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What is nutrition?

Healthy Eating. What is nutrition?. Katie Subra English Language Fellow subr0054@umn.edu. Food Vocabulary. Nutrition: The process of how our bodies use food.

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What is nutrition?

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  1. Healthy Eating What is nutrition? Katie Subra English Language Fellow subr0054@umn.edu

  2. Food Vocabulary • Nutrition: The process of how our bodies use food. • Nutrients: Different parts of food; i.e. vitamins, minerals, calories, fats, sodium, cholesterol, antioxidants, carbohydrates, protein… • Supplements: Additional vitamins and minerals eaten to add nutrients to the diet • Diet: The food we eat. (Eating a "balanced diet" means getting the right amount of all nutrients.) • Ethnic Foods: Food from another culture • Recipe: Instructions and ingredient lists for cooking a specific dish/type of food • Food groups: "Food families" or categories, such as dairy, grains, meat, fruits, and vegetables • Servings: Portions or amounts of food eaten each day

  3. Nutritional Facts – Nutrients - Nutrition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label Group Activity: 1) How do you know if a food is healthy? 2) Which nutrients are needed in your daily diet? 3) Search for the Nutrition Facts on your favorite food. Is it healthy? http://www.nutrition.gov/whats-food

  4. What are your nutritional beliefs? • What do you usually have for lunch? Whatdidyou used to eat as a child? • How often do you eat fast food or convenience foods? Are any of these foods healthy? • What ethnic (i.e. Italian, Mediterranean, Japanese) foods do you like? • Do you take any supplements/vitamins? Do you think that you should? • What kinds of foods do you know how to bake, cook or prepare?

  5. Food Pyramid – US Guidelines Group Activity: 1) Look at a few examples of Food Pyramids 2) Decide what the essential food groups are and the number of servings of each that you should consume in one day 3) Create your own Food Diagram, listing servings and some examples. 4) Compare your pyramid to your classmates' pyramids and to the "standard" U.S. food pyramid.

  6. Food Pyramid – Example 1 http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pmap.htm

  7. Cookin' Up a Storm • Terms of Measurement: • Cup • Tablespoon • Teaspoon • Fluid vs. Dry • Ounce • Pinch – Dash – Dollop • Techniques: -Cook -Bake -Drain -Rinse -Combine/Mix -Stir -Stirfry -Braise -Saute -Roll -Chop/Cut/Slice -Season -Blanche -Boil -Grill -Stirhttp://www.reluctantgourmet.com/technic.htm • Sauté • Braise • Rinse/Drain

  8. Katie's Homemade Banana Bread Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 1 hour INGREDIENTS: -3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed -1/3 cup melted butter -1 cup sugar -1 egg, beaten -1 teaspoon vanilla -1 teaspoon baking soda -Pinch of salt -1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour METHOD: Preheat the oven to 325°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve. Yield: Makes one loaf. Group Activity Suggestion: Share your recipe cards with your classmates. Discuss cooking techniques in English.

  9. What’s the Nutritional Value? Go to: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp Enter in the main ingredients of your recipe. Next, enter the number of servings (this means the number of people who can eat this food). Click ‘Calculate Info’ and you will see an estimated list of nutrition facts. Fill in as many nutrients as you can and then answer the questions on the handout. Is it healthy? Do you want to make it? How much will it cost?

  10. What’s a nutrient?… further investigation. http://www.nutrition.gov/whats-food • Carbohydrates • Protein • Fats • Fiber • Vitamins & Minerals • Investigate (research) your assigned nutrient and report on: • What is good about that nutrient? • Is there anything bad about that nutrient? • What are some example foods that have that nutrient?

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