Good Eating Habits

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Good Eating Habits

• Teen Living Skills
• Unit 7

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Whats This Thing Called Nutrition?

• Over the past twenty years Americans consumed
  twice as much high-fat snack foods and three
  times as much soft drinks.
• University of Missouri Extension

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Whats This Thing Called Nutrition?

• Nutrients products that come from foods that
  help the body grow and function.
• The 6 Nutrients are
• Protein
• Fats
• Carbohydrates
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Water

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Whats The Connection?

• Vitamins substances found in foods that help
  the body function properly.
• Minerals elements in food that are needed by
  the body help build teeth, bones, and healthy
  blood.

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Why Do I Need to Eat?

• Vitamins, except for Viamin K, were named by
  the letters in the order of their discovery.
  - www.medterms.com
• Regulate to adjust and control.

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Why Do I Need to Eat?

• Your body needs food each day for the following
  reasons
• To provide energy.
• To regulate the body and bodily functions.
• To build, maintain and repair body cells and
  tissues.

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How Much Do I Need?

• The main food groups needed each day include
• Grain group
• Vegetable group
• Fruit group
• Milk group
• Meat and Beans group

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How Much Do I Need?

• The average North American consumes 19 teaspoons
  of sugar every day, mostly in processed food and
  beverages.
• Chicken consumption has doubled between 1970 and
  2004 from 27.4 pounds per person to 59.2 pounds
  per person.
• Spinach is more nutritious cooked than raw.

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Words to Know

• Discretionary choices that are left up to each
  person.

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That Pot is Hot!

• When the electrical power goes off, food will
  stay cold enough to be eaten safely for 4-6 hours
  if you dont open the refrigerator door.
  - Prevention magazine.
• Frayed unraveled.

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That Pot is Hot!

• Safety is critical when working in the food lab.
  The following are some guidelines for the
  different areas and equipment you will be using
• Facilities
• Wipe up spills quickly.
• Keep countertops clean.
• When cleaning up broken glass, sweep into a
  dustpan, then wipe floor with a damp paper towel.

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That Pot is Hot!

• Cutting utensils
• Use only for intended use.
• Cut away from the body.
• Keep pointed end down when walking with a knife
  or sharp object.
• Store knives separately from other utensils.
• Completely remove a can lid when using a can
  opener.

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That Pot is Hot!

• Electrical appliances
• Unplug an appliance by pulling on the plug, not
  the cord.
• Unplug an appliance before cleaning or prying
  food from the appliance.
• Make sure to have dry hands when using electrical
  appliances.
• Replace frayed or worn cords.
• Do not let cords dangle.
• Turn saucepan handles inward when cooking on the
  range top.

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How do I Read this Recipe?

• On average, children ages 11-18 eat at fast food
  restaurants twice a week.
  - www.healthykidschallenge.com
• White Castle was the worlds first hamburger
  chain founded in 1921, in Wichita, Kansas.

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How do I Read this Recipe

• Read the recipe before beginning the project.
• Check to make sure the equipment is available.
• Check for understanding of recipe terms.
• Check to make sure that ingredients are in the
  kitchen.
• Compete food pre-preparation.
• Follow the directions on the recipe package, step
  by step.

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Career Corner

• Dietician
• FACS Teacher
• Chef
• Food Service Worker
• Physician
• Personal Trainer
• Personal Chef
• Health Food Store Manager

• Restaurant Owner
• Baker
• Diet Counselor
• Restaurant Manager
• Caterer
• Food Inspector
• Food Journalist
• Sales Representative

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The End