Bush Tucker Basics
Aboriginal people got their food by hunting animals and gathering plants. What do we call this way of living?
Hunter-gatherer
This nutrient was the most important for survival in the desert.
Water
Most bush tucker food came from the land and the wild, not from farms. True or False?
True
Most native animals eaten in the bush tucker diet were very lean or very fatty?
Lean
Before farming began, people had to hunt and gather their own food. What time period was this?
Pre-agricultural
These energy-dense insects, sometimes over 6 inches long, could contain up to 67% fat when dried.
witchetty grubs
This fruit contains 3150 mg of Vitamin C per 100g, making it the richest source in the world.
Green Plum
Large animals were often cooked using this underground steaming method.
cooking pits
High levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in bush tucker helped protect against this type of disease.
CVD (cardiovascular disease)
The first farmers grew tall wild grasses including primitive varieties of this grain.
barley (or primitive wheat)
The bush tucker diet was low in sugars but high in these two important nutritional components.
protein and fibre
Small-leaved rock figs contain up to this much calcium per 100 grams.
4000 mg
These were used in some areas to carry large volumes of water.
kangaroo skin water bags
Shellfish were said to contain about ten times more of this vitamin than organ meats.
Vitamin D
This revolution began about 150 years ago in England and changed food production forever.
Industrial Revolution
This nutrient density characteristic of bush tucker foods helped protect against diabetes due to low glycaemic index carbohydrates.
low glycaemic index (low GI)
These insects had a fat-to-protein ratio of about 12 to 1.
green tree ants
This activity involved digging for tubers, reptiles, eggs, honey ants, and grubs.
sustained physical gathering activity (or intensive foraging)