Good Eating Habits

1. Good Eating Habits Teen Living Skills Unit 7

2. What’s This Thing Called Nutrition? “Over the past twenty years Americans consumed twice as much high-fat snack foods and three times as much soft drinks.” • University of Missouri Extension

3. What’s This Thing Called Nutrition? • Nutrients – products that come from foods that help the body grow and function. • The 6 Nutrients are: • Protein • Fats • Carbohydrates • Vitamins • Minerals • Water

4. What’s The Connection? • Vitamins– substances found in foods that help the body function properly. • Minerals – elements in food that are needed by the body; help build teeth, bones, and healthy blood.

5. Why Do I Need to Eat? Vitamins, except for Viamin K, were named by the letters in the order of their discovery. - www.medterms.com • Regulate – to adjust and control.

6. Why Do I Need to Eat? • Your body needs food each day for the following reasons: • To provide energy. • To regulate the body and bodily functions. • To build, maintain and repair body cells and tissues.

7. How Much Do I Need? • The main food groups needed each day include: • Grain group • Vegetable group • Fruit group • Milk group • Meat and Beans group

8. How Much Do I Need? • The average North American consumes 19 teaspoons of sugar every day, mostly in processed food and beverages. • Chicken consumption has doubled between 1970 and 2004 from 27.4 pounds per person to 59.2 pounds per person. • Spinach is more nutritious cooked than raw.

9. Words to Know • Discretionary – choices that are left up to each person.

10. That Pot is Hot! “When the electrical power goes off, food will stay cold enough to be eaten safely for 4-6 hours if you don’t open the refrigerator door.” - Prevention magazine. • Frayed – unraveled.

11. That Pot is Hot! • Safety is critical when working in the food lab. The following are some guidelines for the different areas and equipment you will be using: • Facilities • Wipe up spills quickly. • Keep countertops clean. • When cleaning up broken glass, sweep into a dustpan, then wipe floor with a damp paper towel.

12. That Pot is Hot! • Cutting utensils • Use only for intended use. • Cut away from the body. • Keep pointed end down when walking with a knife or sharp object. • Store knives separately from other utensils. • Completely remove a can lid when using a can opener.

13. That Pot is Hot! • Electrical appliances • Unplug an appliance by pulling on the plug, not the cord. • Unplug an appliance before cleaning or prying food from the appliance. • Make sure to have dry hands when using electrical appliances. • Replace frayed or worn cords. • Do not let cords dangle. • Turn saucepan handles inward when cooking on the range top.

14. How do I Read this Recipe? • “On average, children ages 11-18 eat at fast food restaurants twice a week.” - www.healthykidschallenge.com • White Castle was the world’s first hamburger chain founded in 1921, in Wichita, Kansas.

15. How do I Read this Recipe • Read the recipe before beginning the project. • Check to make sure the equipment is available. • Check for understanding of recipe terms. • Check to make sure that ingredients are in the kitchen. • Compete food pre-preparation. • Follow the directions on the recipe package, step by step.

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