1 00:00:17,333 --> 00:00:19,433 >>> NUTRITION IS THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND HOW IT IMPACTS YOUR 2 00:00:19,433 --> 00:00:19,700 BODY. 3 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:21,433 HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT TO EAT? 4 00:00:21,433 --> 00:00:22,700 WE'RE STANDING BY TO ANSWER. 5 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:23,700 STAY TUNED. 6 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:26,166 "D4K" IS NEXT. 7 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:41,100 >> HI, I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN. 8 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:41,800 WELCOME TO "D4K." 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,333 THE PLACE FOR SCIENCE. 10 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:45,633 >>> BEFORE WE GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE 11 00:00:45,633 --> 00:00:50,433 BIT MORE ABOUT NUTRITION. 12 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:55,266 NUTRITION IS THE PROCESS OF TAKING IN AND USING FOOD. 13 00:00:55,266 --> 00:00:59,033 PLANTS GET THEIR NUTRIENTS FROM THE SOIL AND AIR. 14 00:00:59,033 --> 00:01:03,700 WE GET OUR NUTRIENTS FROM FOOD. 15 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:04,000 >> YUM! 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,633 >> WHEN YOU EAT, YOU CHEW FOOD UP AND MIX IT WITH SALIVA. 17 00:01:07,633 --> 00:01:10,633 THE FOOD DWOAS DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS INTO THE STOMACH, 18 00:01:10,633 --> 00:01:13,166 WHERE IT'S TURNED INTO A THICK LIQUID. 19 00:01:13,166 --> 00:01:16,867 NUTRIENTS IN THAT LIQUID ARE ABSORBED INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM. 20 00:01:16,867 --> 00:01:19,900 AND THAT'S HOW YOUR BODY GETS THE ENERGY IT NEEDS TO MOVE AND 21 00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:22,900 GROW. 22 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:23,900 >> THERE'S SO CHOICES. 23 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:26,000 HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO EAT? 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF FOODS, BECAUSE 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,800 DIFFERENT FOODS GIVE YOUR BODY DIFFERENT THINGS. 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,433 THERE ARE SIX BASIC NUTRIENTS. 27 00:01:36,433 --> 00:01:42,333 PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, FAT, VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND WATER. 28 00:01:42,333 --> 00:01:45,000 >> PROTEINS ARE CALLED THE BODY'S BUILDING BLOCKS. 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,266 >> PROTEINS BUILD AND REPAIR YOUR MUSCLES, SKIN, BRAIN, 30 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:50,633 BLOOD, BONES, AND INTERNAL ORGANS. 31 00:01:50,633 --> 00:01:54,500 YOU'LL FIND PROTEIN IN MEAT, EGGS, MILK, CHEESE, AND IN 32 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:59,266 PLANTS LIKE ALBANIANS, PEAS, NUTS, AND GRAINS. 33 00:01:59,266 --> 00:02:02,233 >> CARBOHYDRATES ARE THE BODY'S PRIMARY FUEL. 34 00:02:02,233 --> 00:02:05,166 >> SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES LIKE SUGAR AND CANDY GIVE US QUICK 35 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:08,800 ENERGY, BUT NO REAL NUTRIENTS. 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,166 COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES LIKE BREADS, PASTAS, AND SOME 37 00:02:12,166 --> 00:02:16,633 VEGETABLES LIKE POTATOES GIVE US LONGER MORE LASTING ENERGY. 38 00:02:16,633 --> 00:02:20,700 COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES ALSO CONTAIN FIBER THAT CARRIES BAD 39 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:25,266 CHEMICALS AND EXCESS MATERIAL OUT OF THE BODY. 40 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:29,633 FATS HELP STORE VITAMINS IN THE BODY AND HELP PROTECT IMPORTANT 41 00:02:29,633 --> 00:02:31,633 ORGANS BUT NOT ALL FATS ROO GOOD FOR US. 42 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:34,700 IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE RIGHT KINDS OF 43 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:38,633 FATS LIKE OLIVE OR CANOLA OIL. 44 00:02:38,633 --> 00:02:42,533 >> VITAMINS HELP OUR BODIES USE CARBOHYDRATES FAST. 45 00:02:42,533 --> 00:02:46,367 >> VITAMINS ALSO GIVE US HEALTHY SKIN, HELP OR BLOOD CLOT, AND 46 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:48,266 HELP OUR EYES DID TO SEE. 47 00:02:48,266 --> 00:02:53,433 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE LOADED WITH VITAMINS. 