NUTRITIONAL BACKGROUND
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WEBSITES
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Pick up a copy of this page for your reference. Read and highlight the MAIN, IMPORTANT ideas. You may use other parts of the Mayo Clinic for details on your paper. Check out the new food pyramid suggestions. This will be useful in the plan portion of your paper. Take the tour of the pyramid animation, read Inside the Pyramid and check out the suggestions Tips and Resources. Encarta has a website that would be useful as another source. |
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| Fats | What is the good and the bad of fats? |
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Cholesterol--Is
Your Diet Hurting Your Heart? |
Take both quizzes and record how many you have correct. Write a summary of the answers that you got incorrect. |
| Fiber | Name and describe the types of fiber. What food sources supply fiber? What happens if you don't get enough fiber? How much do you need in your diet? Do you think this is an issue for you and your diet? Explain your thoughts. |
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Food Labels Click on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's page on food labels to help with other questions. |
Name some nutrients associated with some diseases. Why are these important to manufacturers of products? Why will serving size listed on the package be important? What is the significance of the %DV? |
| Serving Sizes | Is a serving size bigger or smaller than you thought? Explain your thoughts on serving sizes. |
| Breakfast | Why is eating breakfast important? What types of food items should you eat? Do you eat breakfast? Should this be something that you include in your healthy days? |
| Vegetarian Diet | Describe the various types of vegetarians. How do vegetarians manage to get all the nutrients that they need? Would a vegetarian diet of any kind be something you could follow? |
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Food Benefits |
List the benefits of the types of food given. |
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Make a chart for the vitamins that has 4 columns:
Which vitamin will be best for you to study based on your existing diet? |
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Make a chart for the minerals that has 4 columns
Which mineral will be best for you to study based on your existing diet? |
| Food Pyramid | Write a summary about the food pyramid. Make at least 5 good points that come from this selection. |
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There are several different "diets" (ways of eating) listed in this selection from medicinenet. Read through them all. Are they any that you could follow for your healthy days? Discuss why or why not. On the E-Diets website, you can read more about some of these and other diets. Check them out. You may be interested. Pros and Cons of some of the diet along with background info can be found on Healthology. Use this page later as you write your paper. |
| Sites that will help you with calculating nutritional values. |
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