Plant-Based Diets | Calories | Vitamins: A, B, C, or D | Unhealthy Food and Drink | Nutrition Fact Table |
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What is Vegan?
A new plant-based diet trend which does not allow the consumption of honey
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What is Fats, Carbohydrates, Proteins?
These are the 3 food groups which make up calories
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What is Vitamin A?
The fat-soluble vitamin which is naturally present in many different foods
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What is Obesity?
Eating junk food regularly can lead to this chronic condition
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What is Percent Daily Value?
The far right side of a standard Canadian nutritional label specifies this
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What is Soy?
A controversial plant-based substitute which may be linked to tumor growth, but also increases heart health
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What is Tissue?
Calories help build up this in the body
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What is Vitamin C?
A lack of this water-soluble vitamin will cause Scurvy
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What is Type 2 diabetes?
This type of diabetes is caused by unhealthy eating habits
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What is Serving Size?
For example, 1 Cup
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What is Agar Agar?
A plant-based agent derived from seaweed, which can be used for thickening and setting
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What is an Apple?
This fruit contains only 52 calories
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What is Vitamin A?
A pill which is made with fish, often to boost this vitamin in the body
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What is Mountain Dew?
This is one of the most unhealthy drinks to consume. This drink also tastes like citrus
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What is Calories?
The amount of energy in one serving
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What is the Gut?
A plant-based diet improves this parts of your digestive system
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What is 2000?
This is the recommend calorie intake per day for women
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What is Vitamin B?
The vitamin responsible for cell synthesis and metabolism. This vitamin also produces hormones
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What is 35%?
On average, this percent of an adult's daily intake of kilojoules comes from junk food
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What is 13?
The number of nutrients on the Nutrition Fact Table
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What is an Ovo-vegetarian?
A vegan who eats eggs and honey but eliminates all other animal products and meat
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What is Energy?
What a calorie measures
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What is Vitamin D?
A fat-soluble vitamin which absorbs calcium, magnesium and phosphate
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What is Fruit Loops?
This multicolored cereal has one of the highest sugar contents in all of breakfast cereals, at 41.4% sugars
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What is Total Carbohydrates?
This section contains both Dietary Fiber and Total Sugars
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