Food in your life

Chap5

Lesson1

Nutrients

• The substances in food that your body needs to function properly, to grow, repair itself, and supply energy.

Hunger

• A natural drive that protects you from starvation – Stomach walls contract and stimulate nerve

endings that tell your brain you need to eat

Nutrition

• The process of nourishing your body

• Body takes in and uses food

Food and Culture

• Think about how you eat at the following:– Baseball game– Family dinner– Thanksgiving – School lunch– Your favorite place to eat– A fast food restaurant – After you workout

Family and Friends

• What eating habits did you pick up from your family?

• Are you eating bad food just because you never thought of their nutritional value?

• Do you and your friends always eat at the same places? Is it healthy?

Advertising

• The Angry Whopper • Fast food and “diet” food both do a great

job of making you aware of their products

Time and Money

• Not as much time to cook

• Easier to get fast food

• Cheaper to get fast food

• Tim Horton's on every corner

• Dollar Menus

Emotions

• You eat when you are:– Sad– Happy– Angry– Bored

• How about just eating when you are hungry?

Eating Habits

Appetite VS. Hunger

Eating Habits

• Don’t eat past the point of being full

• Satisfy for HUNGER not your APPETITE