 What is your favorite meal? ◦ Write down specific foods & beverages  Why is it your favorite meal?

 What does eating healthy mean to you?  What food groups do we need? ◦ Grains ◦ Vegetables ◦ Fruits ◦ Proteins ◦ Dairy  Why do we need them?

 Has anyone ever heard of MyPlate?  What do you notice about it?  How is it different than the Food Pyramid?

 What are they? ◦ Grains ◦ Vegetables ◦ Fruits ◦ Protein ◦ Dairy  Why do we need to know them?

 What are some grains? ◦ Bread, Pasta, Rice, Oatmeal, Crackers  What nutrients can we find in grains? ◦ Carbohydrates (main source of energy) ◦ Come proteins, vitamins & minerals

 What are they? ◦ Contain more nutrients than refined grains ◦ Refined grains:  White bread  White rice  Regular pasta  Whole grains: ◦ 100% whole wheat bread ◦ Brown rice ◦ Oatmeal ◦ Whole-grain cereals ◦ Popcorn

 We want to replace refined grains with whole grains. Why?  Goal: Half your grains are ‘whole’ ◦ How can you do this? ◦ Edit your ‘favorite’ meal so it contains whole grains

 What are some? ◦ Lettuce, carrots, onions, peppers, beans, peas  Do you notice a difference between them? ◦ Color- eat a variety of different color veggies to get different nutrients  Categories ◦ Red & orange ◦ Dark green ◦ Beans & Peas ◦ Starchy (potatoes)

 What kind of nutrients do we get? ◦ Vitamins  Help regulate body function, fight infection, use other nutrients ◦ Minerals  Help body work properly, strengthen bones, keep muscles healthy, regulate heart beat, use other nutrients ◦ Carbohydrates (some)

 Examples? ◦ Blueberries, oranges, bananas, apples  What kind of nutrients do we get from them? ◦ Vitamins  Help regulate body function, fight infection, use other nutrients ◦ Minerals  Help body work properly, strengthen bones, keep muscles healthy, regulate heart beat, use other nutr. ◦ Water  Essential to life, carries nutrients around body, helps with digestion, removes waste, cools you off

 How much should we eat? Goal: half of our meals should come from these two categories Does anyone do this? How could you do this?

 What are some? ◦ Meats, chicken, fish, eggs, nuts, beans  What nutrients do we get from proteins? ◦ Proteins are a nutrient!  Essential for growth &repair of body cells ◦ Also has some vitamins & minerals

 Examples? ◦ Milk, cheese, yogurt  What kind of nutrients do we get? ◦ Minerals  Help body work properly, strengthen bones, keep muscles healthy, regulate heart beat, use other nutr. ◦ Vitamins  Help regulate body function, fight infection, use other nutrients ◦ Proteins  Essential for growth &repair of body cells

 How does if fit with MyPlate?  Are all 5 groups represented? ◦ If not, can you make substitutions so it’s more balanced?  Make changes to your meal so it fits with MyPlate  If a meal doesn’t contain something from one of the categories, what can you do?