48 00:02:53,433 --> 00:02:55,600 >> MINERALS HELP OUR BODIES FUNCTION PROPERLY. 49 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,633 >> AND WATER HELPS OUR BODY METABOLIZE OR DIGEST FOODS WE 50 00:02:59,633 --> 00:03:00,166 EAT. 51 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:02,533 >> WATER KEEPS THINGS MOVING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. 52 00:03:02,533 --> 00:03:05,233 WATER ALSO HELPS US REGULATE OUR BODY'S TEMPERATURE. 53 00:03:05,233 --> 00:03:09,633 AND IT BRINGS NUTRIENTS TO THE CELLS AND TAKES THE CELLS' 54 00:03:09,633 --> 00:03:10,066 WASTING AWAY. 55 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:14,000 NO SIMPLE FOOD CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NUTRIENTS YOUR BODY NEEDS TO 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,700 STAY HEALTHY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO EAT A WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS, 57 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:21,800 AND NOT TOO MUCH FOOD OR TOO MANY SWEETS AND SODAS. 58 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,066 CANDY AND POP FILL YOU UP SO YOU AREN'T HUNGRY FOR HEALTHY FOOD. 59 00:03:25,066 --> 00:03:27,100 THE KEY IS FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE. 60 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:29,967 CHECK OUT THE MY PLATE TO SEE IF YOU'RE EATING THE RIGHT VARIETY 61 00:03:29,967 --> 00:03:31,333 OF FOOD FOR YOUR AGE. 62 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:35,900 >> TO STAY HEALTHY, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO EAT A GOOD VARIETY OF 63 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:37,967 FOODS, YOU ALSO HAVE TO EXERCISE. 64 00:03:37,967 --> 00:03:38,233 HEY! 65 00:03:38,233 --> 00:03:39,333 WAIT FOR ME! 66 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:42,233 >> JOINING ME NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT NUTRITION ARE 67 00:03:42,233 --> 00:03:45,433 RUTH SCHNEIDER A. REGISTERED DIETICIAN WITH IDAHO STATE 68 00:03:45,433 --> 00:03:46,700 UNIVERSITY. 69 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:49,333 AND COLLEEN FILLMORE, DIRECTOR OF CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 70 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:51,333 THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 71 00:03:51,333 --> 00:03:53,533 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 72 00:03:53,533 --> 00:04:00,433 OK, LET'S GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 73 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:03,266 >> MY NAME IS ADDISON, I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. 74 00:04:03,266 --> 00:04:09,800 MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES NUTRITION RELATE TO A BETTER 75 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,166 LIFE? 76 00:04:11,166 --> 00:04:14,967 >> WELL, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A GOOD DIETARY INDISPAIK THEY'RE EATING 77 00:04:14,967 --> 00:04:17,233 A BALANCED DIET, THEY FEEL BETTER. 78 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:20,066 THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED, THEY'RE 79 00:04:20,066 --> 00:04:23,967 GETTING THEIR MACRO NUTRIENTS, WHICH ARE THEIR CARBOHYDRATES, 80 00:04:23,967 --> 00:04:28,433 PROTEINS, AND FATS, AND THEY'RE ALSO GETTING THEIR MIEW CROW 81 00:04:28,433 --> 00:04:28,700 NUTRIENTS. 82 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:34,533 SO BY CONSUMING A BALANCED DIET AND NOT CONSUMING JUST ONE FOOD 83 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:38,700 GROUP, THAT MAKES THE BODY WORK BETTER, AND IT METABOLIZING THE 84 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:41,066 FOOD BETTER AND YOU HAVE MORE ENERGY. 85 00:04:41,066 --> 00:04:43,900 >> HI, MY NAME IS BROOKE AND I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY 86 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:44,166 SCHOOL. 