Dairy of This Food You Should Eat to Meet These Daily Goals
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Activity Time! ? VOCABULARY THINK YOUR DRINK What comes from a cow? Activity from USDA/ChooseMyPlate. Amino Acids Homogenize MILK Amino acids are special organic molecules used by To treat milk so that the fat is mixed throughout living organisms to make proteins. The main elements instead of floating on top. Processing plants do this, non-fat in amino acids are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and and it is where fat is removed in order to produce orange juice cola chocolate milk nitrogen. There are twenty different kinds of amino reduced-fat, low-fat, and skim milk. acids that combine to make proteins in our bodies. Our bodies can actually make some amino acids, but Lactose 1. Circle the foods made from 2. Tell a friend which the rest we must get from our food. A sugar found in milk and some milk products. milk or that include ingredients ingredients in the pictures If someone is “lactose intolerant,” it means that made from milk. are made from milk. Casein his or her body is unable to digest this sugar. diet cola fat-free milk sports drink A protein found in milk solids; it is a major component of cheese. Nutrient 3) How much of the A substance that plants, animals, recommended DV of milk did Find these drinks at home or the grocery store. COW CALCULATIONS Look at the nutrition label on each item to Curds and people need to live and grow. 1) Imagine that so far today you’ve you get from these foods? answer these questions: The thick, solid part that is produced when eaten: ½ cup of milk in a bowl of 1. Rank the drinks from lowest to highest sugar levels. the whey and water are removed from milk. Pasteurize cereal for breakfast, A mini-pizza How much more should you Cheese is made from milk curds. To heat milk to a high enough temperature 1) 4) for lunch that contained 1/4 cup of have today? (at least 145 degrees for milk) for a long enough shredded mozzarella cheese, and a 2) 5) Daily Value period of time (half an hour) so that you kill certain 1/2 cup sized container of yogurt What foods can you eat before 3) 6) Nutrition specialists know how much of each food bacteria, which is important for food safety. for a snack. bedtime to get your DV? 2. What is the relationship between added sugar and group kids and adults should get every day to have a carbohydrate levels? healthy diet. The daily value (DV) tells you how much Protein 2) Using the measuring cup, determine the total amount of dairy of this food you should eat to meet these daily goals. Proteins are long chains of amino acids. you’ve had by coloring and labeling each ingredient’s measurements. 3. Which drink has the highest amount of calcium? Protein is needed to build, repair Which one has the lowest? Dairy and maintain the body. Dairy products are foods made from milk, such as cheese and yogurt. 4. What other products can you eat/drink that help Udder The mammary gland of cows; it resembles 2 CUP 16oz you to get your daily requirement of calcium? 1¾ 14oz Enzymes a bag, and the large nipples, or teats, Breaks down your food so it can get into are squeezed to release milk. 1½ 12oz 5. Which drink do you think is the healthiest? Why? your cells (the basic unit of life). 1¼ 10oz Whey Fluid Milk The liquid remaining after milk has been 1 CUP 8oz Is milk in its liquid form and hasn’t been ¾ 6oz separated. It is a protein, and contains How much is enough? turned into a dairy product. about half of milk’s nutrients. ½ 4oz Recommended Daily Value (DV) = 3 cups of calcium-rich, ¼ 2oz low-or non-fat dairy foods. 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Helps build build Helps calcium. of (DV) nutrients that that nutrients Recommended Daily Value Value Daily Recommended with 9 essential essential 9 with (mg), or 30% of the the of 30% or (mg), 00 milligrams milligrams 00 3 Calcium: 1) 1) Milk provides us us provides Milk of milk contains milk of MILK One 8-ounce glass glass 8-ounce One CALCIUM AND THE BONE BANK NEVADA CONNECTION: Your bones are like calcium banks. As you grow, your body absorbs calcium Anderson Dairy and stores it in your bones, depositing it in your “bone bank.” That’s why you Anderson Dairy enjoys a need to eat lots of calcium when you’re rich tradition and heritage still growing. It’s important to “fill up that dates to 1907, when the bank” as much as possible, because Harry Anderson first began when you are older, your bones lose the his dairy operation in Las ability to absorb calcium. If your bones Vegas. That tradition Each day, dairy cows eat 90 pounds of alfalfa continues today. 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