Learn about the food pyramid

1. Learn about the food pyramid By Angela DiVito Click on a picture to learn about that food group *Exercise and working out is just as important, CLICK ME!

2. When choosing a bread, which is healthier?

3. What Vegetable is known for increasing vision quality?

4. These are the basics, what other thing(s) fit into the meat category that seem odd?

5. Dairy products are known to help what part of your body? (Milk is famous!)

6. Myths: ●  Vanilla is America's favorite ice cream flavor. ●  All 50 states in the United States have dairy farms. ●  The natural yellow color of butter comes mainly from the natural chemicals found in the grass cows eat. ●  It takes 12 pounds of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream. ●  A cow can't vomit. ●  It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs, because a cow's knees can't bend properly to walk back down. ●  The oldest cow ever recorded was a cow named "Big Bertha", she died 3 months before her 49th birthday on New Year's Eve, 1993.  She also holds the record for lifetime breeding as she produced 39 calves. • Dairy products effect weight gain. • Dairy products effect your skin complexion. • Organic milk is healthier than regular milk. • Unpasteurized milk is safer and more natural than regular milk. • Facts: Facts from: http://www.greenmeadowfarms.com/cooldairyfacts.htm

7. Myths debunked: • It is a myth that dairy is a fattening product, but in fact it is not; as studies have shown teenage girls on high calcium diets and girls on regular diets proved no difference in gaining weight. • Government and pediatric health experts have proven with the lack of scientific evidence the hormone farmers supply to cows affect human growth and development. This proves the myth that dairy affects skin complexion and early development false. • There’s no evidence that any organic food is safer or more nutritious than regular food. Both organic and regular milk have the nine important nutrients that make dairy so needed in a healthy daily diet. • A major myth is that unpasteurized milk is safe, healthy, and natural when it is the complete opposite. The FDA and Centers for Disease Control strongly believe in pasteurized milk, because pasteurization kills bacteria responsible for so many diseases. Most diary products are to go under go pasteurization in the United States, such as hard and soft cheese. Facts from : http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/Dairy_Myths.pdf

8. *Reduces risk of some chronic diseases! • As a teen or adult, how much fruit do you need daily?

9. 20 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes • Appropriate amount time to work with weights? WHY?... Talking walks, washing a car, playing with a pet, mowing a lawn, go on a bike ride with family or friends, plant a garden , or joining a yoga group, are great ways to get daily exercise. Click to find out!

10. Weight training facts: • The maximum amount of time a person should be working with weights is 45 minutes. It’s enough to include a warm up and do the appropriate amount of sets, also including a minute or two minute break in between. • Some individuals like to take a day off in-between working out to give their muscles a chance to rest. This is an option, as well as focusing on three muscle groups a day, then working out on a different muscle group the next. • example: