techniques to get consumers to buy products that they had no intention of purchasing. Describe at least three of these techniques.
They have samples available to consumers, and they advertise various products as healthy when they truly are not. Something may be "fat free" but have twice your calorie intake. Another example is that they put these products, which are usually on sale, right by the cash, to make you want to buy a quick "snack".
400
Name two examples of a nutrition claim that you might see on a label.
2 examples of nutrition claims that you might see on a label are: - 50% less fat; this does not mean they are healthy food choices though. The original fat content may have been a very large portion of your daily intake, therefore 50% of this may still be a large amount of fat. - Less calories; the same thing as above applies to the phrase "less calories." There may still be a large calorie content level, even if it is reduced.
400
Name two key nutrients that meat and alternatives provide and then name at least 5 meat alternatives.
Two key nutrients that meat and alternatives provide are protine and iron. Fives meat alternatives are; nuts, eggs, oats, beans and tofu.
M
e
n
u