MY NUTRITION

HABITS
Korina Argyropoulou A’1
1 S T Term project in Biology
 1.1 What are the categories of nutrients
that a balanced diet should contain?
◦ A balanced diet contains nutrients
such as carbohydrates, lipids,
proteins, vitamins, mineral salts, fibre
and water, which provide us energy,
materials for growth and
development, vital elements and
compounds to maintain the
chemical reactions in our cells,
safety, as well as repairing
structures.
1.2 According
to the food
pyramid, what
are the
appropriate
proportions of
nutrients that
we should
consume on a
daily basis?
 Fats and
sweets
should be
eaten

!!!
sparingly

od
Fo
Milk, yogurt Meat, poultry,
fish, dry beans,
& cheese
eggs & nuts
group: group: 2-3
2-3 servings servings
Vegetable Fruit group:
group: 3-5 2-4 servings
servings
Bread, cereal, rice and pasta group:
6-11 servings per week
1.3 The Mediterranean diet contains...
Consumption of whole grains
Lots of fruits and vegetables
Beans
Herbs
Spices
Nuts like pistachios
Healthy fats such as olive oil
which are essential foods to enjoy every day.
 2.1 My weekly diet…
Pasta, Cereal, Cereal, Bread, Cereal,
Rice, Rice,
bread pasta pasta honey pasta
honey Olive Olive bread Olive oil,
Feta cheeseOlive oil
oil, oil,
biscuits Olive chocolat
cheese cheese oil e
chicke meat sausag sausage meat fish prosciutt
n peppers, Tomato
Red eGreen Lettuce, Apple,
o
Tomato
apple apple
Cabbag es,
es, peppers broccoli
e
egg apple
cheese egg egg - cheese
apple
cheese
Carrots (Biotin) fish+
(Vitamin
E) - - - (vitamin B)
(vitamin milk -
Olive
freshoil A) Broccoli,
Juice, fortified
bread
- Milk fresh
juice cheese Fortified
bread
-
Nuts
- quinoa quinoa - banana White bread,
banana

Milk, Milk, water Milk, Milk, Hot Milk,

chocolate
water water water water water
3.1 Do I follow a balanced diet?
 My diet contains all the essential nutrients in the correct amounts to
maintain health apart from several amounts in several nutrients. These
nutrients are red meat and beans, which are not found quite frequently
in my weekly diet.
3.2 And…is this a Mediterranean diet?
 According to the nutrients that the Mediterranean diet contains, the
diet I follow is quite similar to this one. The only thing that my diet
doesn’t follow is the amount of meat which the Mediterranean diet
contains, as I consume proteins and meat almost every day.
3.3 What would I change on my diet?
 The diet I follow right now is mostly based on my everyday needs and
activities so the only thing I’d like to change on it is the amount of red
meat and beans I consume.
3.3 (continuation)
 These two nutrients are important to stay healthy and respond to our
everyday routine, so I’d like to raise their quantity in my weekly diet.
Sources
◦ https://i-base.info/guides/side/diet-a-balanced-diet-and-your-health (slide 2)
◦ https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-clinics/cancer-nutrition-services/reducing
-cancer-risk/food-guide-pyramid.html
(slides 3-4)
◦ https://americanpistachios.org/about-us/pistachio-power-unshelled/articles/1-die
t-2019-mediterranean-diet
(slide 5)
-Thank you for your
attention!-