INTRODUCTION
Food group that contains milk, cheese, & yogurt.
What is DAIRY?
Apples, oranges, & bananas are _____
What are FRUITS?
Name the 5 main food groups.
What are DAIRY, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, GRAINS, & PROTEINS.
Grains: 6 ounces (oz) per day. Serving sizes = ½ cup cooked rice, pasta or cooked cereal; 1 oz. dry pasta or rice; 1 slice bread; 1 cup ready-to-eat cereal flakes.
Vegetables: 2 ½ cups per day. Serving sizes= 1 cup equivalent of vegetables is 1 cup raw vegetable or vegetable juice, 2 cups leafy salad greens.
Fruits: 2 cups per day. Serving sizes =1 cup equivalent is 1 cup fruit or ½ cup of 100% fruit juice (orange juice, etc.) or 1/3 cup of a fruit juice blend.
Protein foods (meat, poultry, fish, dry beans and nuts): 5 ½ oz. per day. Serving sizes = 3 oz. cooked lean meat, poultry or fish; 2 egg whites or 1 egg; ¼ cup cooked beans; 1 tbsp. peanut butter; ½ oz. unsalted nuts/seeds. Note that ¼ cup cooked beans = 1 oz. protein equivalent but ½ cup cooked beans = 1 vegetable.
Fat-free or low-fat dairy foods (milk, yogurt and cheese): 3 cups per day. Serving sizes: 1 cup equivalent is 1 cup milk or yogurt, 1½ oz. natural cheese such as cheddar cheese, or 2 oz. processed cheese.
Unit of energy produced by food.
What is a CALORIE?
Processing of food by the body.
What is DIGESTION?
Triangular diagram showing the optimal number of servings to be eaten each day from each of the basic food groups.
What is the Food Pyramid?
Condition in which there is not enough water in the body.
What is DEHYDRATION?
An energy yielding nutrient found in breads, cereals, and other starches.
What is a CARBOHYDRATE?
Plant seeds that make up an important nutritional component of most diets.
What are GRAINS?
Type of fat needed by the body, but consuming too much can clog the arteries.
What is CHOLESTROL?
Food and drink that that's regularly consumed, and can be changed to lessen or increase the amount that's consumed to fit a person's everyday needs.
What is a DIET?
Any substance that provides essential nourishment.
What are NUTRIENTS?
Nutrient needed to build, repair and maintain body tissues.
What is PROTEIN?
Inorganic chemical elements that are required by the body. (Ex: Magnesium, iron, or sodium).
What are MINERALS?
The major storage form of energy in the body.
What is FAT?
Rate at which food is converted into energy.
What is METABOLISM?
Organic compound essentials for good nutrition which are required only in very small quantities.
What are VITAMINS?
Study of how the body takes in and utilizes food.
What is NUTRITION?
Building blocks of proteins.
What are AMINO ACIDS?
Part of food that can't be digested and which helps move material through the digestive tract.
What is FIBER?