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How Your Gut Bacteria Controls Your Mood
Your intestines has about 39 trillion microorganisms in it. And yes I said trillion. We call this collection of organisms the microbiome and it consists of mostly bacteria, but also viruses and fungi. Collectively it weighs about 3...
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Binge Eating Disorder Triggers and Treatments
Binge eating disorder is not the same as bulimia which involves eating large quantities of food and then using things to purge the food such as over exercising, vomiting, or using laxatives. Binge eating disorder is a newly defined...
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Can a Depressed Person Have Good Days? - Atypical Depression
Usually we think of someone who is moderately to severely depressed as being very sad and unresponsive to things. Maybe even zombie like. But that isn’t always how it looks. But when it does look like this, we call it having melancholic...
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A Good Source of Eggstra Protein
Coach Socrates reviews the protein section of the food pyramid once again and tells the student that eggs are another excellent source of protein. He talks about the different ways to prepare eggs, and then demonstrates to Miss Palomine...
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Nutritional Value of Foods
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of reading food labels carefully. He reviews a sample food label and explains each segment. He then explains how important it is to get in the habit of reading food labels carefully before purchasing...
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Be Grateful for Grains
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of choosing healthy foods to eat. He revisits The Fabulous Five Food Groups and focuses this lesson on grains.
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How Do I Read a Recipe?
Food Detective Berry Blue explains how to read a recipe card, why it’s important to check to make sure you have all the ingredients before starting, and why it’s a good idea to have a grown up make the recipes.
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Adventures in Advertising
Dr. Algae talks about the way advertising affects our buying choices, especially foods and beverages. Dr. Algae provides some examples to illustrate how some advertising promotions use special techniques to make products look attractive.
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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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Where Can I Find a Good Recipe?
Food Detective Berry Blue introduces the student to the concept of recipes. She talks about where the student can find recipes and encourages the student to identify recipes he would like to make.
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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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Helping to Make Healthy Choices
Food Detective Berry Blue encourages the student to become a food detective and to find as much information as possible about making healthy food choices. She then offers several sources of finding information about healthy foods.
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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.
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Choosing a Healthy Beverage
Food Detective Berry Blue explains that we research healthy beverages the same way we look for healthy foods – by reading the product labels. Using three fictitious drinks, the food detective helps identify unhealthy ingredients on the...
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Making the Most Out of Milk
Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the variety of foods included in the milk group of the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She describes the processes involved from milking a cow until the finished milk appears on our grocery store shelves....
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Healthy Snacking
The Food Detective Berry Blue explains how to choose healthy snacks and describes some healthy habits to remember when it’s snack time. Food Detective Berry Blue and the student then play a healthy snack food game called, “This or That.”
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Why Do We Need to Eat?
Food Detective Berry Blue talks about how our bodies convert food into energy and why it’s important to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet to produce all the energy that our bodies need.
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What Did You Eat Today?
Miss Palomine introduces the Student to Food Detective Berry Blue. The detective talks about one of her recent cases, the case of the forgotten fruits and vegetables. The detective then encourages your student to conduct his own...
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Italian Sub on a Stick
Coach Socrates shows Miss Palomine how to make a healthy and delicious Italian Sub on a Stick.
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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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Muscle-Building Meats
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 meat group.
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Make Your Own Original Recipe
Food Detective Berry Blue describes how to create an original recipe.
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Start Your Day the Right Way
Food Detective Berry Blue answers the question, “Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day?” She then gives examples of a variety of healthy breakfasts.
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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.