You Are What You Eat. What I learned today..

If you eat healthy food, you will be healthy. If you eat "junk", your body will be filled with junk.

Hi there, it's Kuya again. My mommy always tells me this. "You are what you eat."

That is why, I try my best to eat only healthy food and if ever there are junk foods like chips and soda, I eat very little only.

My lesson in science today is also about the same topic. It talked about five food groups- grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy and protein. We also have to make sure to add healthy oils to our food. Oils are not a food group, but it is important to eat them to keep our bodies healthy.

Grains
Food under this group gives us energy. We should eat four or more servings of grains in a day. Some foods under this group are bread, cereals, spaghetti, macaroni and popcorn.

Ohhh! We love popcorn for our snacks. And of course, we love spaghetti.

Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables help the heart and other muscles work right. We should eat three or more servings of vegetables, and two or more servings of fruits every day. Fruits also give our bodies vitamins and minerals so it can fight diseases like colds and flu.

I love to eat bananas, apples, and grapes. My baby brother Janjan loves to eat oranges and grapes! Gabbie, my sister, also loves apples and she eats vegetables like beans, carrots and broccoli.

This is my sister eating carrot sticks and dipping them on yogurt.
Dairy
Dairy are foods like milk, cheese and yogurt. They have nutrients that will help our bones and teeth grow strong.

We should drink three glasses of milk every day. We also love to eat yogurt and munch on cheese! Our mommy says we should eat the cheese with bread, but we can eat it on its own. Haha!

Proteins
Proteins help our body grow. These foods also help to repair our body. We have to eat a lot of protein, around three or more servings per day.

Examples of proteins are fish, meat, eggs, nuts and seeds. I love to eat eggs and chicken too!

What foods should we avoid?

We should avoid to eat foods like chips, cake, cookies, candy and soda. They make us feel full but with empty calories. Empty calories are also called junk foods.

Other foods that we do not need are those that have "additives" in them. These are artificial food colorings, and those that make food taste better.

What else did I learn?

Another picture from my book

When my mommy told me long time ago that "You are what you eat", I believe her already. Because you see, why do we want to put bad things inside our body, right? The food that we eat when after it gets digested get into our blood stream and distributed to our whole body. So if we eat lots of sugars, then our body will have lots of sugar. If we eat vegetables our body will get the nutrients too.

I really enjoyed this topic. I love to eat and I am happy to learn more about the food groups. I hope you also enjoyed reading.

Love,

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