Food Diary and Planning a balanced diet Eating Healthy – Living Long

Food Categories Grains servings Vegetables – 3-5 servings Fruits – 2-3 servings Dairy – 2-3 servings Meat or Beans – 2-3 servings

What’s a Serving? Grains: Cereals, Rice, Pasta, & Bread - ½ cup Veggies: Size of a baseball Fruit: Size of a tennis ball Dairy: Varies Meat/Protein: Deck of cards

So Why Should We Care? What you eat will affect your health now and in the future Fed Up Trailer

1 Day Food Diary Keep track of EVERYTHING you eat for the next day Bring it to class next class We will analyze your diet to see how it meets your nutrition needs

The Danger of Sugar Watch this documentary produced by the CBC – Fifth Estate about how damaging a high sugar diet can be to your health (42 minutes)

Guidelines Plan a balanced diet for one day Then go to Myplate.gov to see if your balanced diet is meeting the suggested requirements How did you do?

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