How Many Teaspoons?
Carbs are your body’s main source of what?
Energy/Fuel
More Sugar: Granola Bar or Chocolate Chip Cookie?
chocolate chip cookie (usually)
Vitamins are _____________ your body needs in small amounts.
Micronutrients
True or False: Your body needs added sugar to have energy
False — your body uses natural sugars and carbs just fine.
What percent of your body is made of water?
About 60%
Simple carbs give fast energy. Name one example.
Candy, soda, sweets
More Sugar: Yogurt Cup or Donut Hole?
yogurt cup
Vitamin E protects your ________.
cells
What organ gets tired first when you eat too much sugar?
The brain (it crashes after a sugar spike)
Muscles are mostly water — what percentage?
About 75%
Complex carbs give long-lasting energy because they contain what?
Fiber
More Sugar: Sweetened Cereal or Ice Cream Scoop?
sweetened cereal
Which mineral helps balance fluids in your body?
Sodium
How many teaspoons of added sugar should kids have in a day?
About 6 teaspoons (or less)
Name one sign that you need more water.
Headache, dry lips, tired, cranky, can't focus
What do you call proteins that are missing some essential amino acids?
Incomplete proteins
More Sugar: Fruit Snacks or Gummy Bears?
fruit snacks
What two minerals and vitamins work together to build strong bones?
Calcium + Vitamin D (vitamin helps mineral)
Which has more sugar: A cupcake or a bottled smoothie?
Bottled smoothie (many have more!)
Water helps move what through your body? (Name one)
Nutrients, minerals, oxygen
Proteins help your immune system by building what?
Antibodies
More Sugar: Lemonade or Cola?
lemonade
Which vitamin is found in leafy greens and helps stop cuts from bleeding too long?
Vitamin K
If a sugar name ends in “-ose,” it’s usually a sugar. Name one.
Fructose, dextrose, maltose, glucose, sucrose
Even a 1% drop in your water level slows what important ability?
Thinking