You Are What You Eat
Let's Get Physical
Stress Busters
Supermarket Sweep
How Sweet It Is
100
This macronutrient, found in meat, eggs, beans, and tofu, is needed to build and maintain your body's muscles, organs, and tissues.
Protein
100
This makes up over 60% of the average human body and is especially important to replenish after physical activity.
Water
100
We spend 1/3 of our lives healing and repairing our immune system while doing this.
Sleeping
100
Although food companies have many sneaky names for this, you can often identify it on food labels with words ending in “-ose,”
Sugar
100
Soda is the leading source of this in the average American's diet.
Added Sugars
200
This macronutrient, found in nuts, avocados, and dairy, is important for hormone, skin, and brain health.
Fat
200
This briny sport, the fastest growing in America, is both a moderate intensity workout and fun social activity.
Pickleball
200
Often described as "the best medicine," this physical reaction has many emotional and physical benefits including lowering blood pressure.
Laughter
200
The most nutritious bread options will have this listed as the first ingredient.
Whole Wheat
200
This sweet substance is one of the world's oldest medical treatments due to its naturally occurring antimicrobial properties.
Honey
300
This indigestible part of plant foods can help lower your cholesterol and keep your GI system healthy.
Fiber
300
Body movement can make you feel great physically and mentally, in part because of these “feel good” hormones that get released by your nervous system.
Endorphins
300
This hobby doesn't just turn your thumb green; it's also a great moderate intensity exercise and stress reliever.
Gardening
300
Massachusetts requires all authorized retailers to display shelf labels that indicate which items are approved to be purchased using this program.
WIC
300
This state fruit of Massachusetts is relatively low in sugar but rich in antioxidants called polyphenols.
Cranberry
400
These are the five meal components we are required to serve the children in our program, as determined by the USDA's CACFP program.
Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Protein (Meat or Meat Alternate), and Milk.
400
This is the name of the movement curriculum our Head Start classrooms use.
I am Moving, I am Learning
400
This practice, which aims to still the mind and strengthen the body, originated 5,000 years ago in India.
Yoga
400
Use this when comparing similar products at the store to determine which one is the better value for it's size.
Unit Price
400
Although the brain is also capable of utilizing ketones, its preferred fuel source is this simple sugar.
Glucose
500
Ancient Roman soldiers were paid in this mineral, which should be used in moderation to maintain healthy blood pressure.
Salt
500
The CDC recommends that adults get this many minutes of physical activity every week.
150 minutes (2.5 hours) per week
500
A recent study by psychologists at Harvard University found that adults who express this weekly had higher rates of self-reported happiness scores.
Gratitude
500
Products that meet specific nutritional requirements for saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium are marked with a red logo that indicates the product is endorsed by this association.
American Heart Association
500
When a storage tank of this sticky sweet substance burst, it caused a flood in the north end of Boston in 1919.
Molasses