Transcript Nutrition
Daily Trivia Annually, Americans buy nearly $2 billion in Easter candies, including 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies, 16 billion jellybeans, and 700 million marshmallow Peeps. QOD How many times per week do you consume… fast food? a salad? fresh vegetables? Potato chips? Soft drinks? Water? Background Knowledge Activity At each lab bench there are 12 food items. Group the food items into logical groups. List out all categories and items on a piece of paper You have 5 minutes. Nutrition The Good, The Bad, and The Fast The Good Healthy foods and good nutrition! Top 10 Best Foods 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Almonds Apples Blueberries Broccoli Red beans 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Salmon Spinach Sweet potatoes Tomatoes Citrus How to read Nutrition Labels Based on 2,000 calorie diets (high school students are around 2500-3000) Caution: Fat Cholesterol Sugars Look for: Vitamins Minerals Good snack options 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fat free popcorn – low cal/fat, high protein/fiber Cereal Pickles – low sodium, low cal Fruit - high in nutrients, has low or no fat, and is high is fiber. Popsicles - 40-50 calories The Food Pyramid Daily Trivia Write down one thing you learned from yesterday’s notes. QOD is on the next slide… wait for it… QOD Write a minimum of 6 sentences on your views on: Fast food Your health The health of our country The Bad Junk food and Soda Junk Food Junk Fats from junk food trigger the brain to want more food. This effect can last for several days. Soft Drinks Regular consumption of soft drinks leads to increased risk of: bone fracture osteoporosis weight gain and obesity Type II Diabetes kidney stones tooth decay and other dental problems Soft Drinks Sugar Shocks your liver & pancreas Carbonation Decreases energy & performance Lowers oxygen levels in blood Acids Deteriorate teeth The Fast Top 10 Worst Foods Chili's Awesome Blossom 2,710 calories Top 10 Worst Foods IHOP Omelette Feast 1,335 calories 35 grams of saturated fat Top 10 Worst Foods Red Robin A.1. Peppercorn Burger 1,440 calories 97 grams of fat more than you would find in 32 strips of bacon! Top 10 Worst Foods Hooters six Hooters chicken wings have between 520 and 726 calories Top 10 Worst Foods Fuddruckers Will not even release their nutritional information! Top 10 Worst Foods Dunkin Donuts medium-size fruit-and-yogurt smoothies packs at least 60 grams of sugar! more than seven times the sugar in a chocolate-frosted cake doughnut Top 10 Worst Foods Papa John’s "At this time, we have no additional regular menu items that are targeted toward eating lighter." Top 10 Worst Foods Maggiano’s Little Italy In Italy, a standard pasta serving means 4 ounces of noodles with a few tablespoons of sauce. At Maggiano's, a large order of pasta translates into 2 pounds of noodles piled high on a hubcapsize dinner plate Top 10 Worst Foods TGI Friday’s Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad, which is an outrageous 1,360 calories. Top 10 Worst Foods McDonald’s Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce 830 calories 55 grams (g) fat (4.5 g trans fat) Worst Food in America! Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries 2,900 calories Fast Food Cautions! Side Orders: Fries…onion rings…rolls…cookies…chips…all of this junk adds up and can easily add another 300 calories or more! Salads: You can get a salad entrée with grilled chicken for less than 300 calories. But if you’re going to add the creamy dressing and croutons, you would have been better off with the quarter pounder! Size Matters!: The fast food calories from super-sizing alone could take you a few miles of running to burn off! Slow Down: Eating fast food slow may seem like an oxymoron, but it gives your stomach time to register with the brain that its full.