Miscellaneous
People who do not eat meat, seafood or poultry but do eat eggs, cheese and other dairy products.
What is a vegetarian?
Food group that includes milk, yogurt, hard and soft cheeses, puddings, and ice cream.
What is the dairy food group?
2000 calories
What is the number of calories burn in 1 day by 12 year old active boy?
A type of fat found in your blood.
What is cholesterol?
A mineral that occurs naturally in foods or is added during manufacturing.
What is salt?
Fats that are liquid at room temperature.
What are oils?
Food group that includes berries, citrus fruits, melons, stone fruits and tomatoes.
What is the fruit food group?
2 cups
What is the amount of fruit recommended to eat each day?
Fats formed through an industrial process that adds hydrogen to vegetable oils and is solid at room temperatures.
What is trans fat?
Roughage or bulk and includes parts of plants that you cannot digest.
What is dietary fiber?
People who do not eat any dairy or animal products including eggs, broth or gelatin.
What is a vegan?
Food group that includes broccoli, lettuce, red/green/yellow peppers, potatoes and peas.
What is the vegetable food group?
3 cups
What is the amount of vegetables recommended to eat each day?
Fats from olives, peanuts, canola oil, avocadoes and nuts.
What are unsaturated fats?
Generic name for sweet tasting, soluble carbohydrate added to food.
What is sugar?
Fats that are solid at room temperature such as butter, shortening or bacon grease.
What are saturated fats?
Food group that includes white bread, rice, noodles, oatmeal, whole wheat break and brown rice.
What is the grain food group?
5 teaspoons
What is the amount of oils recommended to eat each day?
Fats from animal sources including meat, poultry and butter.
What are saturated fats?
A nutrient found in food (as meat, milk, eggs, and beans) that is made up of many amino acids joined together.
What is protein?
Calories from solid fats, added sugars like donuts and chips which have few of the nutrients needed to grow and maintain health.
Food group that includes meat, poultry, fish and eggs.
What is the protein food group?
6 ounces
What is the amount of protein recommended to eat each day?
A calorie
What describes how much energy your body gets from eating or drinking?
Complex carbohydrates that take longer to burn and provide body with energy and stamina.
What are whole grains?