If you are teaching nutrition and you want to show your students how much sugar the food they eat contains, Sugar Stacks is certainly a good resource. It shows photos of food item in various categories : beverages, desserts, snacks, fruits, vegetables, low fat snacks, candy, cookies, sauces, breakfast foods, shakes and smoothies and acai berry. On the photo, there is a certain number of sugar cubes corresponding to the amount of sugar contained in the food. As an example, in an orange, there are about 6 sugar cubes, in a redbull about 7 cubes and in a 20 oz bottle of Mountain Dew, there are about 20 sugar cubes. Now the websites doesn’t differentiate if the sugar content is low or high on the glycemic index, which is extremely important when studying nutrition, but it is still a fun way to visually look at sugar content.
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If you are teaching nutrition to your student, this website is an amazing resource when it comes to food safety. It helps answer the question : Is it still tasty? How many times have we look at food that has been in the fridge for a while and it looks ok, but we are not sure if it still tasty or if it is dangerous to eat it. With this website, the question is easily answered. It includes a huge database of food and information about how long they can be kept because they loose their flavour or before they go bad and should not be eaten. You will also get answers to questions such as:
- Is Bottled Water Still Safe To Drink After the Expiration Date?
- I Left Pizza Out Overnight – Is It Still Safe to Eat?
- Is it OK to Put Hot Food in the Refrigerator?
You will also learn the best ways to safely defrost food. Make sure you add this to your bookmark when you need to teach safe food handling.
It is usually easy to calculate calories and nutritional values from food bought at the supermarket since all the packages include a nutritional chart. When you are eating out, it is much harder to know. When teaching nutrition, keeping track of calorie intake is often part of the assignment, so you may want to recommend « Calorielab » to your students, as they will find the nutritional value of food served at most chain restaurants. They can also find nutritional value of tons of food avaiable on the market. It is a great calorie counter.
Nutrition Explorations is a website for teachers, parents and students dedicated to health through a balance diet. It is sponsored by the National Dairy Council and although it covers all aspect of nutrition, a big emphasis is put on the importance of dairy products in the diet. The look, music and graphics of the site will please elementary school student and make it fun. In the Educators section, you will find ideas on how to implement a School Wellness program as well as lesson plans to teach nutrition. The material is available on the Web and may also be downloaded as printable PDF. It includes student worksheets and artwork. There is also an interactive pyramid for the food groups.
The section for parents includes a Family Guide to eating healthy with ideas and recipes. There are also some tips for busy families. For the students, there are fun and interactive activities such as “Little D the Dragon” or “Monster Nutrition”. They can also use the “Nutrition Tracker” to ensure that they eat food from all the food groups.
