You Are What You Eat. Our bodies require healthy food. Protein Fat Carbohydrate Vitamins Minerals...

You Are What You Eat

Our bodies require healthy food.

Protein

Fat

Carbohydrate

Vitamins

Minerals

Water

What good things are in our food?

Vegetables & Fruit

Whole Grains

Milk & Alternatives

Meat & Alternatives

Some foods are healthy for us...

Eating Well With

Canada’s Food Guide

What is one Food Guide ServingLook at Examples Below

“Foods to limit” from Canada’s Food Guide:

• Pop, slush drinks, fruit drinks, candy, chocolate bars, fruit roll-ups

• Chips, instant noodles, nachos, french fries

Some foods are less healthy...

• Soft drinks have no nutritional value

• Today school kids drink 3 times more pop than 20 years ago

• They have been linked to excess weight gain

What About Sugar Sweetened Drinks?

• Water

• Milk

• Unsweetened Juice

There are Healthier Beverages...

The amount of fat & sugar is what’s important!

What about the foods we eat?

Nutrient Density vs Calorie Density

What about portion distortion?

Supersize

What about the snacks we eat?

And what about the beverages we drink?

• Do they fit into the 4 food groups?

• Have you read the food label?– Ingredient list? – Nutrition Facts?

What about your choices?

• Portion sizes

• Choose a variety of healthy foods

• Frequency

Eat well and be active today and

every day!

What to Remember