Jing Video

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Healthy Cooking

Healthy Cooking

 

What is it that makes healthy cooking healthy? Is it the concious effort to eat the foods that are best for you or is it more of the technique on how things are cooked? The defiiniton of nutrcious is nourishing or effitcient as food. One channel I follow on YouTube is fitmencook:

In this episode he teaches how to cook chicken is bulk, what does he do thhat qualifies as healthy cooking? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lbDbq6TSDU

Who says learning about nutrition can't be fun?! Choose a nutrition game to play and learn

Games

Super Tracker

SuperTracker can help you plan, analyze, and track your diet and physical activity. Find out what and how much to eat; track foods, physical activities, and weight; and personalize with goal setting, virtual coaching, and journaling. Click the link before to start using the Super Tracker Tool!

SuperTracker

 

 

 

myfitnesspal

Is another great way to track your nutrition throughout the day. You can create goals for specific parts of nutrition, such as limiting salt in your diet or cholesterol. Myfitnesspal like supertracker is a great way to set goals for physical activity, as well as weight. This tracker is free and can be accessed from your home computer, or at your fingertips with a smart phone. The app is free and I highly recommend it!

 

 

 

 

MyPlate Song

Watch this MyPlate song on YouTube

Warning: It will be stuck in your head all day !

MyPlate is a visual representation of a healthy well balanced meal. MyPlate as replaced the Food Pyramid, and some people think is easier to "visualize" what a typical balanced meal should look like! Click the photo to take a look at the different parts of MyPlate below and the new recommendations regarding each food group. Notice fats and oils are not on MyPlate but once were found on the Food Pyramid. 

Why do you think fats and oils are not even on the visual MyPlate? Comment below!

Nutrients VoiceThread

Nutrients: The "core" of nutrition!
Watch Miss. LeBeau's VoiceThead to learn more about nutrients!