Vitamins
Minerals
Food Labels
Daily Amounts
Nutrients
100
This vitamin helps to build up your immune system and is often advertised in a tablet form or powder.
What is vitamin C?
100
This mineral is needed by children in order to help develop bones and to keep them healthy.
What is calcium?
100
The energy we get from food.
What is calories?
100
Your plate should be filled half-way with these.
What are fruits and veggies?
100
Protein, carbohydrates, and fats fall under this.
What are macronutrients?
200
This vitamin is often times added into foods (like dairy) in order to help the body absorb calcium.
What is vitamin D?
200
Too much of this mineral is a bad thing, but the right amount helps to regulate blood pressure.
What is sodium?
200
This tells us how much we should eat of a certain food.
What is serving size?
200
Boys should eat 6.5 ounces of this and girls should eat 5 ounces.
What is protein?
200
Vitamins and minerals fall under this.
What micronutrients?
300
This vitamin helps to form scabs and "healthy" blood clots.
What is vitamin K?
300
This mineral helps the body to create hemoglobin and carry oxygen throughout the body.
What is iron?
300
When a food is "dense" in a nutrient, it has this DV.
What is 15-20% DV?
300
Boys and girls should both have 3 cups of this daily.
What is dairy?
300
This measures the amount of nutrients we get from a certain food.
What is nutrient density?
400
Without this vitamin we would have a hard time breaking down carbs and fats for energy.
What is vitamin B5?
400
This mineral helps with nerve and muscle functions, if your muscles are too tight you can take it to relax muscles.
What is magnesium?
400
The amount of the nutrient in a serving relative to the total recommended daily amount for a 2000-Calorie diet.
What is % daily value?
400
It is important to eat a variety of this food weekly, not daily.
What are vegetables?
400
Junk foods contain mostly these because they provide energy with no nutrients.
What are empty calories?
500
This vitamin helps protect the body from free radicals which can cause damage to cells.
What is vitamin E?
500
A lack of this mineral can cause anemia; a deficiency that makes someone tired and can cause them to bruise easily.
What is iron?
500
If Jan was to eat a whole bag of pretzels that has 5 servings in it and 1 serving has 200mg of sodium, how much sodium would she intake (in mg)?
What is 1,000mg of sodium?
500
In order to get proper nutrients from grains, most of your grains should be this type.
What is whole grain?
500
A type of fat that a healthy fat that we can get from plant products.
What is unsaturated fat?
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