87 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:47,166 THIS IS MY QUESTION -- WHY IS WATER SO IMPORTANT FOR 88 00:04:47,166 --> 00:04:48,633 YOUR BODY? 89 00:04:48,633 --> 00:04:51,734 >> WATER IS ONE OF THE MAIN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS. 90 00:04:51,734 --> 00:04:54,900 AND YOUR BODY IS ABOUT 60% WATER. 91 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,467 SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BODY HAPPENS IN THE MEDIUM 92 00:04:58,467 --> 00:04:59,100 OF WATER. 93 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,700 ALL THE CHEMICALS REACTIONS TAKE PLACE IN WATER. 94 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:08,166 SO IT IS REALLY THE NUTRIENT THAT YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT. 95 00:05:08,166 --> 00:05:12,166 YOU CAN LIVE QUITE A WHILE WITHOUT OTHER NUTRIENTS, BUT YOU 96 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:15,800 CAN ONLY LIVE A FEW DAYS WITHOUT WATER. 97 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,166 >> GAVIN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW MUCH FOOD IS A SERVING? 98 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:23,633 >> IT DEPENDS UPON THE PERSON, IT ALSO DEPENDS UPON THE GENDER. 99 00:05:23,633 --> 00:05:28,433 SO WHETHER YOU ARE MALE OR FEMALE, AND IT DEPENDS UPON YOUR 100 00:05:28,433 --> 00:05:28,700 AGE. 101 00:05:28,700 --> 00:05:34,433 AND SO YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE SERVING SIZES THROUGHOUT 102 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:38,166 THE DAY AND TAKE IN MORE CALORIES THAN SOMEONE WHO 103 00:05:38,166 --> 00:05:40,734 BECOMES OLDER AND THEIR METABOLISM SLOWS DOWN. 104 00:05:40,734 --> 00:05:42,800 SO IT REALLY DEPENDS UPON THE PERSON. 105 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,066 WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS YOU GO TO A PROGRAM LIKE THE USDA 106 00:05:46,066 --> 00:05:49,700 CHOOSE MY PLATE PROGRAM AND YOU COULD PUT YOUR FOOD INTO 107 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,700 SOMETHING CALLED THE SUPER TRACKER AND IT WOULD GIVE YOU 108 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:57,734 EXACTLY THE SERVING SIZES THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR AGE AND YOUR 109 00:05:57,734 --> 00:06:01,066 GENDER, AND WHAT THE CURRENT WEIGHT THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. 110 00:06:01,066 --> 00:06:03,800 >> LET ME ASK YOU, HOW DID YOU DEFINE A SERVING SIZE? 111 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,800 HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EAT? 112 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,633 >> WELL, WE USE STANDARD HOUSEHOLD MEASUREMENTS, SO, FOR 113 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:15,700 EXAMPLE, A TABLESPOON IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR THUMB. 114 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:20,000 HALF A CUP WOULD BE THE SIZE OF A TENNIS BALL. 115 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,533 AND THOSE WOULD BE -- A TABLESPOON WOULD BE THE 116 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:27,600 SERVING YOU MIGHT USE FOR OILS AND SUGARS, HALF A CUP THE SIZE 117 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,800 OF A TENNIS BALL MIGHT BE THE SIZE YOU WOULD USE FOR THINGS 118 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,633 LIKE GRAINS, AND COOKED VEGETABLES, AND FRUITS. 119 00:06:36,633 --> 00:06:40,266 FOR RAW VEGETABLES LIKE LETTUCE WE WOULD HAVE TWICE THAT MUCH AS 120 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:41,066 A SERVING SIZE. 121 00:06:41,066 --> 00:06:44,700 AND THE PALM OF YOUR HAND IS ABOUT THE SERVING SIZE FOR A 122 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:46,066 PIECE OF MEAT. 123 00:06:46,066 --> 00:06:50,967 SO TWO TO THREE OUNCES WE WOULD CONSIDER ONE SERVING. 124 00:06:50,967 --> 00:06:54,000 >> MY NAME IS AFTON, I'M FROM RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 125 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 MY QUESTION IS, WHICH FOOD GROUP IS THE MOST HEALTHY FOR YOU? 126 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,100 >> I THINK OVERALL THE HEALTHIEST PRODUCTS AND FOODS WE 127 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:05,233 COULD EAT ARE THE MACRO NUTRIENTS. 