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Baked Sweet Potato with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Butter
Coach Socrates shows Miss Palomine how to make a healthy and delicious Baked sweet potato with brown sugar and cinnamon butter.
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Eating Healthy Away From Home
Dr. Algae provides your student with some simple strategies to make healthy choices when eating at fast food, and other types of restaurants.
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Snacks
Dr. Algae talks about making appropriate choices when snacking. He explains that snacks below 100 calories are the healthiest options. He then provides examples of nutritious snacks.
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How Much Should I Eat
Dr. Algae talks about the correct proportions of food groups your student should be eating at each meal. He gives an overview of the calorie requirements for a growing body, and how to ensure that your student is getting the proper...
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The Merits of Milk
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of choosing healthy foods to eat. He revisits The Fabulous Five Food Groups and focuses this lesson on the milk group.
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On the Move
Dr. Algae explains the health benefits of activity. He then compares an active kid with an inactive kid and describes the differences between them.
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Energy In, Energy Out
Food Detective Berry Blue explains the concept of balancing the energy we take in with the energy we burn. She describes the way food produces energy through calories.
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How Do You Choose What to Eat?
Food Detective Berry Blue explains how advertising influences our decision to buy and consume foods. She also notes that our friends often influence our food decisions.
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 84 - Even more letter linking! (Levels 3-5)
Material covered:Beginning,Exaggerate,Exercise,Aggressive,Address,Interrupt ,Perseverance
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Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Dr. Algae talks about the bigger appetite that accompanies the growth spurt of an adolescent. He explains the adolescent body’s need for more calories and the healthiest way to satisfy those needs.
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Making Healthy Choices Away From Home
Food Detective Berry Blue talks about eating meals away from home. She discusses the best strategy to use to make healthy food choices when you don’t have food labels available to help you make those decisions.
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What’s in Our Food?
Food Detective Berry Blue compares two breakfast cereals by comparing their labels. The Food Detective explains which are healthy ingredients and which are not. She then asks the student to choose the healthier breakfast cereal.
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How Much Do You Eat?
The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about calories and what happens to our bodies when we eat too many calories. She then introduces us to the USDA MyPlate recommendations for eating healthy, balanced meals.
Debunked
What Are The Limits Of Human Ability?
How FAST can we RUN? How many Gs can we withstand? What’s the limit of human ENDURANCE? How much can we LIFT?
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Nutrients for Energy
Nutrients for Energy demonstrates how the body uses energy, including calorie intake and output.
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 84 - Even more letter linking! (Levels 3-5)
Material covered: Beginning Exaggerate Exercise Aggressive Address Interrupt Perseverance
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Does Donating Blood Burn Calories?
Donating blood can lead to weight loss, but this loss is not significant. As covered in this video, the average donation is 1 pint of blood, which weighs about 1 pound; so right off the bat, you’re walking out of the donation center 1...
Weird History
The History of Olestra Fat Substitute
During the low-fat fad of the 1990s, Procter & Gamble believed it had attained the holy grail of low-fat yet flavorful snacks. P&G's fat substitute olestra was rebranded "Olean", and licensed to food manufacturers for use in chips and...
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: The currency of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: What Is An Eating Disorder?
This program explains what an eating disorder is and what the main eating disorders are called? The program will provide an overview of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and compulsive overeating. In addition students will come to...
Healthcare Triage
Alcohol and Calorie Counts
We've talked about some of the negative health impacts alcohol can have, but we haven't talked about the calories. It's not great news on that front. Booze is calorie dense. Even the "light" stuff.
Healthcare Triage
Sex, Cars, and Food: Healthcare Triage News #3
This week's news are on topics everyone loves: sex, food, and cars. But the details may not be what you expect. The last segment is so important, we may address it in more detail in a Monday HCT episode soon.
Healthcare Triage
Juice: It's Sugary, It's Caloric, and It's Not Great for You
We know that sugary drinks can contribute to a host of health problems, including obesity and diabetes. So, why do fruit juices, which can have as much or more sugar than soda, get a pass? We serve them to kids as a healthy option, but...