Food Groups and Illness prevention
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Why should you eat healthy foods?
Food is fuel for your body. When you eat, your digestive system breaks food down and takes in nutrients.
Your body needs nutrients to grow and stay healthy. Milk, yogurt, and cheese are high in calcium, which is a nutrient your body needs to build strong bones.
Vegetables, nuts, and beans have nutrients that help keep eyes, skin, and hair healthy.
What is junk food?
Junk food is food that has few nutrients and is high in fat, sugar, or salt.
Foods that are high in sugar can change your mood, or how you feel.
After eating sugary snacks, you might feel really hyper and have too much energy.
But, your mood can change quickly, and you can get really tired or grumpy.
Eating too many foods that are high in fat and salt can cause health problems later on.
The vegetable portion is the largest portion, followed by grain, then fruit and protein. The dairy portion is shown by a cup of milk at the side of the plate.
After you wake up, your body needs fuel to begin the day.
That's why people say breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
Doughnuts and pastries are high in fat and sugar, and some cereals have a lot of sugar, too.
Bacon, sausage, and hash browns are greasy and have a lot of fat. They're not the healthiest way to start your day.
Instead, you can eat whole wheat toast or multigrain bagels, which have a lot of fiber.
You can have fruit with yogurt, which is more nutritious than a doughnut.
Eating a healthy breakfast can give you enough energy and keep you full until lunch.
Salad has fresh vegetables, which are nutritious.
Plus, chicken is lean, so it doesn't have a lot of fat. That's the healthiest choice.
Choose foods with fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grain breads instead of white bread. Whole grain breads are darker and they have more nutrients.
Fruits are high in vitamins, which your body uses to stay healthy.
Potato chips and corn chips are fried, so they're high in salt and fat.
These chips are baked, so they're lower in fat. But, they're still a processed food and high in sodium.
Nuts have protein, which your body needs to build muscles.
Juices might seem healthy, but sometimes they have a lot of added sugar.
Sport drinks sound like a good choice, but they have ingredients that are not good for you.
A good rule is, if you can't pronounce it, then it's probably not the healthiest choice to eat or drink.
Milk is nutritious, but chocolate and strawberry milk have a ton of sugar.
The healthiest choice is probably plain lowfat milk or water.
Your body needs healthy food to stay healthy, so pay attention to what you eat.
Food is fuel for your body. When you eat, your digestive system breaks food down and takes in nutrients.
Your body needs nutrients to grow and stay healthy. Milk, yogurt, and cheese are high in calcium, which is a nutrient your body needs to build strong bones.
Vegetables, nuts, and beans have nutrients that help keep eyes, skin, and hair healthy.
What is junk food?
Junk food is food that has few nutrients and is high in fat, sugar, or salt.
Foods that are high in sugar can change your mood, or how you feel.
After eating sugary snacks, you might feel really hyper and have too much energy.
But, your mood can change quickly, and you can get really tired or grumpy.
Eating too many foods that are high in fat and salt can cause health problems later on.
The vegetable portion is the largest portion, followed by grain, then fruit and protein. The dairy portion is shown by a cup of milk at the side of the plate.
After you wake up, your body needs fuel to begin the day.
That's why people say breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
Doughnuts and pastries are high in fat and sugar, and some cereals have a lot of sugar, too.
Bacon, sausage, and hash browns are greasy and have a lot of fat. They're not the healthiest way to start your day.
Instead, you can eat whole wheat toast or multigrain bagels, which have a lot of fiber.
You can have fruit with yogurt, which is more nutritious than a doughnut.
Eating a healthy breakfast can give you enough energy and keep you full until lunch.
Salad has fresh vegetables, which are nutritious.
Plus, chicken is lean, so it doesn't have a lot of fat. That's the healthiest choice.
Choose foods with fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grain breads instead of white bread. Whole grain breads are darker and they have more nutrients.
Fruits are high in vitamins, which your body uses to stay healthy.
Potato chips and corn chips are fried, so they're high in salt and fat.
These chips are baked, so they're lower in fat. But, they're still a processed food and high in sodium.
Nuts have protein, which your body needs to build muscles.
Juices might seem healthy, but sometimes they have a lot of added sugar.
Sport drinks sound like a good choice, but they have ingredients that are not good for you.
A good rule is, if you can't pronounce it, then it's probably not the healthiest choice to eat or drink.
Milk is nutritious, but chocolate and strawberry milk have a ton of sugar.
The healthiest choice is probably plain lowfat milk or water.
Your body needs healthy food to stay healthy, so pay attention to what you eat.
Follow up questions
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1. Why should we eat healthy foods?
Food is fuel for your body.
2. Why does your body need nutrients?
Your body needs nutrients to grow and stay healthy.
3. What is junk food?
Junk food is food that has few nutrients and is high in fat, sugar, or salt.
4. What is the most important meal of the day?
Breakfast
5. When reading the ingredients of the food item, what is the best rule?
A good rule is, if you can't pronounce it, then it's probably not the healthiest choice to eat or drink.
Food is fuel for your body.
2. Why does your body need nutrients?
Your body needs nutrients to grow and stay healthy.
3. What is junk food?
Junk food is food that has few nutrients and is high in fat, sugar, or salt.
4. What is the most important meal of the day?
Breakfast
5. When reading the ingredients of the food item, what is the best rule?
A good rule is, if you can't pronounce it, then it's probably not the healthiest choice to eat or drink.