128 00:07:05,233 --> 00:07:07,633 THOSE THAT HAVE A TENDENCY TO NOT BE PROCESSED. 129 00:07:07,633 --> 00:07:13,967 WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A PROTEIN OR AN ENTREE 130 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:18,000 WITH YOUR MEAL, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE A 131 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,233 CHICKEN BREAST INSTEAD OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MAYBE A 132 00:07:21,233 --> 00:07:23,633 FROZEN DINNER IN THE FROZEN DINNER SECTION. 133 00:07:23,633 --> 00:07:26,500 PROCESSED FOODS HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE MORE CHEMICALS, THEY'RE 134 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:30,000 HIGHER IN SODIUM, SO HEALTHIER FOODS WOULD BE THOSE THAT YOU 135 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:35,266 COOK MORE FROM SCRATCH, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THOSE OTHER 136 00:07:35,266 --> 00:07:37,000 ADDITIVES ADDED. 137 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 >> THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE FOOD GROUPS IS THAT WE PUT FOODS 138 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,333 INTO FOOD GROUPS BECAUSE EACH FOOD GROUP PROVIDES DIFFERENT 139 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:45,867 NUTRIENTS THAN THE OTHER FOOD GROUPS. 140 00:07:45,867 --> 00:07:49,066 SO NO ONE FOOD GROUP IS NECESSARILY HEALTHIER THAN 141 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:49,967 ANOTHER FOOD GROUP. 142 00:07:49,967 --> 00:07:53,333 YOU NEED ALL OF THEM TO GET A BALANCED DIET. 143 00:07:53,333 --> 00:07:56,700 >> PAIJT PAIGE ASKS, WHY 144 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:01,166 DID THEY CHANGE THE FOOD PIR KNOWED MY PLATE? 145 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:03,900 >> EVERY FEW YEARS THEY DO CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I 146 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,233 THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB WHEN THEY CHANGED TO MY PLATE. 147 00:08:07,233 --> 00:08:09,867 THE FOOD PYRAMID WAS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. 148 00:08:09,867 --> 00:08:14,000 WE ALL EAT OFF OF PLATES, SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO SEE THE 149 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,533 PROPORTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT FOODS WHEN WE PUT THEM ON A 150 00:08:18,533 --> 00:08:21,066 PLATE AND ORGANIZE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE PLATE 151 00:08:21,066 --> 00:08:23,333 RATHER THAN BY A PYRAMID. 152 00:08:23,333 --> 00:08:27,333 SO THEY REALLY JUST DID IT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CONSUMERS TO 153 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:29,433 UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE. 154 00:08:29,433 --> 00:08:32,734 >> CLAIRE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART 155 00:08:32,734 --> 00:08:35,900 OF THE FOOD PYRAMID, OR THE FOOD PLATE? 156 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:39,900 >> ALL PARTS OF THE PYRAMID OR NOW WE'RE USING THE MY PLATE, 157 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:44,233 ARE IMPORTANT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE FOODS ARE DIVIDED UP INTO 158 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:46,900 FOOD GROUPS BECAUSE OF THE NUTRIENTS THEY CONTAIN. 159 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:49,633 AND EVERY FOOD GROUP CONTAINTS DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS. 160 00:08:49,633 --> 00:08:56,500 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET FOODS FROM EVERY FOOD GROUP IN THE MY 161 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:56,700 PLATE. 162 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:01,000 SO WOULD YOU HAVE THE PROTEINS, GRAINS, YOU WOULD HAVE HALF OF 163 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,367 YOUR PLATES AS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 164 00:09:03,367 --> 00:09:07,700 AND ALSO ON THE SIDE, THAT GLASS OF MILK OR SOME TYPE OF DAIRY. 