Nutrition for Life

Last week ended with a quick introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements. Some of the Elements are needed by your body, and your body gets these nutrients by eating food.

Different foods have different amounts of nutrients, no one food has everything your body needs to be healthy.

Notes (Mind Map)

Set up MyPlate
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/myplan.aspx

Calories



Gram: (from http://www.newhealthguide.org/How-Much-Is-A-Gram.html)

Items	Description
1 Gram of Sugar	To measure how much of a teaspoon a gram of sugar occupies, use a teaspoon of granulated white sugar. You would see one gram of sugar to occupy ¼ tsp by volume.
1 Gram of Salt	A gram of salt occupied about 1/6 tsp, makes it the most heavy of all the ingredients. Salt is composed of sodium chloride, sodium accounting for 40% of its total weight. So ½ tsp of salt contains 1 gram of sodium.

Vocabulary Words- make a new blog post with these words and definitions. The words are on pages  154-181.

• Nutrition
• Nutrients
• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Nutrient deficiency
• RDA
• DV
• Food Guide Pyramid (outdated) My Plate (updated)
• Dietary guidelines
• Nutrient density
• Vegetarian