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Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating. Refuel Your Mind and Body. Why is eating healthy important?. You are what you eat!. Supersize Me. Healthy vs. unhealthy . How does food affect my body?. Provides required vitamins and minerals Provides efficient source of energy

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Healthy Eating

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  1. Healthy Eating Refuel Your Mind and Body

  2. Why is eating healthy important?

  3. You are what you eat! • Supersize Me

  4. Healthy vs. unhealthy How does food affect my body? • Provides required vitamins and minerals • Provides efficient source of energy • Enables metabolism to work quickly and efficiently • High in saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol • Slows metabolism • Requires the body to work inefficiently in storing excess fat

  5. healthy Food Items Farmer’s markets or shopping along outside of supermarkets • Fruits • Vegetables • Whole grains • Lean meat sources • Milk

  6. Unhealthy Food Sources Fast food restaurants and/or inside isles of grocery stores • Fried food • Processed food • High sodium canned food items • High usage of butter and oils (hydrogenated) • Fatty meats

  7. Why is Eating Healthy Important Some long-term repercussions from eating unhealthy High Blood Pressure Hardening of the arteries Heart Attack Kidney Failure

  8. Immediate to short-term Affects of Eating • Healthy food stimulates proper brain function, metabolism, and nervous system function • Unhealthy food promotes arterial plaque, high blood sugar levels, and hypertension

  9. How will eating healthy affect my pocketbook? • 1 double-cheeseburger $1 (serves 1) • Box of Poptarts $2.89 (serves 4) • 2 liter Mountain Dew $2.39 • 1 bunch of bananas $.59/lb • Carton of oatmeal $3.29 (serves 30) • 2 liters of water- practically FREE Buying processed or fast foods Buying organic/healthful foods

  10. references • Google Images, http://www.google.com/images • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/index.html

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