Food Facts
How you eat, why you eat, what you eat, when you eat, where you eat, and how much you eat.
What is being mindful of your eating habits?
Vegetables and fruit, protein foods, and whole grain foods.
What are the 3 food groupings in the new Canada’s Food Guide?
Fibre, vitamins and minerals.
What important nutrients are found in vegetables and fruits?
Plant-based protein foods provide more _____________.
What is fibre?
Fill a quarter of your plate with _________________.
What are foods from the whole grain grouping in Canada's Food Guide?
Learn new skills, rely less on highly processed foods, make foods that you and your family like and will eat, and save money by avoiding extra money spent on meals eaten out.
What are some benefits of cooking more often?
Plant-based protein foods like legumes, nuts, seeds, and tofu.
What plant-based foods should be eaten more often than animal-based proteins?
Fresh, frozen or canned vegetables and fruits.
What are healthy options of vegetables and fruits to eat daily?
Fill a quarter of your plate with ____________.
What are foods from the protein grouping in Canada's Food Guide?
Fibre, Vitamins and Minerals.
What nutrients are found in whole grain foods?
Tasting the flavours, being open to trying new foods, and developing a healthy attitude about food.
What are the benefits of enjoying your food?
Water.
What is the recommended beverage of choice?
Baking, roasting, steaming, and stir-frying.
What are healthier ways to cook vegetables?
Baking, grilling, roasting, and poaching.
What are healthy ways to cook animal-based protein foods (ie. fish, chicken, steak, pork chops)?
This nutrient can lower your risk of:
What is fibre?
Plan a breakfast date with friends, have lunch with friends at school, and plan a weekly dinner with extended family members or friends.
What are ways you can enjoy meals with others?
A way to stay hydrated without calories?
What is water?
Olive oil, lemon juice, flavoured vinegar, and fresh or dried herbs or spices.
What are ways to enhance the flavor of vegetables?
Draining off extra fat after cooking, trimming the visible fat from meats, removing skin from poultry before cooking, and limiting the amount of sauces, butter or gravy.
What are healthier ways to prepare animal-based protein foods?
Farro, freekah, amaranth, or buckwheat.
What are examples of whole grains you may not have tried?
Per cent daily value (%DV).
What helps you to determine if a food has too much or too little of a certain nutrient on a food label?
Processed foods and sugary drinks.
What foods and drinks should not be consumed regularly?
Fill half your dinner plate with ______________.
What are foods from the vegetables and fruits grouping in Canada's Food Guide?
Seasoning with herbs, lemon or salsas, and using small amounts of oils with healthy fats such as olive and canola.
What are healthier ways to enhance the flavours of animal-based protein foods?
Leaving out or reducing the amount of salt added during preparation; limiting the amount of sauce or spreads you add; and adding vegetables, vegetable oils, spices and herbs to enhance flavours.
What are healthier ways to prepare whole grain foods?