My Plate
The sections on the plate depict these.
What are food groups?
To make sure you do not overeat often, remember to stop at this point.
What is Stop When you are comfortably full?
What is Give yourself 20 minutes to feel that you are full?
This is a beverage that is very common in the USA and is not a healthy choice.
What is sugary soda?
To lose weight, Energy taken in as Calories must be lower than Energy ____________.
What is expended? Or used up?
Wait 1 hour after you eat food before you go swimming.
True or False:
FALSE
Swimming right after you eat has been shown to be safe.
The glass next to the plate represents this food group.
What is Dairy or Milk?
These are healthy ways to prepare vegetables.
What is grilling, sauteeing, stir-fry, steaming, eating them fresh or without prep?
Too much saturated fat in a diet causes this problem.
What is increased cholesterol and increased risk of developing heart disease?
One way to burn calories is to do this.
What is exercise, move around?
Sing, dance, hobbies, any sports that require you to get up and MOVE?
Avoid fruit because it's loaded with sugar.
True or False:
FALSE.
Whole fruit contains naturally-occurring sugar along with vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and fibre, which slows down the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream.
A very healthy goal of increasing antioxidant intake is represented by this half of the My Plate diagram.
What is the Fruits & Vegetables side of the plate?
Meatless Mondays are a way to accomplish this healthy diet goal.
What is decreasing intake of Animal Products?
This is an unhealthy way to prepare vegetables.
The American Heart Association has advised Americans for decades to eliminate this from the diet in order to have a healthy heart.
What is fat?
What is saturated fat?
What is red meat?
What is butter, high fat dairy, other animal products?
One can never drink too much water.
True or False:
FALSE
Overdoing water intake can cause electrolyte imbalance and lead to seizures or worse.
The purple section of the plate represents this food group.
What are Proteins or Meat and Meat Substitutes?
What is - Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables?
This is a part of a meal that is sometimes skipped when trying to become healthier or lose weight.
What is dessert?
If you are trying to lose weight, and want to drink milk, choose this type of cow's milk.
What is Skim or 1% Milk Fat?
Don't choose Whole Milk or high-sugar Chocolate Milk.
It's impossible to drink too many energy drinks in a day.
The caffeine level is too high in these drinks to not take in MODERATION.
These 3 sections of the Plate provide at least some grams of protein daily.
What are the Protein, Grain, and Vegetable sections?
This is a diet that has been determined to be the World's Healthiest for many years.
What is the Mediterranean Diet?
What are overly processed foods?
Examples: frozen entrees, pizza, energy bars, etc etc.
This is a company that works to help people make healthy diet choices while losing weight. Their philosophy includes a POINT SYSTEM for different types of foods.
What is Weight Watchers?
Adult humans need to drink cow's milk.
True or False?
FALSE