Carbs
Myth or Fact: Eating carbs will make you gain weight
Myth: Carbs are the body's preferred fuel source and are essential in our daily diet
This vegetable, usually served mashed or fried, has lots of vitamin C.
Not eating enough throughout the day can lead to what?
What is bingeing or overeating
True or false the serving size on a nutrition facts label is just a recommendation
True!
These three subgroups are types of carbohydrates
What are sugar, fiber, and starch
This is a way to dispose of food waste in an environmentally responsible manner.
What is composting
Ignoring hunger cues can result in what long term?
What is falling out of touch with your hunger and fullness cues
True or false: if you are feeling hungry you should ignore the cue
False: we should honor hunger cues when we are experiencing them as it is a biological signal from our body that we need more fuel
Myth or fact: Sugar is addictive
Myth: Sugar is not addictive
These 3 types of foods make up the macronutrients
What are carbs, fat, and protein
True or false: if you are not eating enough but there are no medical complications it is not a problem
False: not eating enough does not always result in physical manifestations/complications but there are both physical and psychological side effects of not eating enough
What is emotional, physical, practical, and taste
What is glucose
True or false: macronutrients are more important than micronutrients
False: macro and micronutrients are equally important but we require more volume of macronutrients daily than we do micronutrients
True or false: if you are not doing anything active during the day you do not need to eat as much
False: our body requires energy daily to perform all of the functions inside of our body/to power our body that we do not think about
True or false: we should only eat for nutrition benefits
False: while it's important to have a variety of foods we should also enjoy our food as it provides more than just it's biological functions within the body
These are the 5 main functions of carbohydrates
What is energy production, energy storage, building macromolecules, sparing protein, and aiding in lipid metabolism
What system does fiber help with?
What is the digestive system
When our nutrition gas tank becomes empty what happens next?
Multiple organ systems run out of the energy they need to function normally including hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), bone marrow stops making RBC when malnourished, our liver can malfunction, our hair skin and nails can suffer and lead to someone looking older than they are
True or false: if everyone exercised the same and ate the same we would all still look different
True: genetics play a major role in someone's weight/body