165 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:12,333 AND ALL OF THOSE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GETTING A HEALTHY DIET. 166 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:16,600 >> EMILY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, CAN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH HEALTHY FOOD? 167 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,066 >> YOU CAN HAVE TOO MANY CALORIES THAT YOU CONSUME. 168 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:25,633 WHETHER IT IS FROM HEALTHY FOODS OR FOODS THAT ARE LOWER IN THE 169 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:26,700 VITAMIN AND MINERALS. 170 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:30,800 AND SO WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR 171 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,734 CALORIE LEVEL IS SOMETHING THAT IS EQUAL TO YOUR PHYSICAL 172 00:09:34,734 --> 00:09:36,333 ACTIVITY AND WHAT YOU'RE BURNING. 173 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:38,500 SO IT'S REALLY A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION. 174 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:40,800 IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO MAINTAIN YOUR WEIGHT, YOU'RE 175 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,633 GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT EAT SO MUCH FOOD YOU 176 00:09:43,633 --> 00:09:46,700 WOULD START GAINING WEIGHT. 177 00:09:46,700 --> 00:09:50,533 >> MY NAME IS JACK, I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 178 00:09:50,533 --> 00:09:54,500 MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO CALORIES NIEWRN ENERGY? 179 00:09:54,500 --> 00:10:00,433 >> THE FOODS THAT YOU EAT PROVIDE THE MACRO NUTRIENTS, 180 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,867 WHICH ARE PROTEIN, FAT, AND CARBOHYDRATE. 181 00:10:02,867 --> 00:10:05,233 THOSE THREE NUTRIENTS PROVIDE CALORIES. 182 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:08,433 AND THE CALORIES JUST A MEASURE OF THE ENERGY AND FOOD. 183 00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:12,700 SO OUR BODY HAS A VERY COMPLICATED METABOLISM SYSTEM 184 00:10:12,700 --> 00:10:17,100 THAT TAKES THOSE FOOD AND BREAKS THEM DOWN AND ULTIMATELY FORMS 185 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:21,000 WHAT WE CALL ATT. 186 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,333 SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE, THAT WOULD BE A VERY 187 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:28,000 FUN ACRONYM FOR YOU TO LEARN. 188 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,967 AND THEN YOUR BODY CAN USE THAT ATT FOR ENERGY TO THINK, TO RUN 189 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:36,333 AND PLAY, TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, EVEN TO 190 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:42,266 JUST KEEP YOUR HEARTBEATING. 191 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:44,800 >> DID YOU KNOW EATING BREAKFAST COULD MAKE YOU SMARTER? 192 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,867 HAVING A MEAL IN THE MORNING GIVES YOUR BODY WHAT IT NEEDS TO 193 00:10:47,867 --> 00:10:48,800 LEARN ALL DAY LONG. 194 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,500 AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TRADITION DWRAL BREAKFAST, JUST 195 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:57,166 A VARIETY OF HEALTHY FOOD. 196 00:10:57,166 --> 00:11:00,100 >> HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY 197 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:01,800 SCHOOL, AND THIS IS MY QUESTION -- 198 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,100 HOW DO WE KNOW IF THE FOOD THAT WE BUY IS SAFE? 199 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,800 >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 200 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,433 THERE ARE SEVERAL REGULATIONS AND LAWS THAT ARE PUT INTO PLACE 201 00:11:11,433 --> 00:11:13,734 IN OUR NATION TO KEEP OUR FOODS SAFE. 202 00:11:13,734 --> 00:11:19,333 SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPENDING UPON IN THE USDA, DEPENDING UPON 203 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:24,367 THE AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IF WHETHER IT'S THE PROTEINS, 204 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:27,734 THE FRESH PRODUCE, THE DIFFERENT GRAINS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT 205 00:11:27,734 --> 00:11:30,900 AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. 