Processed Foods || Study Flashcards
The calories tend to be higher in ________ than they are in home-cooked meals
Processed Foods
We tend to eat more of a processed food because it’s typically marketed as a ______.
Snack
What is obesity?
a recognized disease with well defined health consequences.
When company’s produced low-fat foods, what did they add and why?
Sugars, (specifically corn syrup) to make the food taste better.
Is there more sugar from desserts or processed foods?
Processed foods.
Can sugar be in foods we wouldn’t expect them to be in? such as bread?
Yep
The sugar that is included in fruits and milk are better for us than sugars that are added to foods.
True
The recommended amount of tsp of sugar per day is…
2000 calories ; 6 tsps (5%)
______________ are really important, so we shouldn’t cut down on them completely.
Carbohydrates (carbs)
Proteins come from…
Plants and animals
We should rely on red meats only.
False
Are processed lunch meats good for us?
No
Where are the healthy foods in a grocery store?
The border (perimeter)
Stores put processed foods at…
Eye level
Stay away from the _________ in a store
Center isles
Foods that have less ingredients and ingredients we recognize, are more than likely ____________ than foods that have many unreadable ingredients listed.
less processed
Foods that don’t have a label or a list of ingredients are more likely to be ______________.
Good
There are typically more than ___ servings in a container
one
To convert grams of sugar to how many teaspoons it equals, you should divide by ______.
Four
_______________ fats should be avoided entirely.
Trans fats
Foods are processed to have…
Softer texture and longer shelf life.
Nutritious foods (do/don’t) come in packages.
Don’t
