The Farmer Grows A Rainbow

Taylor Thornton

A Look At Dietary Awareness

Food groups

Grains• Wheats, Rice, Pasta, Oatmeal• Eat at least 6 oz. a day.– A slice of bread, or a cup of cereal is about 1 oz.– How many sandwiches would you need to eat to

get your daily serving or grains?– What else would be a good dinner to have to get

your daily grain servings?

Vegetables• Corn, Broccoli, Lettuce, Carrots• Eat 2 ½ cups a day.• Orange veggies like carrots are good for your eye

sight because they contain a lot of vitamin A.• Dark green veggies are most full of good vitamins.

Veggie Facts• One bushel of corn can sweeten 400 cans of

soda.• Pumpkins used to be used to cure freckles.• Avocados are poisonous to birds.• The longest carrot ever was 17 feet long.• Onions make you cry because of sulfuric

compounds on the inside.• Ancient Greeks awarded sport

event winners with stalks of celery.

Fruits• Apples, Bananas, Oranges, Strawberries,

Cherries• Eat 2 cups every day.• Fruit juices do not always have enough fruit

juice in them to satisfy your daily amount.• Smoothies give you a healthy source of fruits

and even dairy.

Fruit Facts• Apples are made of 25% air, which is why they

can float.• Bananas are the worlds largest herb.• Orange trees can produce fruit for 100 years.• Grapes explode when you put them in the

microwave. Don’t try this at home.• Eating your eight servings of Fruit and veggies

a day can reduce your chance of stroke or heart attack by 30%.

Dairy

• Milk, Cheese, Yogurt, Ice Cream• Eat or drink 3 cups every day.• Fat-free is the best for your diet.• If you cannot drink lactose, you can buy

lactose-free milk or soy milk.• Even tasty Ice Cream is a good source of dairy,

It just contains a lot of sugars that are not great for a healthy diet.

• Milk Give you calcium that helps make your bones strong.

Got Milk?

Proteins: Meats And Beans

• Chicken, Beef, Ham, Split Peas, Nuts• Eat 5 ½ oz. every day.• Baked and boiled meat is the best for you,

compared to fried foods, like McDonalds chicken nuggets.

• Peas, and Nuts are a good source of protein and do not taste bad either.

Protein!!!• 4oz. of meat reduces to 3oz. once cooked.• Fathers day is the biggest beef consuming

day of they year.• Never refreeze meat, it raises the

rancidity level.• Never eat any raw meat, cooking kills

many toxins.• Meat grinders and cutting boards should

be cleaned thoroughly after each use, bacteria will stay and contaminate.

• Beans contain 22% protein, more than meat and eggs.

• Kidney beans are nutritionally the best for us to eat.

What Groups Do These Belong To?

Draw a picture of your favorite food. And tell me why it is your favorite food. If you can tell me what food group it is a part of!!