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NUTRITION You Are What You Eat!! Take a look at your eating habits. What you eat, where you eat, and why you eat are important to your health. Eating while watching T.V. or doing other things makes it easy to lose track of how much you’ve already eaten. However, eating meals and snacks at a table make you pay more attention to what you’re eating so that you don’t overeat. If you really want to snack while watching TV, take in a small amount of food with you, such as a handful of pretzels or a couple of cookies, not the whole bag. The reasons most people eat are the time of day, hunger, foods that look tempting, everyone else is eating, boredom, frustration, nervousness, or sadness. Although the BEST reason to eat is hunger, because this is your body telling you it is time to eat. Each day there is a certain amount of food you should consume for optimal health. These foods are listed on the Food Guide Pyramid. And consists of: Bread, cereal, rice & pasta, 6-11 servings (avoid the high fat/sugar varieties such as donuts). Vegetable group, 3-5 servings (be sure to include all varieties such as dark green leafy, deep yellow, starchy –potato, legumes such as navy – pinto- or kidney beans, and others such as tomatoes). Fruit group, 2-4 servings (avoid the canned with heavy syrup). Milk, yogurt & cheese group, 2-3 servings (choose low fat or skim varieties). Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs & nuts group, 2-3 servings (serving size is 2-3 oz). Fats, oils & sweets – sparingly (should be no more than 30% of diet – only 10%from saturated fat- Ex for 2200 calorie diet 73gms for 2800 calorie diet 93gms). An active teenage boy would require 2800 calories per day and utilize the largest amount of servings on the food pyramid.
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