Guidelines To Guidelines To Nutrition/ My PlateNutrition/ My PlateTaylor ByingtonTaylor Byington

Period 2Period 2

There are five main food There are five main food groups,groups,

Grains Grains VegetablesVegetables FruitsFruits DairyDairy Protein Protein

Grains are mainly,Grains are mainly,

OatsOats Rice Rice WheatWheat

some examples of some examples of grains are, grains are,

BreadBread PastaPasta cerealcereal

Vegetables Vegetables

Vegetables are divided Vegetables are divided in to 5 groups:in to 5 groups:

Dark greenDark green StarchyStarchy Red and orangeRed and orange Beans Beans peaspeas

fruitsfruits

Any fruit that has Any fruit that has 100% of juice is 100% of juice is counted in the fruit counted in the fruit groupgroup

Half of your plate at Half of your plate at any meal should be any meal should be fruits and vegetablesfruits and vegetables

Dairy and ProteinDairy and Protein

Any milk product and Any milk product and foods that have dairy are foods that have dairy are in this group, such as,in this group, such as,

Yogurt Yogurt CheeseCheese

Protein is mainly the meats Protein is mainly the meats that you eat such as, that you eat such as,

HamHam Chicken Chicken fishfish

My plateMy plate

My Plate helps youMy Plate helps you Balancing CaloriesBalancing Calories Make half your plate fruits and Make half your plate fruits and

vegetables vegetables Drink water instead of sugary drinksDrink water instead of sugary drinks

Health TriangleHealth Triangle

Mental- help your brain function better Mental- help your brain function better Social- you will be able to interact betterSocial- you will be able to interact better Physical- you will be in shape and your Physical- you will be in shape and your

organs will function betterorgans will function better

Personal story…Personal story…

My personal story is that I play soccer, My personal story is that I play soccer, and to be able to be a good soccer player and to be able to be a good soccer player you have be in shape. To be in shape you have be in shape. To be in shape you have to be able to eat right and you have to be able to eat right and control what your eating. You also have control what your eating. You also have to exercise and to stay on top of it. To be to exercise and to stay on top of it. To be able to do all these things you have to able to do all these things you have to have good health and follow the have good health and follow the guidelines of nutrition.guidelines of nutrition.

Activity!! Activity!!

The chewy granola bars represent the The chewy granola bars represent the Grains Grains

The carrots represent the VegetablesThe carrots represent the Vegetables The apples represent the FruitsThe apples represent the Fruits The cheese sticks represent the DairyThe cheese sticks represent the Dairy The nuts represent the ProteinThe nuts represent the Protein