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Healthy
Eating
What is nutrition?
Katie Subra
English Language Fellow
[email protected]
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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
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Nutritional Facts – Nutrients Nutrition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutr
ition_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
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What are your nutritional beliefs?
1.
What do you usually have for lunch? What did you
used to eat as a child?
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How often do you eat fast food or convenience foods?
Are any of these foods healthy?
3.
What ethnic (i.e. Italian, Mediterranean, Japanese)
foods do you like?
4.
Do you take any supplements/vitamins? Do you think
that you should?
5.
What kinds of foods do you know how to bake, cook or
prepare?
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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.
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Food Pyramid – Example 1
http://www.nal.usda
.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pma
p.htm
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 Terms
of Measurement:
 Cup
 Tablespoon
 Teaspoon
 Fluid
vs. Dry
 Ounce
 Pinch – Dash – Dollop
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Techniques:
-Cook
-Bake
-Drain
Combine/Mix
-Stir
-Stirfry
-Braise
Roll
-Chop/Cut/Slice -Season
Boil
-Grill
-Stir
-Rinse
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-Saute
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-Blanche
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http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/technic.htm
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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.
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What’s the Nutritional Value?
Go to: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipecalculator.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?
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What’s a nutrient?… further
investigation.
http://www.nutrition.gov/whats-food
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1.
Carbohydrates
2.
Protein
3.
Fats
4.
Fiber
5.
Vitamins & Minerals
Investigate (research) your assigned nutrient and report on:
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What is good about that nutrient?
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Is there anything bad about that nutrient?
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What are some example foods that have that nutrient?