Canada's Food Guide, Vitamins & Minerals
This percentage of your plate should be vegetables and fruit
50%
What is one tip to save money when you are going to the grocery store?
Don't go when hungry. Make up a shopping list and stick to it. Look to see what you have at home first. Buy in season. Any other appropriate response.
What is one reason for choosing to become a vegetarian?
Religious reasons, improved health, environmental concerns
You should never put a sharp knife here when you are going to wash it
In a sink of hot soapy water
This advertising technique uses famous people such as Michael Buble or Taylor Swift
Star Power or Endorsement
This drink is recommended as the drink of choice in CFG
Water
It's better to look at online flyers to find sales and then drive from store to store to get these items. True or False? Why?
False - you end up spending more time and more gas running around everywhere
This type of vegetarian does not eat any meat or animal products at all
Vegan
True or False? It doesn't matter what size or type of knife you use as long as it is sharp.
False
This is when advertisers make a food product look bigger or smaller than it actually is
Scale
This mineral helps prevent Osteoporosis, a condition where bones become fragile.
Calcium
One technique you may use at certain grocery stores to ensure that you get the best prices at the store you are shopping at. Applies mainly to discount grocery stores.
Price matching
This type of vegetarian eats eggs and milk products
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian
This type of food borne illness results from eating undercooked poultry and raw eggs
Salmonella
What does the term "organic" mean?
Food is grown without chemicals eg. pesticides
This vitamin helps prevent neural tube defects such as Spina Bifida and is very important during pregnancy
Folic Acid or Vitamin B9
Four of the five meal planning principles to make meals appealing are to have a variety of these
Variety of colours, textures, temperatures, sizes & shapes, tastes
One nutrient (vitamins or minerals) that many vegetarians may be lacking (Note: Do not say protein)
Iron or Calcium
What are two preventative measures that you can take when dealing with electrical appliances?
Don't let cords drape over the counter; keep appliances away from water when in use; unplug an appliance by grasping the plug not the cord; replace old or frayed cords; don't overload circuits; read the instruction book that came with your appliance
Two tips to keep in mind when getting children to eat new and/or healthy food
Make food fun ie. fun shapes; try introducing it on more than one occasion; get them involved in cooking; do not introduce new foods when a child isn't feeling well; demonstrate good eating habits yourself; any other appropriate response
Sailors on long voyages did not get enough of these foods which lead to a deficiency in this vitamin and caused anemia and scurvy
Vitamin C from fresh vegetables and fruit
When you want to compare two products that are similar but are in different sized containers, you need to compare it by
Unit price
Two of the 3 macronutrients required by humans. We need to keep these in mind when making protein combinations.
Carbohydrates, fats (lipids), protein
Why is it imporant to thoroughly clean any surface that has come into contact with raw chicken?
Raw chicken contains bacteria that can be harmful to us ie. salmonella. The bacteria is destroyed when food is cooked at high temperatures
In order to be deemed "Food Secure", food must meet two of these 5 criteria
In order to be food secure, food must be:
Available
Accessible
Environmentally sustainable
Culturally acceptable
Nutritionally beneficial