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Ch 7 Meeting Your Nutritional Needs. RDA? Recommended Dietary

Ch 7 Meeting Your Nutritional Needs. RDA? Recommended Dietary

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Food Labels Have serving size, calories, and daily values, and ingredient list
Ch 7 Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
Recommended Dietary Allowances – What you need to eat that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people.
Food Pyramid A food guide to help you choose what to eat and how much to eat every day.
Before you eat, think about what goes on your plate or in your cup or bowl..
Vegetables - Vary your veggies. 3. Grains - Make at least half your grains whole. 4. Protein Foods - Go lean with protein. 5. Dairy - Get your calcium-rich foods..
People s Gardens vary in size and type, but all have a common purpose - to help the community they re within and the environment..
Gardens Community gardens unite neighborhoods in a common effort and inspire simple solutions to some of the most persistent issues plaguing our country – from hunger to the environment
– Example: Candy tastes good but it provides few nutrients for the amount of calories it contains. – It provides empty calories.
– The more active you are the more food you will need. Teens experience major growth spurts and your body needs more energy, protein vitamins, and minerals. Adults – the number of calories decreases to maintain a healthy weight..
– Diet high in carbohydrates and vitamin B to provide quick energy – Diet high in proteins.
Compare what you ate to the recommendations of the My Pyramid food Guide. Draw a plate to represent the foods that you ate. Use the same colors used in the My Pyramid symbol – orange(grains), green (veggies), red (fruits), yellow (oils), blue (milk), purple (meat,beans).
Was it easier for you to use the pyramid or the plate. How does your plate compare with the pyramid. – Pg 178 in textbook.