Vitamins/Minerals
What vitamin is found in oranges?
Vitamin C
This macronutrient is the main nutrient found in fruits and provides quick energy.
Carbohydrates
This green fruit is full of healthy fats, usually the main ingredient for guacamole.
Avocado
Which nutrient gives the body energy? HINT: you can find this nutrient in bread
Carbohydrates
Foods with long ingredient lists and added sugars or chemicals are called this.
Processed foods
What vitamin do you get from sunlight?
Vitamin D
Which food group can you find meats, beans, and nuts that help you build muscle?
Protein
This orange vegetable is known for helping you with eye sight
Carrots
After a workout, eating this nutrient helps your muscles recover and grow.
Protein
An orange instead of orange-flavored candy is an example of this type of food.
Whole food
In what drink do you find Calcium?
Milk
This essential nutrient helps regulate body temperature and makes up about 60% of the human body.
Water
This leafy green superfood is high in vitamins A, C, and K and is often added to salads and smoothies.
Kale
Which category is known for keeping your body warm/insulated?
Fats
This type of food is close to its natural state and usually has few ingredients, like plain chicken, brown rice, or fresh vegetables
Whole foods
This mineral helps carry oxygen in your blood and prevents feeling tired or weak.
Iron
These nutrients help your body fight illness and keep systems like your immune system working properly.
Vitamins
This superfood is a dairy product, that often is eaten with fruit. It is also known for having good gut bacteria
Yogurt
What are three sources of protein?
Beef; Pork; Chicken; Eggs; Beans; Nuts; Fish; Lentils
White bread made from refined grains is this type of food because natural nutrients and fiber have been removed.
Processed food
Eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables helps ensure you get enough of these 2 nutrients.
Vitamins AND Minerals
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are grouped together under this name because the body needs them in large amounts.
Macronutrients
Choosing plain Greek yogurt instead of flavored yogurt makes it more of a superfood because it has less of this.
Added sugar
Besides providing energy, this macronutrient helps the body absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Fats
This is the main difference between whole foods and processed foods: whole foods contain more of this type of carbohydrate that helps digestion and keeps you full (hint: starts with an F)
Fiber