Additives
True or false: There is a clear connection between food dyes and changes in children's behaviors
False
Name of the fingerlike projections in the inside of the small intestines that help us absorb nutrients in the body.
What are the villi?
Name of the vitamin important for the development of a baby's nerves.
What is Vitamin B9 (also known as folate or folacin)?
MyPlate calorie plan that the nutrition facts label's daily values are based on.
What is the 2000 calorie plan?
Ingredients in a packaged food are listed near:
The nutrition facts label
Two food additives that change the color of a food.
Red 40, Blue 1, beet juice, turmeric, carotenoids.
Two (2) things that happen in the mouth during digestion.
Food is chewed and mixed with saliva forming a bolus. The amylase enzyme in the saliva is a form of chemical digestion and chewing is a form of mechanical digestion.
Two (2) micronutrients needed by the body for healthy bones throughout the life cycle.
What are calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin D, and Vitamin K?
Two (2) pieces of information that you find under the words, "Nutrition Facs" on a nutrition facts label?
What are calories, number of servings, and the serving size?
Meaning of expiration and use by dates on food packages.
Expiration dates are not significant for any food except TCS and baby formula. Use by dates indicate the dates by which foods will be their best quality.
The difference between the two main categories of food dyes.
Natural food dyes are found in foods like beets and carrots. Synthetic food dyes are chemical compounds.
Two (2) places in the digestive process that we find bile.
What are the liver, gall bladder, and the duodenum (first part of the small intestine)? Bile is made in the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and released in the duodenum.
Because of it contains micronutrients needed for healthy bones and teeth, each person should consume this number of servings from the Dairy group in MyPlate each day.
What are three servings?
Three nutrients that are in the center section of the nutrition facts label that we should limit?
What are fats, sodium, and added sugars?
Three (3) pieces of information that you MUST find on a food package in the United States.
What are the name of the food, net quantity (weight/volume) of the food, nutrition facts label, ingredients list, allergens, manufacturer and distributor's address?
In reference to food additives, the acronym GRAS means that:
Foods are generally recognized as safe.
Names of the two (2) main intestines AND one thing that happens in each of these intestines.
What are the small and large intestines? Small intestines: Enzymes (from pancreas, liver) and bile break food into absorbable building blocks and 90 percent of nutrients are absorbed via the villi into the bloodstream.Large intestines: water is absorbed and feces are formed and eventually eliminated from the body.
Three things that you should not feed a baby under the age of 1 year.
What are honey, large chunks of food, grapes, hot dogs, and raw vegetables?
A nutrient dense food can be identified on a nutrition facts label by:
What is looking at the percent daily values? A daily value of 5 percent is low and a 20 percent or greater is high and the food would be nutrient dense.
Three (3) places in the body where peristalsis occurs in the digestive process.
What are the esophagus, stomach, and intestines?
Four (4) categories of food additives.
What are normal food ingredients (flour, eggs, cornstarch, etc.); antibiotics; contaminants; pesticides, preservatives, flavor enhancers; food dyes; sweeteners; caffeine.
Names of five places where digestion takes place in the human body.
What are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, gall bladder, small and large intestines?
Names of five (5) stages of the life cycle AND identify the stage where humans grow the most.
What are pregnancy, infancy, early childhood, late childhood, teenage years/adolescence, adulthood, and senior adulthood? You grow the most as a teenager during adolescence.
If a container has three (3) servings and the serving size is 1 cup with 200 calories per serving, the total number of calories in the entire container is:
What is 600 calories?
Four (4) things a teen can do to consume a healthy diet.
What are eat a variety of nutrient-dense foods (MyPlate recommendations can help), drink enough water to stay hydrated, exercise 60 minutes a day, increase fiber, and eat healthy snacks?