FOOD = VITAMINS = HEALTH

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FOOD = VITAMINS = HEALTH Eating a balanced diet is very important for your health. Food gives you energy to play, to talk to your friends, to run, to ride bicycles, even to sleep.

Just as you ve seen from your food plates, a healthy diet is a balance between eating s, s, s and s during the All the types of food that you see have vitamins (well, candy has very few and sodas

1 FOOD = VITAMINS = HEALTH Eating a balanced diet is very important for your health. Food gives you energy to play, to talk to your friends, to run, to ride bicycles, even to sleep. If you don t eat well, everything suffers. Just as you ve seen from your food plates, a healthy diet is a balance between eating s, s, s and s during the All the types of food that you see have vitamins (well, candy has very few and sodas even less!). The vitamins in healthy food go to different parts of your body ond make it strong and healthy. If you regularly miss vitamins in what you eat every day, your body gets weak and you get ill. How can you make sure that this doesn t happen? Well you can choose food that has the five most important vitamins in them, every day 1) To make sure your eyes are strong, you need to eat food with Vitamin A. This can be: carrots, potatoes, squash, spinach, cheese, cantaloupe, apricots, papayas, and mangos. People who don t eat enough Vitamin A can become blind. 2) Vitamin B gives you energy to play futbal, to go to parties at your friends houses, to walk around your neighbourhood, and to go shopping. Vitamin B is in a lot of foods like: eggs, almonds, beans, cucumbers, aubergine, tofu, lentils, bananas, corn, rice, and wheat. People who don t eat enough food with Vitamin B in it have slow metabolisms, low energy, and get nervous easily. 3) What about if you want a strong immune system? Having a strong immune system means that while your friends are in bed with colds, you get to play outside, go to the mall, and take trips with your parents, because you eat enough Vitamin C and so you re strong and healthy and your body fights off viruses easily. Food with Vitamin C can be: oranges, grapes, lemons, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, bell peppers, and quinoa. If you don t eat enough Vitamin C, your gums can bleed, you can get anemia, gingivitis, your can have very dry hair, and you can get nosebleeds frequently. 4) Vitamin D is a difficult one. It s not in a lot of food, but it s very important. Having enough Vitamin D in your body means that your bones will be strong. People who don t eat enough Vitamin D often get osteoporosis and respiratory problems. So what food is it in? Soy milk, yoghurt, oatmeal, barley and fish. But the easiest way to get Vitamin D in your body is by exposing your skin to the sun. That s right sun is pure Vitamin D! 5) To have healthy skin, hair and nails, and also to keep your heart strong, you need to eat food with a lot of Vitamin E. This can be: walnuts, onions, tomatoes, avocados, garbanzos. Many people who don t eat enough vitamin E have problems with their liver, have weak muscles, and have problems speaking.

3 VITAMIN LABELS AND FOOD CARDS VITAMIN A VITAMIN A VITAMIN B VITAMIN B VITAMIN C VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMIN D VITAMIN E VITAMIN E PAPAYA BANANA GRAPES MANGOS LEMONS TOMATO

4 CANTELOUPES APRICOTS WATERMELLON AVACADO ONION AUBERGINE CUCUMBER BELL PEPPER CAULIFLOWER BROCCOLI CABBAGE SPINACH SQUASH CARROTS LENTILS YOGHURT MILK CHEESE EGGS WALNUTS ALMONDS

5 GARBANZA TOFU FISH PASTA BREAD BEANS WHEAT QUINOA BARLEY OATMEAL RICE POTATO CORN BLINDNESS LOW ENERGY NOSEBLEED OSTEOPOROSIS WEAK MUSCLES

6 WORKSHEET 16 Food = Vitamins = Health Card Game Rules: 1. One student draws a card and puts that card under the appropriate vitamin label. 2. Student also chooses a coloured circle next to the food, indicating its food group. 3. When an Illness card is drawn, the student can take away all the food from the other team under the vitamin that corresponds to the illness on the card, but only if the student can find the category in 15 seconds. 4. The winner has 4 foods under each vitamin label.

Vitamin A. What Is It Good For?

Vitamin A. What Is It Good For? Vitamin A What Is It Good For? Vitamin A is important for normal vision, your immune system, and to help your heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs work properly. Where Can You Find It? Vitamin A is