• What kinds of food do you eat every Discuss your answers.

~eadil"l9 Skill
Finding information from graphs
Like tables, gr aphs show you detailed information quickly and clearly.

Identify the information in the graph. Write the letter.

Suggested Amounts of Grain and
A the minimum (smallest) amount of Vegetable We Should Eat Daily
vegetables we should eat daily 12
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B the maximum (largest) amount of 10
grai n we should eat daily 9
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How to Eat Healthy

What counts as on e serving?
Food is a basic port of living and growing.
It gives your body the energy it needs to work. Grain
It also gives your body important nutrients-
• 1 slice of brea d
• 1 ounce of cereal
the things that help your body grow and • 'h cup of cooked cereal, rice or pasta
become stronger. You need di ffe rent ki nds of
Veg etable
nutrients, such as carbohydra tes, fats, vita mins, • 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables
minerals and proteins. • lh cup of other vegetables-cooked or
chopped raw
Your body gets ca rbohydrates from foods like • -% cup of vegetable Juice

cereal, bread, pasta, rice, fTu it and vegetables. Fruit

Your body gets fats from ma rgarine, butter and • 1 medium apple. ban(lIlQ or orange

sweets. Vitamins and minemls ca n be fou nd in
foods like eggs, meat, nuts, soy bea ns, bananas
or even table salt. Proteins aTe foun d in dairy
products like milk, cheese a nd yogurt but a lso
in meat, fish, eggs and beans.
However, you do not need all the nutrients in
the sa me amounts. Your body needs a lot of
carbohydrates but not too much fat. To have a
balanced diet, it will be useful to find out how
many servings of each food you need every day.
• 'h cup of chopped. cooked or canned fruit
• ¥.. cup of fruit juice
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Dairy
• 1 cup of milk or yogu rt
• 1 lh ounces of natural cheese
• 2 ounces of processed cheese
Meat, fish and egg
• 2- 3 ounces of cooked lean meat. poultry
or fi sh
• lh cup of cooked d ry beans or 1 egg
counts as 1 ounce of lea n meat.
• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter or 16 cup
of nuts counts as 1 ounce of meat.

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1 What are nutrients?

2 What are examples of dairy products?
3 Which do we need more of, carbohydrates or fats?

PraCtice

Look at the graph and write the answers.

1 Which color on the graph shows the maximum food servings?

2 Whot is the minimum serving of fruit we should have every day?
3 What is the maximum serving of dairy products we should
have every day?
4 Would eight servings of cereal, rice or pasta every day be OK?
5 Add the minimum servi ngs of fruit and vegetables. How many
servings are there a ltogether?
6 Which should we eat more of, meat or vegetables?

"'"~ Use the numbers and different

the information you need.

Look at the highlighted words in the passage. Find out what they mean using
the Mini·dictionary on pages 69-72.
Integration

Write what you and three classmates usually ,eat.

Name Breakfast Lunch Dinner

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present it to the class.
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