What does ‘healthy eating’ mean? Starter: (3 minutes) What does ‘healthy eating’ mean? “Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good and have energy.” What is a ‘balanced diet’? “A well balanced diet is one that contains all of the nutrients in the right amounts for the person eating it.”

Healthy Eating Guidelines Eight tips for healthy eating The Department of Health has produced the following practical tips to help you make healthier choices. They are: Base your meals on starchy foods Eat lots of fruit and veg Eat more fish Cut down on saturated fat and sugar Eat less salt Get active and be a healthy weight Don’t get thirsty 8) Don’t skip breakfast

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Learning Objectives: To know about nutrients. All:- To know about nutrients. To understand of the function and sources of nutrients. To be able apply knowledge of nutrients to design and plan to make a balanced dish. 2/3 Remembering Understanding Most:- 4/5 Applying Analysing Some:- 6/7/8 Evaluating Creating SMSC: Healthy eating Personal responsibility Independent working

What are nutrients? Nutrients are the substances in food that our body uses to enable it to function. We need nutrients to stay alive. Nutrients are so small that they can’t be seen by the naked eye. How much of each nutrient that you need are influenced by factors including your age, growth stage and activity.

macronutrients micronutrients What are nutrients? There are 5 groups of nutrients. These can be put into two categories: macronutrients  micronutrients 

RECAP What are nutrients? How many are there? Name the 2 categories.

What are macronutrients? Macro means BIG You need to eat large amounts of macronutrients.

Macronutrients include: Carbohydrates  Proteins  Fats 

Why do we need Protein? Protein is essential to life. Every single cell contains protein. It’s function is: The job it has to do. The growth of body tissue, muscles and blood cells. To maintain the body. To repair the body especially after accidents or illness. Excess protein is used for energy.

Why do we need Fat? It’s function is: To keep us warm by providing a layer of insulation under our skin. To provide us with a very concentrated source of energy. To protect our vital organs.

Why do we need Carbohydrates? It’s function is: To provide energy. Carbohydrate should provide 50% of energy. Too much carbohydrate is stored as body fat.

RECAP What are macronutrients? Can you name them?

What are micronutrients? Micro means SMALL. You need to eat small amounts of micronutrients. You must include them in your diet because your body cannot make them.

Vitamins Micronutrients include: Vitamin A Vitamin D Vitamins B1, B2 Green /yellow vegetables, dairy foods  Vitamin D Margarine, oily fish   Vitamins B1, B2 Wholegrain bread, cereals, milk, eggs, rice, peas, fresh and dried fruit, liver  Vitamin E  Plant oils, nuts and seeds, wheat germ Vitamin K Green leafy vegetables, plant oils, cereals   Vitamin C Fruit (citrus), green leafy vegetables  

Red meat, dark green leafy vegetables Micronutrients include: Minerals Potassium Bananas Calcium Milk, cheese, yoghurt  Iron Red meat, dark green leafy vegetables

RECAP What are micronutrients? Can you name them?

Task 1: ‘Hand of Nutrition’ Date _________ Draw around your hand.

Task 2: Fill in the ‘Hand of Nutrition’. Label the 5 nutrient groups. Macronutrients Micronutrients Give the source and function of each nutrient. Colour in each finger to represent a nutrient (match to the Eatwell Guide). Protein Macronutrients Micronutrients

Pasta Bake You will make pasta bake next lesson. 35% 35% 2% 15% 13% Your pasta bake must be a balanced dish. You must include the 5 nutrients (macronutrients, micronutrients). You must use the correct percentage of nutrients. You must choose your own ingredients. 35% 35% Use the Eatwell Guide to plan your balanced dish 2% 15% 13%

Ingredient Nutrient Reason for choice Pasta Bake Planning Ingredient Nutrient Reason for choice Pasta Carbohydrate   List the ingredients that you will use. What nutrient is it? Why choose it? Draw and label the Eatwell Guide. Write the names of the ingredients that you will use in the correct section of the Eatwell Guide. Explain why your pasta bake is a balanced dish.

Homework Menu – Multicultural Food Mains Write a fact sheet about street food, explaining what it is and providing examples of dishes. Develop a mood board of images and key words to explore foods from different cultures. Label your images to identify what the foods are. Collect a menu from a restaurant, and choose five dishes that you would try. Explain what they are made from, how you think they would taste and why you would choose them. Research food products that are available from different cultures in supermarkets. Present at least 5 examples with the following details: Product Name, Product Description, Ingredients, Price & Weight. Include an image of each product and explain why you chose each one. Visit a food market and write a review of the different food products on offer. Think about how the products appeal to the five senses. Include photos. Produce a detailed step-by-step plan for one of the techniques you have learnt in class. Include photos/images. Write a persuasive magazine article about a cuisine of your choice to encourage people to try it. Explain what it is and provide examples of popular dishes, key ingredients, flavours, etc. Develop an information sheet/presentation to explore a country/culture of your choice. Consider location, religion, dress, staple foods, key ingredients, popular dishes, etc. Include images. Purchase a food product that comes from another culture and write a review providing the following details: Product Name, Product Description, Ingredients, Price, Weight, and Cooking Instructions. Taste the product and explain what it is like using words related to your five senses. Include photos. Conduct an interview with a friend/family member to find out about their food likes, dislikes, etc. Write a customer profile from your results and use it to influence design ideas for a product you will make. Collect feedback from 5 peers for a food product you have made in class, asking them to complete a sensory analysis/star diagram. Collate your results and suggest ways you could modify/improve the product. Explore and explain the concept of fusion foods. Then choose 3 dishes and suggest different ways that you could modify each one using the idea of fusion foods. Draw each of your ideas and add detailed annotation to explain the ingredients you have chosen to use and why based on their sensory and nutritional features. Also consider techniques that would be used to make each product. Complete a ‘Functions of Ingredients’ table for a food product you have made in class. Identify the ingredients used, and explain the sensory, nutritional and scientific functions of each one. Design a resource to clearly define and explain the following terms: aeration, gelatinisation, coagulation and finishing techniques. Food Challenge! Choose a dish of your choice and trace where all of the ingredients used to make it are from. Discuss your findings and consider the food miles involved. Then suggest how the product could be made more sustainably. You may wish to plot your findings on a world map to clearly show where each ingredient is sourced from. For information about food miles, visit www.foodmiles.com Side Orders Design a flier that provides details about careers in the food industry. Design a multicultural food event that could be held in school. Write a pitch to students explaining why they should choose Food Technology as a GCSE option.