Food Groups
What is the Whole Grain Products group?
This food group has bread, rice, and pasta products and provides you with energy.
What is vitamin D? Where can you find it?
A nutrient that is important for your health; it helps absorb calcium, supports your immune system, and builds/strengthens bones.
Found mostly through sunlight. Also found in egg, fatty fish, and milk.
Name three of the most commonly eaten fruits.
Apples, bananas, peaches, grapefruit, grapes, oranges or raisins.
What is water?
The recommended drink of choice. Also the best recovery drink for athletes!
What is Whole Grain products?
This group is the main dietary source of carbohydrates with minimal processing.
What foods are a good source of Iron?
Liver, red meats, spinach and lentils.
What is a serving size?
This is the recommended amount of a food or drink that you should eat.
What is Sodium?
A mineral found in food and table salt. You need some sodium to stay healthy. Too much sodium causes health troubles such as stroke or heart disease.
Sodium is added to many foods during processing for flavor and preserving.
What is the protein food group?
Fish, meat, beans, dairy products and peanut butter provide you with protein in this food group.
What is vitamin C? Where can you find it?
Vitamin C is important for your health; it helps heal wounds, acts as an antioxidant and helps the body absorb Iron.
Sources of Vitamin C are fruits and vegetables such as oranges, strawberries, kale, bell peppers and broccoli.
What do proteins, fats and carbohydrates have in common?
These three nutrients provide calories or energy to fuel your body.
What do nuts, seeds, heart healthy oils (olive, canola), avocados or fish have in common?
They are healthy sources of fat.
What is the vegetables and fruit group?
Vegetables and fruit have nutrients such as fibre, vitamins and minerals.
What is vitamin A? Where can you find it?
Vitamin A is important for your health; it keeps skin healthy, helps with eyesight and bone growth.
Sources of Vitamin A are dairy products, eggs, leafy green vegetables, orange fruits and vegetables.
What does Canada's food guide recommend other than food for healthy eating?
Be mindful of your eating habits, cook more often, enjoy your food, eat meals with others, use food labels, limit foods high in sodium, sugars, or saturated fats or be aware of food marketing.
What food group is a sunflower seed in?
Proteins
What is highly processed foods?
Highly processed foods are processed or prepared foods and drinks that add excess sodium, sugars or saturated fat.
What is Calcium? Where can you find it?
Calcium is a mineral important for your health; it helps your muscles work and forms the structure of your bones and teeth.
Sources are dairy products, dark green vegetables and tofu.
What is a processed food?
This is a food that has been changed from its original form to something else.
What else is important to keep us healthy apart from eating healthy?
Exercise, hydration, taking care of our mental health, socializing, helping others.