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What are the three macronutrients?
What is carbohydrate, fat and protein.
In terms of nutritional value, brown eggs are the same as white eggs.
What is fact. The color is based on the hens breed, not nutrition.
What morning beverage can aggravate anxiety?
What is coffee (caffeinated beverages).
What is intermittent fasting?
In 2015, what was the most commonly consumed vegetable and fruit in Canada?
What is potato and fruit juice (remained the most commonly consumed from 2004 to 2015).
Canada's Food Guide should meet the nutrition requirements of all people.
What is myth. While the guide is based on solid research it may not fit everyone's cultural, financial, or dietary needs.
What is false. High quality studies that include both children with ADHD and without found no behavioral differences when kids consumed sugar vs placebo.
This trend claims to "cleanse" the body even though the kidney and liver already perform these functions.
How many essential amino acids do we need from food?
What is 9.
Quinoa is a grain that originates from Guatamala.
What is myth. Quinoa is seed and originates in Peru.
Maintaining ___ can help prevent mood swings, anxiety and fatigue.
What is blood sugar.
This macronutrient is currently overemphasized on social media.
What is protein?
The brain requires how much energy (%) to function optimally?
What is 20% (or more).
When sick, many people avoid this beverage due to the belief that it increases mucous production.
What is
What is milk? While it can contribute to mucous thickness, there is no evidence to suggest it increases mucous production.
This diet was first used in 1921 to treat epilepsy in children?
What is the ketogenic diet.
This claim suggests that these oils cause inflammation, despite strong evidence showing they can improve cardiovascular health when replacing saturated fats.
What are seed oils.
What water-soluble vitamin requires intrinsic factor for it to be well absorbed in the gut?
What is Vitamin B12?
Eating late at night causes weight gain.
What is myth. Eating late at night does not automatically cause weight gain. What matters more is your total calorie intake over the day.
What model of eating focuses on 10 principles to make you the expert of your own body?
What is intuitive eating?
This popular class of medications are commonly used for weight loss and/or diabetes management, but without guidance patients are at risk for muscle loss, low intake and micronutrient deficiencies.
What are GLP-1 receptor agonists/ semaglutide.