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- 2. This food group includes the foods: made from seafood; meat, poultry, eggs, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, and seeds.
- 5. Nutrients in the food that we need to grow and be healthy.
- 6. Usually found in salt, this mineral helps the body to balance the amount of water.
- 8. A word that describes things that are natural or related to nature.
- 9. A type of diet in which a person does not eat any animal products.
- 10. A type of diet in which a person does not eat any meat, chicken, or seafood.
- 12. Calcium, magnesium, and iron are all examples of this nutrient that our body needs in small amounts.
- 15. A percentage of how much of a nutrient is in one serving of food compared to the recommended amount for a day is.
- 16. A drink that our body needs.
- 17. This is a food group that contains the part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds, such as apples.
- 18. When the amount of sugar and fats is more than the amount of nutrients in a food.
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- 1. This food group includes food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley such as bread and cereal.
- 3. The study of food and how it works in your body.
- 4. This food group includes: milk, yogurt, cheese, lactose-free milk and fortified soy milk and yogurt
- 6. On a nutrition label, ________________ would let the person know the specific amount they should measure out to eat.
- 7. This food group is made up of the leaves, stems, roots, or other parts of certain plants that people eat
- 11. Decisions a person makes to follow a specific and set plan for food
- 13. A unit of measure, that measures how much energy is in food.
- 14. This is the main source of energy from our food for the body, it includes sugar and starch. It is more commonly referred to as “carbs”.