Macros
This macronutrient should make up 45-65% of your diet.
What is a carbohydrate?
The three categories of micronutrients
What are vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals?
The first piece of information on a food label.
What is the serving size and servings per container?
Knowing portion control helps prevent this.
What is over eating?
An easy way to save money when buying fruits and vegetables
What is buying in season?
The two categories of carbohydrates.
What is a simple and complex carbohydrate?
The two types of vitamins. (hint: they are either stored or not stored in the body)
What are water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins?
The two components that are under Total Carbohydrates on a nutrition label.
What are Dietary Fiber and Total Sugars?
This divides foods into 5 different categories that suggests how much you should eat.
What is My Plate?
One thing you should never do when grocery shopping.
Beans, peanut butter, and tofu come from this source of protein.
What is a plant source?
The acronym for the 5 micronutrients that young teens should focus on getting.
What are calories per serving?
Waiting this long will help your brain communicate to your stomach when it is full.
What is 20 minutes?
Two vegetables you should not store next to each other.
Butter, dairy products, red meat, and bacon are all types of this fat.
What is saturated fat?
This vitamin is vital for calcium absorption, immune support, and is involved in breaking down glucose.
What is Vitamin D?
Having high amounts of this macronutrient on a nutrition label is always good.
The amount of fruit recommended (in cups) to have each day.
What 1.5-2 cups?
One fruit that is in season right now.
What are strawberries?
This is a type of unsaturated fat that is really good for your brain health.
What is an omega-3 fatty acid?
Milk, tofu, fortified orange juice, and spinach are all good sources of this mineral.
What is calcium?
An important factor when reading the ingredients on a nutrition label.
3 things you can do to help portion your food.
What is using a smaller plate, smaller cups, and put snacks in a smaller bowl?
Two vegetables that are in season in early June
What are asparagus, beans, cabbage, carrots, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, leeks, onions, okra, peas, potatoes, radishes, spinach, squash, tomatoes, and turnips?