206 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:34,333 SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE FOOD HAS BEEN DEEMED TO NOT BE 207 00:11:34,333 --> 00:11:37,600 SAFE, IT'S AN EXAMPLE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WE HAD A BEEF RECALL, 208 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,266 THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS AND PROCEDURES THAT BEGAN 209 00:11:41,266 --> 00:11:46,600 AT THAT POINT TO HALT FROM THAT FOOD BEING SERVED, AND ONCE 210 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,700 QUESTION LOOKED AT ALL THE FOOD, AND DEEMED WHETHER IT WAS SAFE 211 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:54,100 TO EAT OR NOT, IT WAS EITHER DESTROYED IF IT WAS NOT SAFE, OR 212 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:57,700 IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CONSUMERS SO THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND CONSUME 213 00:11:57,700 --> 00:11:58,266 THAT FOOD. 214 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:02,333 SO WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE FOOD WITH THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS 215 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:04,867 ARE SAFE TO EAT. 216 00:12:04,867 --> 00:12:08,600 >> LOGAN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW CAN YOUR SMALL INTESTINE BE 22 217 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,333 FEET LONG WHEN YOU'RE N EVEN SEVEN FEET TALL? 218 00:12:11,333 --> 00:12:14,734 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 219 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:18,800 YOUR INTESTINES ARE VERY LONG AND NARROW, SO THEY WIND AROUND 220 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:25,333 BACK AND FORTH, AND KIND OF GET STUFFED INTO YOUR ABDOMINAL 221 00:12:25,333 --> 00:12:27,266 CAVITY. 222 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:34,166 YOU MIGHT BE AMAZED TO KNOW THAT YOUR SMALL INTESTINE HAS THE 223 00:12:34,166 --> 00:12:36,700 ABSORBTIVE CAPACITY OF A FOOTBALL FIELD, BECAUSE INSIDE 224 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:42,333 YOUR INTESTINES, IN THE WALLS OF YOUR INTESTINES ARE LITTLE 225 00:12:42,333 --> 00:12:48,100 FINGERLIKE PROJECTIONS CALLED VILLI, AND ON THOSE ARE 226 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:48,433 MICROVIL. 227 00:12:48,433 --> 00:12:51,533 IF YOU TOOK ALL THAT SURFACE AREA AND SPREAD IT OUT, YOU 228 00:12:51,533 --> 00:12:55,000 WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SURFACE AREA FOR ALL OF THE KNEW TREU ENDS TO 229 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:55,800 BE ABSORBED. 230 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,700 >> MY NAME IS GABE. 231 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:02,066 I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 232 00:13:02,066 --> 00:13:06,633 MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS FIBER? 233 00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:09,500 >> FIBER IS PART OF A GRAIN. 234 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:15,233 SO ONE THING WE LIKE TO SEE IN THE DIET IS THAT EVERY PERSON 235 00:13:15,233 --> 00:13:17,333 EATS 50% OF WHOLE GRAINS. 236 00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:20,800 THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE GRAIN IS EATEN IN FIBER -- 237 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,600 AND FIBER IS JUST PART OF THAT GRAIN. 