The Food Guide
This food category takes up half of your plate.
What are Fruits and Vegetables
This percentage tells you how much of this nutrient you should be eating.
What is Daily Value?
This vitamin helps you stop bleeding when you are cut.
What is Vitamin K?
This mineral helps to build and maintain strong bones and teeth.
What is calcium?
After you eat, excess calories turn into this nutrient.
What is fat?
This should be your drink of choice.
What is water?
This is the name for the amount of energy that is in your food.
What are calories?
This vitamin found in carrots helps improve your vision.
What is Vitamin A?
This mineral helps nerve transmission.
What is sodium?
Most of your grains should come from this type of grain.
What are whole grains?
This substitute for protein is the word for vegetables in french.
What are legumes?
On a Nutrition fact table, this percentage is a significant amount of a nutrient.
What is 15% or more?
This vitamin is mainly received from the sun.
What is Vitamin D?
This mineral helps with blood pressure regulation.
What is magnesium?
This nutrient helps your muscle cells grow and repair.
What is protein?
This was the main part of the old food guide.
What are cereals and breads?
These are the 2 types of fats that are on a food label.
What are Saturated and trans fats?
This vitamin is found in citrus fruits such as oranges and limes.
What is Vitamin C?
This mineral is found in bananas.
What is potassium?
This is what all proteins are made up of.
What are amino acids?
This is the year when the new food guide was created.
What is 2019?
What are the 2 types of Carbohydrates that are usually on a food label.
What are sugars and fibres?
This vitamin helps convert carbohydrates to energy.
What is Vitamin B1? (Thiamine)
This mineral is a major component in hemoglobin.
What is iron?
This is the part of plant-based foods that your body cannot digest.
What is fiber?