What is nutrition? The study of how our bodies use the food we eat to keep us healthy. Substances in food that promotes growth, maintenance, and repairs.

What is nutrition? The study of how our bodies use the

food we eat to keep us healthy.

Substances in food that promotes growth, maintenance, and repairs in your body.

How does our body use food?

Digestion This is a process that our body does so we

can use the food we eat.

What happens when we eat?

1. Chew our food and break down in small chunks

2. We swallow and the food passes through the esophagus

3. Stomach acids/juices turn the food into a thick milkshake like substance

4. Goes into our intestines where it breaks down into nutrients

5. The nutrients are then absorbed into our blood

What affects our food choices?

1. Personal taste2. Family traditions3. Convenience of foods4. Overall cost of food5. Foods your friends eat6. Availability of foods in your area

How do we know what we are eating?

Nutrition Labels

1. Number of servings in container

2. Number of calories in each serving

3. Quantity of nutrients in each serving

1. Check serving size2. Check calories3. Limit these nutrients4. Get a bunch of these nutrients

(vitamins and minerals)5. Food break down6. Look at daily values

HOW BIG IS ONE SERVING SIZE?HOW MANY SERVINGS ARE IN ONE

CONTAINER? HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN EACH

SERVING?HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN THIS ENTIRE

CONTAINER?IS THIS PRODUCT HIGH OR LOW IN SODIUM?HOW MUCH PROTEIN IS IN THIS PRODUCT?

WHAT TYPE OF DIET ARE THE PERCENT DAILY VALUES BASED ON?

Review What are vegetables? What are fruits? What are the six essential nutrients? What are vitamins? What are minerals? How do we get vitamins and minerals? What are carbohydrates? What are proteins? How much water should we drink a day?

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EQWhat do the different levels of the food

pyramid mean?

What

Grains Wheat Bread Brown Rice Oatmeal Pop corn Tortillas Crackers Noodles Pretzels

White rice White bread Corn Flakes

VEGETABLES Corn Carrots Broccoli Potato's Onions Zucchini Squash Asparagus Cucumber Potato

Eggplant Cauliflower Tomato Lettuce Green beans Celery Peppers

Fruits Apples Oranges Kiwi Pears Plums Grapefruit Mango Pineapple Papaya Grapes

Lemons Cantaloupe Honeydew Watermelon Strawberry Blueberry Raspberry

Be careful and go easy with juices!

Milk/Dairy Milk Yogurt Cheddar cheese Swiss cheese Puddings Eggs (also a meat) Milk based

desserts(ice cream)

Meat and Beans Beef Ham Lamb Pork Rabbit Venison Chicken Duck Turkey Black beans

Pinto beans Peanuts Almonds Cashews Peanut butter Sunflower seeds Sesame seeds Walnuts Fish Shrimp Eggs (also a dairy)

Fats and Oils Corn oil Olive Oil Soybean oil Sunflower oil Butter Vegetable