You Are What You Eat

The seven major food groups.

 Carbohydrates
Starches and Sugars
Common Foods Pancakes
Flour, sugar and
• Bread sometimes fruit.
• Potatoes
• Rice Fruit and Vegetables
Natural sugars.
• Pasta
• Jam
• Fruit Sweets and Cakes
Flour, sugar.
• Vegetables
• Sweets Why We Need Them!
They supply us with energy! This helps with playtime.
 Proteins
Common Foods Meats
• Meat Beef, pork, chicken,
turkey etc.
• Fish
• Eggs
• Cheese Fish
Tuna, Wahoo.
• Milk Good brain food!!!!
• Bread
• Nuts Dairy Foods
Milk, cheese, yoghurt,
• Pulses eggs.

Why We Need Them!

They help us grow and repair our bodies.
 Fats
Common Foods Meats
• Butter Animal fats can be good
for us, especially fish oil.
• Cream
• Olive Oil Oils
• Vegetable Oil Some oils can help
reduce heart problems,
• Meat especially Olive Oils.
• Cheese
• Margarine Dairy Foods
Milk, cheese, yoghurt,
eggs.

Why We Need Them!

They supply us with energy and insulation!
The body stores energy as fat.
 Minerals
Common Foods
Meats
• Cheese
Contain iron for healthy
• Milk blood.
• Liver
Dairy Foods
• Eggs Milk, cheese and yoghurt
• Bread contain calcium for
strong bones.
• Salt
Vegetables
• Meats Contain iron, calcium,
• Vegetables potassium as well as
many other minerals.
Why We Need Them!
Help keep blood, bones, muscles and our bodies
healthy.
 Vitamins
Common Foods
• Vitamin A
Liver, butter, green
vegetables.
• Vitamin B
Bread, milk, potatoes,
meat, yeast, cheese, liver
eggs.
• Vitamin C
Oranges, lemons,
vegetables, tomatoes.
• Vitamin D
Eggs, margarine, cod liver Why We Need Them!
oil. Vitamin A – Eyesight (helps us see in the dark).
Vitamin B – Healthy cells and blood.
Vitamin C – Helps keep away colds.
Vitamin D – Healthy bones.
 Roughage/Fibre
Common Foods
• Vegetables
• Fruit
• Whole-grain Breads
• Cereals

Why We Need Them!

Keeps digestive system running smoothly!
 Water – The Most Important
Common Foods
• Water from the tap.
• Fruit juice.
• Milk.

Why We Need It!

You are made up mostly of water.
Without water you would dehydrate and die very quickly.
 Now try this game!

Go to the following website to try out

Mission Nutrition
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/closet/mission_nutrition.html