2. What Is MyPlate?
MyPlate – a meal
planning tool that…
Teaches balance
How to get all the nutrients
your body needs
Stay within your calorie
limit.
Visit
www.ChooseMyPlate.gov
8. Fantastic Fruit
Fiber Phytochemicals
Vitamins
Minerals
Fruit
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9. Add More Fruit to Your Meals
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
• Top cereal • Choose • Add fruit
or yogurt fruit to salads
with fruit options at and dishes
restaurants • Serve fruit
• Pack fruit for dessert
in lunch
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11. Wholesome Grains
Source of
Good
magnesium
source of B
and
vitamins
selenium
Good Good
source of source of
fiber iron
Whole
Grains
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12. Servings Are Measured In
Ounce Equivalents
What counts as an ounce?
1 slice of
bread
1 ½ cup
cooked
ounce pasta
1 small
bagel
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13. What’s the Difference?
Bran Refined Whole
grains grains
Endosperm
Germ
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20. Powerful Proteins
Good source
of B
vitamins
Good source
Building
of iron, zinc
block for the
and
body
magnesium
Protein
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21. Servings Are Measured In
Ounce Equivalents
What counts as an ounce?
1 ounce
cooked
lean beef
1 1 egg
ounce
¼ cup
cooked
beans
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