FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
This vegetable, often served mashed, is a good source of carbohydrate.
What is a potato?
This macronutrient is found in bread, grains, fruits, vegetables, sugar, and milk. It is a good source of energy.
What is carbohydrate?
Kids and teens should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. This type of physical activity is aerobic and is usually done in the water.
What is swimming?
When measuring your blood pressure, the top number (and the higher of the two numbers) measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (when the muscle contracts), and is called this.
What is systolic?
Oranges, grapefruit, pineapple, and bell peppers are good sources of this nutrient. Consuming this nutrient helps your body fight disease by maintaining a strong immune system.
What is vitamin C?
Although often considered a vegetable, this food is actually a fruit.
What is a tomato?
Protein helps your body grow new tissue, replaces worn out cells, and is sometimes called your body's "building blocks". This food is a good source of protein.
What is meat, cheese, fish, nuts, eggs, peanut butter, dried beans, yogurt, or milk?
This activity is increasing in popularity for teenagers, and involves inhaling vapors from an electronic device. It is bad for your heart and can cause lung damage and even death.
What is vaping?
High blood pressure is associated with not getting at least 6 hours of sleep on a regular basis. Teenagers need at least 8-10 hours of this on a regular basis.
What is good quality sleep?
You get this macronutrient from meat, eggs, nuts, and fish.
What is protein?
Drying grapes will give you this fruit.
What is raisins?
This is found in beverages, juices, and high-moisture foods such as watermelon. It helps transport nutrients and waste, hydrate your cells, and regulate your body temperature. You should drink this instead of soda.
What is water?
Cardio is exercise that raises your heart rate. This type of activity helps you build muscle and strength. A good example is weight lifting.
What is resistance training?
The most preventable cause of death in the United States is this.
What is smoking?
Our bodies are made of different elements. This element, whose symbol is Ca, is needed to keep our bones healthy and strong.
What is calcium?
This vegetable is a good source of vitamin A and promotes healthy vision.
What is carrot or sweet potato?
This is a type of carbohydrate found in plants. It helps move food through the digestive tract and promotes gut health. Good sources of this are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
What is fiber?
Being active has many health benefits like lowering your cholesterol and helping you maintain a healthy weight and blood pressure. Another benefit of exercise is this.
What is it lowers stress, lowers anxiety levels, helps you stay flexible, helps control blood sugar levels, strengthens your heart, etc.?
The fat you eat can affect your cholesterol levels. This type of fat found in animal products, such as chicken skin or fat on meat, triggers your liver to make cholesterol.
What is saturated fat?
Fiber is needed to keep your digestive system working properly and is especially important to the health of your intestines. This whole grain food is high in fiber.
What is oats, popcorn, brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat, barley, wild rice, etc.?
Folate is a water soluble vitamin that prevents birth defects during fetal development and is found in green vegetables, fortified grains, and dark leafy greens. This is a good source of folate.
What is spinach, kale, turnip greens, asparagus, fortified breakfast cereals, dark green lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, pre-natal vitamins?
This nutrient transports vitamins A, D, E, and K and provides the essential fatty acids needed in your body. It supplies energy at 9 calories per gram. Good sources of this are olive oil, avocado, and canola oil.
What is fat?
Sometimes emotional lows can be lengthy and have a serious impact on your life and health. You may feel down, sleep most of the day, feel sad, or not feel interested in your usual activities. It is important to talk to someone who can help you cope with your problems when you have this.
What is depression?
Cholesterol is a waxy substance that can stick to artery walls and cause heart disease and stroke. High-density lipoprotein is known as "good" cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein is known as "bad" cholesterol, and are commonly abbreviated this way.
What is HDL and LDL?
Cruciferous vegetables are high in phytochemicals, which keep your body from transforming normal cells into cancerous cells, and their blooms are in the shape of a cross, or a crucifix. This edible plant is a cruciferous vegetable.
What is broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, or kale?