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How is our food grown? ➡️ *Reading food labels* ➡️ Where our food comes from matters!
⌛ Time estimate: 10 minutes
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<aside> 📺 Watch! Check out this short, funny video about what food labels are!
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So, now you know what food labels are and why we need them to understand whats in our food. An important part of labels are ingredient lists.
A good rule is that you should try to eat foods with only ingredients you can pronounce or you know! Sometimes these words that are hard to pronounce contain chemicals that might not be the best for our body.
<aside> ❗ The best way to make sure we are getting all the nutrients we need for our bodies to be healthy is to eat a lots of different kinds of foods like vegetables, fruits, grains, and proteins!
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Another important part of nutrition is breaking down what kind of nutrients the food has for us!
<aside> 📺 Watch! Check out this short video on the difference between carbs, proteins, and fats and why we need to eat all of them in our diet.
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