Dietary Guidelines
What do the Dietary Guidelines do for Americans
B) Diet is an eating plan. It refers to everything you eat and drink.
Getting enough nutrients within your calorie need
B) Nutrient-Dense food provides high amounts of minerals and vitamins for relatively few calories.
How a maintain a healthy weight
B) Diabetes, some type of cancer, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
C) Underweight person doesn't have much body fat as energy reserve, they can also suffer from health problems.
D) Physical activity and right diet (eating healthy) are good ways to loose weight.
Suggestions for being physically active every day
B) Teenagers should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity.
C) Get involved sport clubs, use stairs instead of elevator and do different outdoor things.
Importance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables and milk
B) Protects against cancer, heart disease and other health problems.
C) Eat fruit instead sugar desserts, make whole grain products the star of your meals.
How to limit fats and cholesterol
B) Heart disease.
C) Saturated fats; less 10% of your calories, eat as few foods containing trans fats as possible, get most of your fats from fish, nuts and healthy oils.
Be choosy about carbonhydrates
B) Candy and soft drink are foods with added sugar.
C) Because sugar has high calories but low in vitamins and minerals
Why reduce sodium and increase potassium
B) High blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
C) Potassium helps contract sodium's effects on blood pressure.