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You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat. What good things are in our food?. Protein Fat Carbohydrate Vitamins Minerals Water. Our bodies require healthy food. Some foods are healthy for us. Whole Grains Vegetables & Fruit Milk Products Meat & Alternatives. Canada’s Food Guide.

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You Are What You Eat

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  1. You Are What You Eat

  2. What good things are in our food? Protein Fat Carbohydrate Vitamins Minerals Water Our bodies require healthy food.

  3. Some foods are healthy for us... Whole Grains Vegetables & Fruit Milk Products Meat & Alternatives

  4. Canada’s Food Guide

  5. Some foods are less healthy... • “Other Foods”from Canada’s Food Guide: • Pop, slush drinks, fruit drinks, candy, chocolate bars, fruit roll-ups • Chips, instant noodles, nachos, french fries

  6. What About Sugar Sweetened Drinks? • Soft drinks have no nutritional value • Today school kids drink 3 times more pop than 20 years ago • They now drink twice as much pop as milk • Excess weight gain in children has been linked to sugar-sweetened drinks

  7. There are Healthier Beverages... • Water • Milk • Unsweetened Juice

  8. What about the foods we eat?The amount of fat & sugar is what’s important!

  9. What about portion distortion?

  10. What about the snacks we eat?

  11. What about your choices? • Do they fit into the 4 food groups? • Have you read the food label? • Ingredient list? • Nutrition Facts?

  12. What to Remember • Portions • Variety • Balance • Frequency Eat Well - Play Well!

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