238 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,800 IT'S ONE OF THE THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 239 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,500 >> JUNIOR WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT'S THE HEALTH EAST FOOD? 240 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:33,100 >> THE HEALTHIEST FOODS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ARE THE FOODS THAT 241 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:37,333 HAVE NOT BEEN PROCESSED, THAT ARE HIGHER IN VITAMIN AND 242 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:40,266 MINERALS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THINGS 243 00:13:40,266 --> 00:13:44,700 LIKE CANDY BARS, THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE CHIPS THAT HAVE HIGH 244 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:46,266 SODIUM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 245 00:13:46,266 --> 00:13:50,867 SO STAY WITH THOSE UNPROCESSED FOODS THAT ARE HIGHER IN VITAMIN 246 00:13:50,867 --> 00:13:52,066 AND MINERALS. 247 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:57,967 >> SO THERE'S NO ONE FOOD THAT'S THE HEALTHIEST, ABSOLUTE 248 00:13:57,967 --> 00:13:58,567 HEALTHIEST FOOD? 249 00:13:58,567 --> 00:13:59,367 >> THAT IS TRUE. 250 00:13:59,367 --> 00:14:01,000 YOU REALLY WANT A VARIETY. 251 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,266 GOING BACK TO THE MY PLATE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE ALL 252 00:14:04,266 --> 00:14:06,800 OF THOSE DIFFERENT FOOD GROUPS. 253 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,266 >> CALEB WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU DON'T DRINK ENOUGH, WHY DO 254 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:11,533 YOU GET A HEADACHE? 255 00:14:11,533 --> 00:14:14,100 >> YOU GET A HEADACHE PROBABLY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DRINK 256 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:17,266 ENOUGH YOU'RE GETTING DEHYDRATED. 257 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:21,700 SO WHEN YOU'RE DEHYDRATED, NONE OF YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS VERY 258 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,000 WELL. 259 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,233 YOUR BLOOD VESSELS CONSTRICT AND YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GETTING AS 260 00:14:25,233 --> 00:14:26,533 MUCH BLOOD TO YOUR BRAIN. 261 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:31,166 SO ANY TIME YOU FEEL THIRSTY, YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY A LITTLE 262 00:14:31,166 --> 00:14:34,700 BIT DEHYDRATED BECAUSE BEING DEHYDRATED IS WHAT STIMULATES 263 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:36,633 THAT FEELING OF BEING THIRSTY. 264 00:14:36,633 --> 00:14:39,800 SO IF YOU WANT TO STAY WELL HYDRATED, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY 265 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:45,166 DRINK ENOUGH SO THAT YOU NEVER GET REALLY THIRSTY. 266 00:14:45,166 --> 00:14:48,367 >> WHY DOES MILK MAKE YOUR BONES STRONG? 267 00:14:48,367 --> 00:14:53,600 >> I LOVE THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE ARE FINDING THAT SEVERAL 268 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,900 PEOPLE CONSUME LESS MILK THAN THEY USED TO AND THEY'RE 269 00:14:56,900 --> 00:15:00,233 DRINKING MORE SODA POP, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REVERSED. 270 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:04,867 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE DRINK LESS SODA POP, MORE MILK, 271 00:15:04,867 --> 00:15:08,600 AND THE REASON MILK IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT IT HAS 272 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:08,900 CALCIUM. 273 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:11,166 AND OUR BONES ALSO HAVE CALCIUM. 274 00:15:11,166 --> 00:15:18,066 AND SO WHEN WE DRINK MILK AND WE HAVE THAT CALCIUM IN OUR DIET, 275 00:15:18,066 --> 00:15:19,700 THEN OUR BONES BECOME STRONGER. 276 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:27,600 IF WDO NOT, WE COULD GET SOMETHING CALLE OSTEOPOROSIS, WHICH 277 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,166 MEANS OUR BONES ARE NOT AS STRONG. 