1. What does Essential mean (in terms of nutrition – it has a special meaning)?
2. What are the 6 classes of nutrients? Put a star by the MOST essential nutrient.
3. How many of the 6 classes of nutrients are present in the food you eat?
4. Which of the nutrients give you Calories?
5. If you ate a food that contained: 10 grams of Carbohydrate, 10 grams of Fat and 10 grams of Protein, how many Calories would that food contain (approximately)? Hint: Use 4 Calories per gram of Carbohydrate, 9 Calories per gram of Fat and 4 Calories per gram of Protein
6. Is Alcohol a nutrient? Does Alcohol give you Calories?
7. When it comes to nutrients, is it “the more the better”? Why or Why not?
8. Are there “good foods” and “bad foods”? Why or Why not?
9. What are “phytochemicals”?
10. What is meant by the term “serving size”? For example, a “serving size” of potato chips is 1 ounce or about 15 chips.
11. What is your opinion of the role of the federal government in promoting health and preventing disease in Americans?
Expand Your Knowledge
- Conduct an assessment of your diet. Begin by recording what you eat every day, including snacks and beverages, in a journal. Then visit the website, myfitnesspal.com (Links to an external site.) which has tools to help you assess your diet and exercise. Calculate how many Calories you are eating in a day compared to how many are suggested for you per day.
Chapter 2
- What are the dietary reference intakes (DRI’s)? What are they for? There used to only be one
reference intake, the RDA, why are there so many now?
- Define each of the following in everyday language:
A. Estimated Average Requirements (EAR)
*Why DON’T we use this one as the recommended amount people should eat daily?
B. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
*Why DO we use this one as the recommended amount people should eat daily?
C. Adequate Intakes (AI)
D. Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL)
*Should we strive to reach the UL for a nutrient every day?6. Using Food Labels (use food label image below):
- Select a packaged food and find the “Nutrition Facts” panel. Then answer the following questions A. How many Calories are there in 1 serving of this food?
B. Look at the “Total Fat” and the “Saturated Fat”. Is the Saturated fat PART of the Total Fat?
C. What does the % Daily Value mean? For example, if it says that for every 1 serving of this food I get 2% Daily Value of Vitamin C. What does that mean?
Apply It
- Record a food diary this week. At the end of the week, circle the foods that contain SoFAS (solid fats and added sugars). Next to each food, write a substitute food to replace it. Record a food diary next week. Be sure to eat the substitute foods you have selected to replace the foods that contained the SoFAS.