Download - The Basic Food Groups on the Food Pyramid

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Go Foods Energy and Heat Giving Foods

The Go Food Group gives our body heat and energy.

Foods rich in carbohydrates are starchy foods such as rice, corn bread, oatmeal, macaroni, noodles, potatoes, sweet potato, gabi, and

cassava

Foods rich in sugar are cakes, candies, honey, jams jellies, molasses, and ice cream.

Foods rich in fats are butter, margarine, cooking oil, salad oils, and fats from meats and nuts.

Glow FoodsBody Regulating and protective foods

The Glow Food Group regulates and protects our body. Glow Foods are rich in minerals and vitamins.

Mineral-rich foods are milk, cheese, fish, shellfish such as oysters and clams, mussels, shrimps, seaweeds, crabs,

lobsters, dilis, radish, carrots, green leafy vegetables, mongo, soy beans, soymilk, cashew, peanuts, onions, animal liver, heart and kidney, egg yolk, banana, apple, corn, molasses,

rice, green peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, and orange.

Vitamin-rich foods are green leafy vegetables, yellow fruits and vegetables, egg yolk, tomatoes, prunes, liver, potatoes,

mongo sprout, peanuts, cashew nuts, soy beans, pepper leaves, internal organs such as heart, liver and kidney, fresh

milk, cheese, sweet potato, horseradish, fish, bread, avocado, citrus fruits, oranges, guavas and cod liver oil.

Grow FoodBody-building and Body-repairing foods

The Grow Food Group repairs and builds our body. These foods are rich in protein that builds and repairs body cells and tissues.

They make us grow.

Foods rich in protein are poultry, meat and meat products, eggs, milk and milk

products, fishes, shrimps, crabs, mongo, beans gelatins, soya beans, peanuts, and

cereals like rice and corn.

As a s tudent , what i s your usua l mea l d ie t ?

THE FOOD PYRAMID:A GUIDE TO A WELL-

BALANCED DIET

What is a food Pyramid?

A food guide pyramid is a pyramid shaped

guide of healthy foods divided into sections

to show the recommended intake for each food group.

The World Health Organization, in conjunction with the Food and

Agriculture Organization, published guidelines that can effectively be

represented in a food pyramid relating to objectives to prevent

obesity, chronic diseases and dental caries based on meta-analysis though

they represent it as a table rather than a "pyramid".

Let’s check what you know

NowLet’s take a look

how this FOOD Pyramid built

The base part of the pyramid are the energy and heat-giving

foods. Under this section are the Grow foods that are rich in carbohydrates and that are

starchy.

Under this section are the vitamin & mineral-rich foods

such as the green leafy vegetables. In three basic food groups they belong to the Glow

foods.

On the opposite side are the fruits which still belong to the Glow foods. They are rich in

minerals & vitamins.

In this section are the Grow foods such as milk and other dairy products,

meat, fishes and other sea food, poultry products and beans & nuts.

They build and repair the body.

The topmost part are the

Go foods again, but under this section are foods that

contain sugar and

fats.

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I. 1. What occupies the top most part of the

pyramid?____2. What occupies the bottom part of the

pyramid?_____3. In what food group, does a watermelon

belong?_____4. Cassava belongs to what food group?_____5. What is the right amount of fatty & sugary

foods that our body has required?_____II.

Why we need to have a balanced diet?

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

Assignment

Plan a well-balanced meal which is good for ten people.

Mr. Kenneth June Serato PototTeacher I Applicant

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