Heart health and fats
Fat that is likely to cause heart disease.
What is saturated fat?
This type of food is to blame for most of the sodium intake for Americans.
What is Processed foods?
What portion on your plate should be fruits and vegetables?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/4
D. As much as it can hold
B. 1/2 Correct
According to MyPlate guidelines, ~1/2 of your plate should be fruits and vegetables.
Written in larger, bolder font on the new nutrition facts label.
What is serving size and calories?
A simple and easy exercise to get active in order to reduce the risk of heart attacks.
What is walking?
This form of unhealthy fat is used to extend shelf life of many foods.
What is Trans-fat?
Adults with or at risk for hypertension should limit their daily intake of sodium to this amount.
What is 1500-2000 mg/day?
A whole-grain food that promotes weight loss, lowers blood sugar, cholesterol and reduces the risk of heart disease.
What is oatmeal?
A new row on the nutrition facts panel under the carbohydrate section.
What is Added Sugars?
A meal plan that includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, lean protein, nuts, legumes and vegetable-based oils.
What is a heart healthy diet? *Note: A heart healthy diet avoids foods with saturated fat, trans fat and a large amount of sodium and sugar.
Avocados, peanuts, pecans, canola oil, and olive oil are high in this form of healthy fat.
What are Unsaturated Fats (MUFA/PUFA)?
The six popular foods known as "The Salty Six" that can add high levels of sodium to your diet.
What is breads and rolls, cold cuts and cured meats, sandwiches, pizza, soup, chicken?
A diet high in this can help reduce cholesterol.
What is fiber?
Which 3 subcategories are listed under total carbohydrates on the new nutrition facts label?
What are Dietary Fibers, Sugar, and grams of added sugar?
What are 4 modifiable risk factors of heart disease?
What is smoking cessation, diet (nutrition), weight management, physical inactivity?
A monounsaturated fat better for cooking than butter or lard, and contains important antioxidant polyphenols that reduce inflammation of the cardiovascular system.
What is olive oil?
This is the amount of sodium in 1 teaspoon of salt.
What is 2300 mg?
A monounsaturated fat better for cooking than butter or lard, and contains important antioxidant polyphenols that reduce inflammation of the cardiovascular system.
What is olive oil?
Below the nutrition facts label is the list of ingredients used to make the food. What order are the ingredients listed in?
What is descending order by percentage of weight of each ingredient in the product (most to least)?
What are 4 unmodifiable risk factors of heart disease?
What is age, gender, race, genetics?
Saturated fat should be less than this amount per serving.
What is 2 grams?
Known as the "silent killer", this disease often has no symptoms until late in the disease state when damage has already occurred.
What is hypertension (high blood pressure)?
A fruit that increases levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL) and lowers levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL).
What is avocado?
Calories from ______ no longer included on the new nutrition facts label.
What is fat?
A sudden onset of slurred speech; facial droop; weakness or inability to move an extremity.
What is a CVA (Cerebrovascular accident AKA a stroke)?