MyPyramid
General info about Nutrients!
Essential/Non- Essential Vitamins
Food Labels
Miscellaneous
100
Wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley and cereal belong in this group.
What is the grain group?
100
Is needed for many different functions in the body specifically for the formation and maintenance of bones.
What is calcium?
100
Body cannot produce these substances Required forgrowth and maintenance of Vitamin C
What are essential nutrients?
100
Regulates any health claims that companies make on their food labels.
What is the FDA?
100
Eat fewer calories and increase exercise
What is the best way to lose weight?
200
Cups and ounces.
What are the unit of measurement for servings sizes on the Pyramid?
200
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
200
Not needed in the diet, our body can make these nutrients some Amino acids
What non-essential nutrients
200
The first place to start when you look at the Nutrition Facts label
What is serving size and number of servings?
200
Accounts for 55-70% of our body weight.
What is water?
300
A food items that contains more than one food group.
What is a combination food?
300
Transportation of oxygen and prevention of anaemia.
What is an incomplete protein?
300
Vitamins A,D,E,K
What are the fat-soluble vitamins?
300
Provide a measure of how much energy you get from a serving of this food.
What are calories?
300
Main source of vitamin D
What is sunlight?
400
This group is organized into 5 subgroups, based on their nutrient content
What are vegetables?
400
Are commercially produced rather than naturally occurring.
What are Trans Fats?
400
Is necessary for proper water balance in the body
What is sodium?
400
Are recommended levels of intakes based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
What are % DV?
400
3,500 calories
What is the amount of calories it takes to gain one pound?
500
fats and oils.
What food group should be used sparingly?
500
Cells use this as a source of energy
What is glucose?
500
Essential for normal vision, growth and development, and a healthy immune system.
What is Vitamin A?
500
Is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as the result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol.
What is atherosclerosis?
500
Americans eat nearly 40 billion a year
What is a hamburger?
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