Secondary School PDF on Healthy Eating.

1. Secondary School Project 3.notebook March 25, 2009
Food and Digestion
A healthy diet contains a
balance of foodstuffs
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School meals should
be healthy and
nutritionally balanced.
It is recommended that we eat 5 portions of fruit and
vegetables each day. On a daily basis a school meal
offers vegetables, salads and fruit for children to
choose, therefore helping towards the '5 a day'
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2. Secondary School Project 3.notebook March 25, 2009
Fruit and Vegetables.
Pull
Bread/Rice/Potatoes
Importance of fruits and vegetables
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Name Features of family diet
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3. Secondary School Project 3.notebook March 25, 2009
Feb 20­8:00 PM
What are vitamins?
Vitamins are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work
properly.
There are two types of vitamins: fat­soluble and water­soluble.
Water­soluble vitamins
Fat­soluble vitamins
Water­soluble vitamins are not
Fat­soluble vitamins are found
stored in the body, so you need
mainly in fatty foods such as animal
to have them more frequently.
fats (including butter and lard),
vegetable oils, dairy foods, liver and
Water­soluble vitamins are
oily fish.
found in fruit, vegetables and
grains. But unlike fat­soluble
Your body needs these vitamins
vitamins, they can be destroyed
every day to work properly.
by heat or by being exposed to
However, you don't need to eat foods
the air.
containing them every day.
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Protein
Protein is essential for growth and repair of the body, and 15% of the calories we
eat each day should come from protein. If you're eating a balanced diet you're
probably getting enough protein.
The following foods are all good sources of protein:
• poultry (an average portion of roast chicken breast contains 27g protein)
• lean meat (an average portion of bolognese sauce contains 28g protein)
• fish (a small can of tuna and an average portion of poached cod fillet each contain 24g protein)
• cheese (an average cheese sandwich on white bread contains about 17g protein)
• eggs (an average­size boiled hens' egg contains about 6g protein)
• milk (a 150ml glass of semi­skimmed milk provides about 5g protein)
• pulses (three tablespoons of boiled red lentils contains about 9g protein)
• tofu (100g tofu contains about 23.5g protein)
• bread (a slice of wholemeal bread contains about 3g protein)
Proteins
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4. Secondary School Project 3.notebook March 25, 2009
Fats
Fibre
Carbohydrates
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5. Secondary School Project 3.notebook March 25, 2009
Minerals
Can you get these questions right? Muscle
Blood
Bone
Calcium is important for building what?
Teeth and bones contain alot of calcium.
Bone
What is protein used to make?
Protein is an important ingredient for making muscle.
Muscle
Where are milk, cheese and yogurt needed?
Dairy products contain lots of calcium so they are
Bone important for building strong bones.
What might not be getting the nutrients if you
are tired all the time?
Iron deficiency means your blood is not getting enough
Blood
oxygen.
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6. Attachments
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