This food group provides you with quick, easy energy, and it's recommended that we consume 6-8 servings of it per day.
What is grains
An ingredient that is used to sweeten food
What is sugar
What is the recommended amount of a food or drink that you should eat
What is a serving size
The golden rule of using food labels is
What is look at the serving size
Name 4 vegetables that are dark green.
What is Broccoli, Collard Greens, Leafy Lettuce, Kale, Spinach.
Be careful consuming too much of this food group, as most of it tends to be simple sugar
What is fruit
List 3 naturally made sugars other than white cane sugar.
What is honey, fruits, stevia, etc.
You should fill half of your plate with these two food groups
What is fruits and vegetables
What does DV stand for
What is Daily Value
Grains have two subgroups. What are the two subgroups called?
What is whole grains and refined grains.
List the 5 food groups
What is fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy
How can companies get away with labeling products as zero sugar when the food label/ingredient states there is sugar in it.
What is it's not white cane sugar in the product
What is it called when you consume more than the recommended value
What is portion distortion
In the ingredients list, the largest amount is listed ______
What is first
What is a whole fruit
What is, a fruit that is not juiced
This food group has come under scrutiny because of it's high fat qualities- limit it to 1-2 servings a day
What is dairy
What is the difference between an artificial sweetener and a sugar
What is, one is chemically made in a lab and one is naturally made in nature
What happens when you do not drink enough water
What is dehydrated/ill
List 3 differences between the old and new food labels
What is RACCs updated, bigger calorie and serving size, updated DVs, fiber has been defined, added sugars are required, Vitamins A/C removed / Vitamins D and potassium added, footnote table goes away.
What important mineral is found in all foods in the Dairy Group?
What is Calcium.
This type of vegetable or grain has very little quality because the body has trouble digesting it
What is starch
How much naturally accruing sugars are in this product
What is 2
This is information found on food packages that details a food's content including the amount of fat, sugar, protein, and fiber it has
What is a nutrition label
List the first 4 parts of a food label
What is serving size information, calorie information, nutrition amounts, and % daily values
About how much of the grains you eat should be whole grains?
What is one half.