Mini Med School: Nutrition 1

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Mini Med School Nutrition 1

• Nutrition Basics and Food Pyramid

Ryan Sears, MSII Peds Club Secretary
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FOOD PYRAMID BASICS

• The Food Pyramid is one way for people to
  understand how to eat healthy. 
• A rainbow of colored, vertical stripes represents
  the 5 food groups plus fats oils.

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FOOD PYRAMID BASICS

• Here's what the colors stand for
• Orange - grains
• Green - vegetables
• Red - fruits
• Yellow - fats and oils
• Blue - milk and dairy
• products
• Purple - meat, beans,
• fish, and nuts

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Nutrition Suggestions

• Eat a variety of foods
• A balanced diet includes food from all groups
• Have foods from every COLOR every day
• Eat more fruits, vegetables, grains and dairy
• Eat less meat/protein and oils

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What should I eat?

• ORANGE Grains
• Try to eat a lot of whole grains
• Wheat bread, brown rice, oatmeal.

• GREEN Vegetables
• Orange veggies carrots, sweet potatoes, squash
• Green veggies spinach, broccoli
• Other corn, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes

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What should I eat?

• RED Fruits
• Apples, bananas, avocado, oranges, peaches,
  grapes
• 100 Fruit juice

• BLUE Milk
• Calcium builds strong bones
• If you dont like milk, you can eat yogurt,
  cheese, calcium-fortified orange juice, or ice
  cream

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What should I eat?

• Purple Meats (also Beans, Nuts, Fishes)
• Beef, steak, pork, chicken
• Eggs
• Fish
• Beans, nuts

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How much do I need to eat?

• Holy Smokes! That's a lot to EAT in one day.

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breakfast

• Any breakfast is better than no breakfast
• Dont eat doughnuts or sugary stuff all the time,
  you wont stay full.
• Eat something from each part of the pyramid
• Grains cereal, oatmeal, french toast, waffles,
  pancakes
• Protein eggs, bacon, peanut butter
• Fruits strawberries, blueberries, 100 orange
  juice
• Vegetables
• Milk, cheese, and yogurt milk, yogurt

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School lunch

• Think of your school lunch as the
• fuel you put in your tank. If you
• choose the wrong kind of fuel,
• you might run out of energy
• before the day is over.
• Eat something from each part of the pyramid
• Grains sandwich bread, spaghetti, macaroni,
  cornbread, pretzels
• Protein ham, turkey, bologna, peanut butter (in
  your sandwich)
• Fruits apples, bananas, grapes, oranges,
  raisins
• Vegetables salad lettuce, corn, carrots, green
  beans, potatoes
• Milk, cheese, and yogurt milk, yogurt

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School Lunch cont.

• BEWARE
• Higher-fat lunch foods include french fries,
  hot dogs, cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, and
  chicken nuggets.
• Drink milk or water, not POP
• Packaged snacks may be bad for you

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Lunch REMINDERS

• Use your manners.
• Chew with your mouth closed.
• Don't talk and eat at the same time.
• Use your utensils.
• Put your napkin on your lap.
• Be polite. And don't make fun of what someone
  else is eating.
• Don't drink milk laugh at the same time!

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Quiz Time

• What is a good grain to
  eat for breakfast?
• What does the red in the
  pyramid stand for?
• What is a good fruit to have for lunch?
• What weird things count as meat?
• Name a vegetable that is really a fruit.
• Name a grain you can eat for lunch.
• What does Buckbeak eat for his meat?

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