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What is nutrition?

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.

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What is nutrition?

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  1. 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.

  2. How does our body use food? Digestion • This is a process that our body does so we can use the food we eat.

  3. What happens when we eat? • Chew our food and break down in small chunks • We swallow and the food passes through the esophagus • Stomach acids/juices turn the food into a thick milkshake like substance • Goes into our intestines where it breaks down into nutrients • The nutrients are then absorbed into our blood

  4. What affects our food choices? • Personal taste • Family traditions • Convenience of foods • Overall cost of food • Foods your friends eat • Availability of foods in your area

  5. How do we know what we are eating? Nutrition Labels • Number of servings in container • Number of calories in each serving • Quantity of nutrients in each serving

  6. Check serving size • Check calories • Limit these nutrients • Get a bunch of these nutrients (vitamins and minerals) • Food break down • Look at daily values

  7. 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?

  8. 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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  10. EQ What do the different levels of the food pyramid mean? What

  11. Grains • Wheat Bread • Brown Rice • Oatmeal • Pop corn • Tortillas • Crackers • Noodles • Pretzels • White rice • White bread • Corn Flakes

  12. VEGETABLES • Corn • Carrots • Broccoli • Potato's • Onions • Zucchini • Squash • Asparagus • Cucumber • Potato • Eggplant • Cauliflower • Tomato • Lettuce • Green beans • Celery • Peppers

  13. 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!

  14. Milk/Dairy • Milk • Yogurt • Cheddar cheese • Swiss cheese • Puddings • Eggs (also a meat) • Milk based desserts(ice cream)

  15. 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)

  16. Fats and Oils • Corn oil • Olive Oil • Soybean oil • Sunflower oil • Butter • Vegetable

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