TEAM 1
How might a person feel if they skip breakfast in the morning?
If a person skips breakfast, they might feel tired, hungry, irritable, and could have trouble focusing or concentrating. They might also get a stomachache, headache, or feel dizzy or lightheaded.
Which nutrients should be included in a heathy Breakfast? Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat, or all three?
What is: All three.
Choosing a breakfast that includes complex carbohydrates (whole grain, cereal, oatmeal, fruit, or vegetables), lean protein, and healthy fats will give you energy and help keep you full until lunch!
Which nutrient provides the primary fuel for our brains?
Look at the ingredient list:
Ingredients: Sugar, wheat, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of honey, hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, caramel color, soy lecithin, BHT for freshness
These ingredients are for a popular type of sugar. Can you identify the added sugars?
What is: Sugar, Corn Syrup & Honey
Which nutrient helps build muscle and provides a feeling of fullness?
What is Protein?
Include a protein that is low in saturated fat to help you feel full and last until lunchtime without getting hungry. Some examples of protein foods to include with breakfast are eggs, peanut butter or other nut butters, and low-fat or fat free dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese.
Peanut butter, nuts, and avocados contain healthy types of what nutrient?
Fat.
Healthy fats provide energy and essential fatty acids for our bodies. We should try to choose monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats from plant-based foods and oils such as these while limiting our intake of saturated fats. Examples of foods with these unsaturated fats include salmon, tuna, oil-based salad dressings, nuts, seeds, and avocados.
Breakfast should provide what percent of daily nutrients? 10%, 25%, 50% or 60%?
25%.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, school breakfasts must provide at least 25% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for the following nutrients:
A healthy breakfast should include how many of the five food groups?
Three.
A breakfast that includes foods from at least three food groups can provide enough energy and nutrients to get you going in the morning and keep you full until your next meal.
What combination of three food groups could provide the best balance of nutrients for breakfast?
Grain, fruits or vegetables, and dairy or protein.
Give an example of a healthy breakfast meal that includes at least three food groups.
Correct as long as it has at least 3 food groups!
Some people don’t like breakfast foods. What can you eat for breakfast if you don’t like common breakfast foods?
As long as the answer is reasonable, you get the points!
A lot of people drink juice for breakfast. Why might it be better to have a piece of fruit instead of juice?
While 100% fruit juice does give us vitamins and minerals, it doesn’t have the fiber that is found in whole fruit. Fiber in the fruit helps to slow down digestion and absorption, so it fills you up more and keeps you full for longer than juice does.
Explain how eating breakfast could help you perform better in school.
Breakfast provides fuel for your body and brain in the morning. Studies show that eating breakfast can actually improve brain function, which would help you to focus and concentrate better in school. It can also help prevent feelings of hunger, tiredness, stomachaches or headaches that could distract you from learning and performing your best.
Think of a healthier alternative: Sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich on a biscuit
Possible alternative: scrambled eggs and whole grain toast with a piece of fruit
Think of an alternative: Frosted donut and a vanilla latte
Possible alternative: Fruit, yogurt, and granola parfait; whole wheat toast with peanut butter and cinnamon and coffee with skim milk
Think of a healthier alternative: 3 pancakes with butter, syrup, and 3 slices of bacon
Possible alternative: 2 whole grain pancakes topped with fresh fruit, yogurt, 2 slices of turkey bacon