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Essential Nutrients
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100
This is the most important nutrient.
What is water?
100
The body's chief source of energy
What are carbohydrates?
100
This is the agency that is in charge of MyPlate and ensuring Americans know how to eat healthy.
What is the USDA- United States Department of Agriculture
100
This can be found naturally in some foods and is often added to foods that would be considered "junk food" We should try to limit our intake to 25-35g per day. However, drinking just one can of soda will put you over the limit.
What is added sugars?
100
How many servings are in this container? How big is a serving?
1 serving / 172g
200
One pound of body fat contains this many calories:
What are 3,500 calories
200
This nutrient helps us to absorb certain vitamins, gives us long-term energy, protects our bodies and keeps us warm.
What is fat?
200
This is the year it became mandatory for food companies to put nutrition labels on all foods.
What is 1994?
200
If Mr. Beans regularly consumes more than he burns, he will gain weight. We know this because of This equation...
what is the energy equation
200
Mr. Beans at the entire container. How many calories did he consume?
What is 2,400
300
People desire food for two reasons. Name the physical need for food and the emotional reason.
What is hunger (physical desire) and appetite (mental/ emotional desire).
300
Inorganic elements, found in very small amount in food that keep us healthy.
What are minerals?
300
MyPlate is a visual prompt to remind people to eat these food groups:
What are Protein, Grains, Fruit, Vegetables and Dairy?
300
By ensuring half of what you eat each day is fruits or vegetables, you are following THIS MyPlate rule.
What is the golden rule?
300
A person should try to keep their added sugars (sugar added during processing) to under 35g per day.
1. How much added sugar is in this soda?
2. How many grams ABOVE the daily limit is this?
1. It has 77g of added sugar per serving.
2. This is 42grams ABOVE the 35g limit.
400
This is the undigestible part of food- it helps to keep us full and aids in digestion. It can be found in plant foods and whole grains.
What is fiber?
400
This nutrient is made up of tiny building blocks called amino acids.
What is protein.
400
Protein can be found in many sources other than meat & fish. What are 3 other foods high in protein?
Any 3 of the following: tofu, cottage cheese, eggs, beans, fake "meat" products make of soy, peanut putter
400
Pirates would get scurvy due to the lack of this vitamin on their sea travels... thankfully in today's Monden age we do not hear about this disease very much.
What is Vitamin C?
400
A food label will show 3 types of fat. How much of all three types of fat are there in this product?
2g unsaturated, 3g saturated and 0g trans fats.
500
Doctors will sometimes use this method using a person's height and weight to tell if they are underweight, overweight or at their "ideal" weight. This method has drawbacks because cannot decipher muscle weight from fat mass weight, so an athlete would not want to use this method as it would not give accurate results.
What is BMI, or body mass index.
500
Organic substances, found in food in very small amounts, that keep our immune system strong
What are vitamins?
500
These 5 things influence the amount of calories a person needs.
What are gender, age, height, weight and activity level?
500
A nutritionist is a person who creates diet plans for people for many reasons. What are two reasons a person would hire a nutritionist?
Any of the following: They want to gain weight, lose weight, they are an athlete, they have a disease that requires special food consideration. They have an eating disorder, they are elderly.
500
1. How much sodium is in one serving of this food item? 2. Why is sodium up with the macronutrients and not lower next to the other micronutrients?
1. 7mg.
2. Because it is an important nutrient that many people consume to much of. By being listed higher people can see it easier and will be more mindful