Vitamins & Minerals
We need this mineral for strong bones and teeth
Drinking tea and coffee provides this magical ingredient that improves thought, decision making and overall energy.
What is caffeine?
A vegetarian may eat these 3 foods found in the meat and alternatives food group.
What is (answers vary - beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, lentils, peas, chick peas)?
This dark green vegetable looks like a tree. Sometimes we eat it with cheese sauce.
What is broccoli?
Eggs belong to this food group.
What is protein/meat and alternatives?
This food group provides you with calcium.
What is dairy (milk) and alternatives?
These category of greens are filled with nutrients like vitamin K, lutein, folate, and beta carotene which research suggests may help slow cognitive decline.
What are leafy green vegetables?
Four ways to eat eggs.
What are boiled, scrambled, fried, poached or sunny-side up?
Foods in the protein/meat and alternatives group are an excellence source of this mineral?
What is iron?
This food group includes bread, rice and pasta. These foods give you energy.
What are grains/complex carbohydrates?
This vitamin helps keep your eyes healthy.
What is Vitamin A?
These sweet, colorful fruits are filled with polyphenolic compounds (flavonoids like anthocyanins) that act as powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatories, protecting neurons, improving blood flow, enhancing cell communication, and slowing age-related memory decline.
What are berries?
This drink can cause tooth decay in children.
What is juice?
Potatoes belong to this food group.
What is a vegetable?
Edamame belong to this food group
What is protein/meat and alternatives?
This is known as the sunshine vitamin. In winter, we need a source in our diet.
What is Vitamin D?
This amino acid is vital in our diet to create our "calming" neurotransmitter, serotonin.
What is tryptophan?
These three foods nutrients are the cause of most of our health problems in America.
What are sugar, fat & salt?
A deficiency in this specific vitamin is known to cause pernicious anemia, a condition where the body cannot make enough healthy red blood cells because it lacks the intrinsic factor needed for absorption.
What is Vitamin B12?
A person should have 5-10 servings of this each day.
What are vegetables & fruits?
This mineral is important for over 300 biochemical reactions in our body with symptoms like muscle cramps, low energy, insomnia, blood sugar dysregulation, GI issues, and blood pressure, to name a few, indicating deficiency.
What is magnesium?
Fatty fish like salmon, mackeral, sardines, anchovies and mussels support brain health by preventing dementia.
What are omega 3 fatty acids?
What are Andrea's Top 3 Factors to consider when evaluating your meal?
Does my meal have fiber, protein and polyphenols?
Garlic, tomatoes, and berries have lots of this in them.
What are polyphenols (or antioxidants)?
In 2011, the iconic food pyramid was replaced by this simple, plate-based visual guide, the sixth iteration of the USDA's food guidance system.
What is MyPlate?