Nutrition and Wellness Tips for Healthy Living
Explore the importance of good nutrition, essential nutrients, and healthy food choices to support your body's growth, repair, immune system, and energy levels. Learn about fruits, vegetables, grains, and the rainbow of nutrients nature provides for optimal health.
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Farm to School Farm to School Nutrition Nutrition
Plants Plants need air, need air, sun and water to grow. sun and water to grow. What do YOU need to grow?
Talk Talk to a Dietitian Dietitian or your school school s s Cafeteria Cafeteria Manager about Manager about healthy healthy choices. to a Registered Registered or your choices.
Why is Good Nutrition Why is Good Nutrition Important? Important? Helps your body GROW GROW Helps your body REPAIR like muscles and skin REPAIR body tissues Provides all the NUTRIENTS NUTRIENTS we need to stay healthy Keeps our IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNE SYSTEM healthy so we do not get sick Provides ENERGY ENERGY so that you can move and learn!
A great way to make sure you are eating the right foods in the right amounts.
Nature Nature has color coded has color coded our food. our food. Eating a rainbow a rainbow = Nutrients Nutrients your your body needs. Eating eating the body needs. = eating the
6 Essential Nutrients 6 Essential Nutrients 1.Water We need larger amounts of these 2.Carbohydrates 3.Proteins 4.Fats 5.Vitamins We need smaller amounts of these 6.Minerals
FRUIT FRUIT Fiber, Potassium, Vitamin C, and Folic Acid Goal: 1-1 cups a day School fruit = 1/2 cup School juice = 3/4 cup
VEGETABLES VEGETABLES Fiber, Potassium, Folic Acid, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C. Goal: 1 -2 cups a day School vegetables = 1/2 cup
GRAINS GRAINS Fiber, B vitamins, Magnesium, Iron Goal: 2-3 servings a day School lunch portion: 1 slice bread or bun =1 serving Rice or pasta = -1 cup
PROTEIN PROTEIN Meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, nuts, and seeds Vitamin E, Iron, Zinc, Magnesium, B vitamins Goal: 3-5 oz./day School lunch = 1-2 oz.
DAIRY DAIRY Milk & Milk Products Calcium, Potassium, Vitamin D Goal: 2-3 servings/day 1 serving = 1 cup milk or yogurt 1 piece cheese
Tip: Avoid Nutrient Degradation Nutrient Degradation. Vitamins and minerals can be lost by: Time Time Heat Heat Light Light Air Exposure Air Exposure
Day 1 Processing Plant Day 2 Farm Distributor Day 4 Which food has more nutrients? Day 3 Day 5 School Farm School
Get the MOST MOST nutrients you can by: Eating Eating locally grown locally grown foods, foods, when when possible, frozen foods when not possible, frozen foods when not Don on t t over over- -cook or cook or process process
We get new taste-buds over time. Try something new, you might just love it!
Slide about this weeks local product
Slide about this weeks local product
