1. Balanced Basics
The four main categories of a balanced meal.
What are vegetables, protein, healthy carbohydrates, and healthy fats?
In general, these are more nutritious than processed foods
What are whole foods?
A physical sign that your body needs food.
What is a growling stomach?
The hunger levels when you should begin eating
What are levels 2 or 3?
The hand shape used to measure vegetables.
What is a fist?
Daily goal for fruit and vegetable servings.
What are five servings per day?
The unit used to measure the energy found in food.
What are calories?
Three nutrients found in a whole fresh apple.
What are vitamins, minerals, and fiber?
What can happen if you wait too long to eat.
What is feeling dizzy, lightheaded, or irritable?
The fullness levels when you should stop eating.
What are levels 7 or 8?
The hand shape used to measure carbohydrates.
What is a cupped hand?
The nutrient in fruits and vegetables that helps digestion and fullness.
What is fiber?
A balanced energy state keeps you "calm, alert, and engaged," allowing your body to repair, recover, and perform optimally without the stress of deprivation or the overload of excess.
What is consuming the right amount of energy for your needs?
What is lost as foods become more processed.
What are nutrients and fiber?
What delaying meals can sometimes lead to later.
What is overeating?
Why eating slowly helps prevent overeating.
What is allowing time for fullness signals to register?
The hand shape used to measure protein.
What is your palm?
A result of not eating enough fruits and vegetables.
What is constipation?
One way balanced eating supports your mind.
What is clearer thinking or reduced anxiety/stress?
Three substances often added during processing.
What are sugars, salts, and fat?
How long fullness signals may take to reach your brain.
What is up to 20 minutes?
Two emotions often mistaken for hunger.
What are stress and boredom?
The hand shape used to measure fats.
What is your thumb?
According to Doctrine & Covenants 89:12, meat should be used this way.
What is sparingly (with thanksgiving)?
A simple approach when nutrition feels overwhelming.
What is making one small healthy change at a time?
A simple guideline for choosing nutrient-dense foods.
What are foods with minimal ingredients and few or no additives?
A mindful eating habit that helps you eat the right amount.
What is focusing on flavors and textures in your mouth?
A benefit of stopping when satisfied instead of stuffed.
What is having energy without discomfort?
Why the hand method is personalized.
What is that your hand is scaled to your body size?
Protein provides building blocks for this many parts of the body.
What is every cell in the body?