Nutrition Facts and Body Wellness Vocabulary
Assessing Your Current Diet
Do you think you eat healthy? No, because most of the time my diet is based on greasy food and sometimes on balanced meals.
Why do so many people believe that it is important to have a healthy diet? Because it improves your lifestyle, and a healthy diet also helps you have better metabolism.
What are the long-term benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables? Better absorption of nutrients and prevention of diseases, as they provide vitamins and minerals.
Is it okay to eat junk food from time to time? Yes, as long as it’s not a daily habit. Additionally, if you do eat it, ensure that it is in adequate amounts.
Health and Food Terminology Definitions
- Decay: The state of being so overweight that it is not healthy.
- Crust: A layer of pastry or dough.
- Obesity: The state of being destroyed naturally or through lack of care.
- Carbonated: Containing small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- Quenches: Drink so that you are no longer thirsty.
- Temptation: The desire to do something that you know is bad for you.
- Toppings: A layer of food on top of a dish that makes it look or taste better.
Vocabulary Translations:
- Temptation / tentación
- Carbonated / gaseada o carbonatada
- Quenches / apagar, extinguir
- Decay / decaer o decadencia
- Obesity / obesidad
- Toppings / coberturas
- Crust / costra o corteza
Additional Vocabulary
Pop: Go somewhere quickly and usually for a short time.
Fad: Something people are interested in but not for long.
Legitimacy: The quality of being based on a fair or truthful reason.
Multitude: A really large number of things or people.
Whole grains: Grains of cereal like barley, wheat, quinoa, etc.
Susceptible: Easily influenced or harmed by something.
Protein: A substance found in all living things that helps form the structure of things like muscles.
Circumference: A line that goes around a circle or a curved shape.
Renowned: Well-known and respected.
Longevity: The fact of living a long life or lasting a long time.
Managing Hunger Cravings
What time of day do you usually get hungry? Normally between 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
How do you behave when you feel like this? With anger and tired, and I get frustrated very easily.
What do you do to stop the hungry feeling when you have it? I try to eat some fruit.
How can you prevent this feeling? By keeping myself busy with other activities or by eating.
Essential Nutrition Terms
Smelly: Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
Fats: Substances in food that provide energy and help the body absorb vitamins. Found in oils, butter, meat, etc.
Energy: The strength and power needed to do physical or mental activities; the fuel the body gets from food.
Diet: The kinds of food and drink that a person usually eats.
Vitamin: Natural substances found in food that are necessary for the body to stay healthy and function properly.
Calcium: This important element makes your bones and teeth healthy and is present in foods like cheese, green leafy vegetables, and milk.
Carbohydrates: These provide the body with quick energy and include sugar, bread, and pasta.
Fiber: Foods which contain this can pass through your body quickly and easily, for example fruit, brown bread, and vegetables.
Probiotics: You need these to have a healthy stomach. You can get this by taking them, or they are found in fermented vegetables or yogurt.
Protein: Your body needs this to grow and repair. Good sources of protein are eggs, beans, and meat.
Body Structure and Function
- Legs: You use them to stand, walk, and run.
- Teeth: You use them to eat.
- Toes: You have ten at the end of your feet.
- Hands: You have two at the end of your arms.
- Fingers: There are ten at the end of your hands.
- Head: Your hair grows on it.
- Eyes: You need them to see.
- Ears: You need them to hear.
Skeletal Protection
- The bones: Protect the soft organs inside your body.
- The skeleton: All the bones together are called this.
- The ribs: Protect your heart.
- The skull: Protects the brain inside your head.
- The skin: Covers your whole body.
- The stomach: Is also called the tummy.