Smart Snacks
This fruit, often red or green, is sweet and easy to pack for a snack and is great with peanut butter?
What is an apple?
What are the 5 main groups on my plate?
What are grains, vegetables, fruit, protein, and dairy
What are the 3 macronutrients?
What are carbohydrates, fats, and protein?
This fruit with a yellow peel is high in potassium and is the most popular fruit in the U.S.
What is a banana
True or False: Eating in moderation is a healthy form of eating?
True
What vegetable/fruit can be dipped in hummus or eaten alone for a healthy snack.
What is carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, cherry tomato, etc.
What food group includes beans, nuts, meat, and seafood?
What is protein?
What are examples of 2 micronutrients?
What are vitamins and minerals
Examples can be a list of any vitamins of minerals: Vitamin A, D, E, K, B complex, Iron, Calcium, Potassium. etc.
This leafy green is used in salads and is high in iron.
What is spinach?
True or False: Carbohydrates are your body’s main source of energy.
True
Pairing a high carbohydrate snack with a fat/protein can aid with blood sugar control. List a high carb snack that pairs well with a fat/protien
What is:
An apple/banana with nut butter
String cheese with crackers
Trail mix with fruit
Granola with yogurt
Crackers with hummus
What whole grain can be added on your plate for breakfast?
What is oatmeal, whole grain toast, whole grain pancakes or whole grain cereal?
What vitamin can you absorb from the sun?
What is vitamin D?
This orange vegetable is high in beta-carotene and good for your eyesight.
What is a carrot?
True or False: Iron can be found in both plant and animal foods.
True
Heme Iron - Animal sourced, higher in iron
Non-Heme Iron - Plant sourced, lower in iron
This green fruit is often used on salads, toast, or eaten alone and contains healthy fats, fiber, and potassium.
What is an avocado?
Fruits and Veggies should cover ____ of your plate?
What is 50% of half of your plate
Oranges and strawberries are rich in this vitamin, known to boost the immune system.
What is vitamin C
These fruits are often mistaken as a vegetable?
What are tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, and bell peppers
Fun Fact: The distinction between fruits and vegetables is botanical versus culinary. Botanically, fruits develop from the flower of a plant and contain seeds, while vegetables are other edible parts like roots, stems, and leaves.
True or False:
The term "natural" on a food package means that the product: a) hasn’t been processed OR
b) doesn’t have any artificial additives.
False
The term "natural" is not regulated by the FDA and it is not indicated if something is processed or does not have artificial additives
Eating a handful of this nut, at night, can aid in better sleep at night?
What is walnuts?
Walnuts contain melatonin, which helps regulate sleep.
What is the smallest nutrition category on my plate and what is an example?
What is dairy?
Milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
This nutrient is important to supplement if you are anemic?
What is iron?
This fruit helps relieve constipation and can be consumed in the form of juice
What is a prune?
True or False: Skipping breakfast is a good way to lose weight?
False
Skipping breakfast often leads to overeating later