Eating Healthy and Living Well

Jeff Ziegler SLM 521

WebDropin #3

Today we will be looking at what it means to eat healthy. This means that we must be conscious of having a balances diet. We will then take a look at our own diets and see what areas we could work on to make us healthier individuals.

Take a look at the picture below:

Or go to http://healthy-ojas.com/assets/diab/diabetes-food-triangle.jpg for a picture in another browser.

Answer the following questions:

1) What are the most important foods to eat?

2) How many servings of vegetables are recommended?

3) What are the least important foods to eat?

In the spaces below, fill out the information based on your diet from yesterday:

What did you eat for:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Compared to the recommended servings, are you in the positive or negative for the different food groups?

Put a plus or negative by each food group listed below:

Grains, beans, and starchy vegetables:

Vegetables:

Fruits:

Milk:

Meats and Others:

Fats, sweets:

For a more interactive and specific results down to the very calorie and nutrient visit MyPyramid at http://www.mypyramid.gov/.

Follow up:

Look at the pluses and minuses of each food group. Try to work on making this numbers be matched to the food pyramid.