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Meeting Your Nutritional Needs

Meeting Your Nutritional Needs. Section 3. Key Terms. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)- recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people

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Meeting Your Nutritional Needs

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  1. Meeting Your Nutritional Needs Section 3

  2. Key Terms • Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)- recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people • Daily value (DV)- recommended daily amount of a nutrient; used on food labels to help people see how a food fits into their diet • Food Group Pyramid- a tool for choosing a healthy diet by selecting a recommended number of servings from each of the food groups • Dietary Guidelines for Americans- a set of diet and lifestyle recommendations developed to improve health and reduce nutrition related disease risk in the U.S. population

  3. Section Objectives • Describe what the recommended dietary allowances are • Analyze the nutritional facts panel • Identify the purpose of the food guide pyramid • Summarize the dietary guidelines for Americans • Determine whether your diet meets the food guide pyramid recommendations

  4. How Do We Know How Much We Need? • We use tools that help use understand how much of each nutrient we need • RDAs: Recommended dietary allowances • ULs: Tolerable upper intake levels • Nutritional facts panel: Helps us understand the nutritional content in food • Food Guide Pyramid: Dietary guide that includes the food groups

  5. Understanding Food Package Lingo Fat free= less than 0.5 grams of fat Low Fat= 3 grams of fat or less Extra Lean= less than 5 grams of fat Low in Saturated Fat= 1 gram or less Reduced Fat= 25% less fat than original brand

  6. Check for added sugar • Sugars added into a food must be included on an ingredient list • Look for ingredients like these: • Sucrose, fructose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, honey, syrup, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, molasses, invert sugar, and fruit juice concentrate • If these ingredients appear on the label than the food probably is high in sugar

  7. The food guide Pyramid

  8. Understanding the food pyramid • Orange- Grains 6 ounces a day • Green- Vegetables 2 ½ cups a day • Red- Fruits 2 cups a day • Light Blue- Dairy or Milk 3 cups a day • Purple- Meat and Beans 5 ½ ounces a day • Yellow- Fats and Oils use sparingly

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