Food Categories
What is Healthy Eating?
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods from the three food categories to feel good and maintain your health.
Eating healthy and physical activity can help prevent diseases and maintain a healthy weight.
What are the three food categories according to the Canadian food guide?
Whole Grains , Fruits & Vegetables, Protein Foods
the main nutrients that make up our food
What are the two types of fat?
unsaturated and saturated
What are Nutrition Labels?
a label on our processed foods that provide us with information on the calories and nutrients for the serving size shown
helps us follow Canada’s food guide
helps us make informed choices
is based on Health Canada’s regulations
What is the food category that should take up 1/2 our plate servings?
fruits and vegetables
What is the food category that contains fish, beef and chicken?
Protein foods
What are the three main macronutrients?
Carbohydrates, Fat, and Protein
What is saturated fat? give an example of saturated fat?
These should be limited, but not necessarily avoided. If eaten in large amounts they can be bad for your heart health.
examples: Meat fat, Butter, Full-fat dairy products
Coconut oil and products, Peanut oil, palm oil and cottonseed oil, Our occasional foods such as chips, biscuits and cake
why is ingredient list important?
check if a food product has a certain ingredient
food allergies
Why should we eat healthy?
Eating healthy and physical activity can help prevent diseases and maintain a healthy weight.
What is the food category that contains whole wheat bread, whole-wheat pasta, and whole wheat rice?
Whole Grains foods
What are the two main forms of carbohydrates?
Simple carbohydrates (or simple sugar)
Complex carbohydrates
What is unsaturated fat?
We should aim to include more of these fats in our diet, as they have the opposite effect to saturated fats, and can be beneficial for your heart health.
They are found in:Fish, Nuts, Avocados, Vegetable oils (olive, canola, sunflower, rice bran)
name three things included in a nutrition facts table?
calories, serving size, percent daily value, fat, sugars, carbohydrates, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, fibre, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron
What are the food categories that should take up 1/4 our plate servings?
Whole Grains foods and Protein
Why do we need proteins everyday?
-proteins help build the body
-important for growing children
-help to repair the body after sickness or exercise
-maintain a balanced diet
What are simple carbohydrates?
carbohydrates that are broken down quickly by the body.
-found in processed and refined sugar foods such as candy, drinks, cake, ice cream
-bad kind/ causes 'sugar rush'
What are the two main nutrients that provide our body with energy?
carbohydrates
fat
name three foods that do not have a nutrition facts table?
fresh vegetables and fruits, raw meat and poultry (except when it is ground),raw seafood, milk sold in refillable glass containers, individual servings of food meant to be eaten immediately, foods prepared or processed in-store made from its ingredients, such as:bakery items, salads
Why is it important to make healthy food choices?
Strong bones and teeth
Heart Health and stroke prevention
Better mood
promote overall health
Why do we need to eat fruits and vegetables every day?
fruits and vegetables contain many of the vitamins and fibres we need to stay healthy
What is a complex carbohydrate?
-found in foods such as whole grains, starchy vegetables like potatoes, legumes (beans, peas) and whole grains
-used as energy
-good kind for our body
ALL sugar falls under which category of a macronutrient?
Carbohydrates
The serving size for a pizza is one slice. One serving = 150 calories. If I decided to eat 2 slices of pizza, how many calories did I eat in total?
300 calories (doubled)