Transcript Ch 7 Meeting Your Nutritional Needs

Ch 7 Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
RDA?
• Recommended Dietary Allowances
–What you need to eat that will meet
the needs of almost all healthy people
Food Labels
• Have serving size, calories, and daily values,
and ingredient
list
My Pyramid
Food Pyramid
•A food guide to help
you choose what to
eat and how much to
eat every day.
My Plate
• MyPlate illustrates the five food groups that
are the building blocks for a healthy diet using
a familiar image—a place setting for a meal.
Before you eat, think about what goes on your
plate or in your cup or bowl.
Choose a Food Group
1 Fruits - Focus on fruits.
2. 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.
The People’s Garden
• THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE is an effort
by the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) which challenges its
employees to establish People's Gardens at
USDA facilities worldwide or help
communities create gardens. 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
Choosing A Healthful Diet
• Nutrient Density – measure of nutrients in a
food compared with the energy the food
provides.
– Example: Candy tastes good but it provides few
nutrients for the amount of calories it contains.
–It provides “empty” calories
Nutrition For Life
• Start when you are young to develop good
habits.
– 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.
Special Needs
• Athletes need extra energy and water to
maintain their performance and endurance.
– Diet high in carbohydrates and vitamin B to
provide quick energy
– Diet high in proteins
What’s For Dinner?
• Record what you ate yesterday.
• 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)
Reflect
• What food group did you miss?
• What can you do to help you eat from each
food group?
• Was it easier for you to use the pyramid or the
plate?
• How does your plate compare with the
pyramid?
– Pg 178 in textbook