NUTRITION NUTRITION

Nutrients

100

This quickly burned nutrient is the body's main source of energy. It can be found in grains, fruits, beans, starchy vegetables, and more. 

Carbohydrates

200

Plant sources of this muscle-building nutrient include tofu, rice, beans, lentils, peas, and more. 

Protein

300

This important nutrient provides the most CONCENTRATED (and highest calorie) source of energy.

Fat

400

These micro-nutrients are dissolved by either fat or water.

Vitamins

500

Trace elements found in food that are used by the body.

Minerals

Fruit

100

This fruit is high in potassium and has a yellow outside that you must peel

Banana

200

This fruit is red and juicy... it has seeds inside and is often mistaken for a vegetable

Tomato

300

This stone fruit is fuzzier if bought by the roadside; supermarket varieties are mechanically brushed

Peaches

400

This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie

Key Lime

500

This fruit comes in different colors such as Red, Green or Yellow.  The most popular is the Red.  If you eat one a day, it keeps the doctor away

Apple

Vegetables

100

Romaine & leaf aka loose-leaf are types of this salad starter

Lettuce 

200

To retain its crispness the sugar snap type of this should be eaten raw

Pea

300

In most U.S. grocery stores you should assume you are purchasing these even if the sign says yams

Sweet Potatoes 

400

This small green pepper is extremely hot.  Many use it as a spice... especially on hot wings

Jalapeno

500

This green pod veggie used in Creole cooking & to thicken soups & stews is also known as lady's finger.. It is a slimy vegetable that older people usually eat

Okra

Random Facts

100

You can get this vitamin from sunlight

Vitamin D

200

Popular with nutritionists the brown type of this is has the best nutritional value but we often it the white version on a daily basis

Rice

300

Made from sugarcane the blackstrap variety of this has less sugar but more nutrition than lighter types

Molasses 

400

These are the nutrients that are considered food

Fats, Carbs and Proteins

500

This mineral helps carry oxygen through your blood. It is one of the main minerals found in Spinach 

Iron

Physical or Chemical

100

Cooking Rice

Chemical

200

Boiling an egg

Chemical

300

Beating an egg

Physical

400

Rotting Vegetables

Chemical

500

Dissolving Sugar and Water

Physical