278 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:33,100 >> I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, AND MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO 279 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,533 SWEETS MAKE YOU LIVE LESS? 280 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:38,867 >> THE REFINED SWEETS WE HAVE LIKE CANDY AND CAKE AND PIES, A 281 00:15:38,867 --> 00:15:40,433 SMALL AMOUNT OF THOSE ARE OK. 282 00:15:40,433 --> 00:15:45,367 BUT WHEN YOU RELY ON THOSE FOR THE MAJOR PART OF YOUR INTAKE, 283 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:49,500 THOSE DON'T CONTAIN THOSE VITAMIN AND MINERALS THAT 284 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,633 COLLEEN WAS TALKING B THEY'RE MOSTLY CARBOHYDRATES AND FAT. 285 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:56,433 SO YOU END UP WITH A VERY UNBALANCED DIET. 286 00:15:56,433 --> 00:16:00,800 AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, LITTLE BY 287 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,433 LITTLE, THAT MAKES UP A GOOD DIET OVER YOUR LIFETIME. 288 00:16:04,433 --> 00:16:07,533 SO MOST OF THE FOODS THAT YOU EAT SHOULD COME FROM THE FOOD 289 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:12,734 GROUPS, AND A VERY SMALL AMOUNT CAN COME FROM SWEET AND 290 00:16:12,734 --> 00:16:17,734 DESSERTS. 291 00:16:17,734 --> 00:16:21,266 >> WELCOME TO BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S BOISE RIVER CAFE,. 292 00:16:21,266 --> 00:16:23,333 WE'RE HERE FOR THE NUTRITION CHALLENGE. 293 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:27,600 OUR CONTESTANTS FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE ARE MORGAN, SHANE, AND 294 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,000 BRODY. 295 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,500 HERE'S THE CHALLENGE. 296 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:32,967 EACH WILL GO INTO THE CAFETERIA AND PICK OUT A MEAL, AT LEAST 297 00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:34,166 FOUR ITEMS AND A DRINK. 298 00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:37,700 AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW NUTRITIOUS A MEAL THEY PICK. 299 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:38,500 READY? 300 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:48,000 GO! 301 00:16:57,433 --> 00:17:01,166 >> JOINING ME NOW IS EXECUTIVE CHEF PHILIPPE DIDIER. 302 00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:02,333 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 303 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:03,533 >> IT'S A PLEASURE. 304 00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:05,700 >> OK, LET'S SEE HOW THE KIDS DID. 305 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:06,734 MORGAN IS FIRST UP. 306 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:08,700 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 307 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:13,633 >> I SEE A FEW GOOD THINGS IN HERE. 308 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:16,000 THE PIZZA NOT SO MUCH. 309 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,867 THE FRUIT IS GOOD. 310 00:17:17,867 --> 00:17:22,700 ALTHOUGH THIS IS CANNED FRUIT, AND CANNED FRUIT HAS EXTRA SUGAR 311 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,433 ADDED TO IT. 312 00:17:24,433 --> 00:17:25,700 SO I LIKE THE APPLE. 313 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:31,734 THE APPLE IS ACTUALLY, YOU WILL GET A LOT OF SUGAR FROM THE 314 00:17:31,734 --> 00:17:35,900 FRUIT ITSELF RATHER THAN ADDED SUGAR, WHICH IS NOT THAT GOOD. 315 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:40,800 SO THIS PLATE I WOULD JUST KEEP ASIDE, AND FOCUS MORE ON THE 316 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:46,600 APPLE OVER HERE, AND THE CUCUMBERS IS A VERY GOOD CHOICE. 317 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,100 THE COLE SLAW IS ALSO GOOD, BUT I WOULD MAYBE OMIT THE DRESSING. 318 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:54,533 I KNOW THAT IT CAME WITH THE DRESSING, BUT IF I HAD COLE 319 00:17:54,533 --> 00:17:57,800 SLAW, I WOULD WANT TO -- WITHOUT THE DRESSING AND THEN 320 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:02,367 ADD MAYBE A LITTLE OIL, LEMON JUICE, SALT, PEPPER, AND IT WILL 321 00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:05,533 BE A LITTLE MORE CRISP AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE DRESSING THAT IS 322 00:18:05,533 --> 00:18:10,266 KIND OF CREAMY AND IT'S GOT THE EXTRA ADDITIVES TO IT. 323 00:18:10,266 --> 00:18:13,166 THE BROWN RICE IS A VERY GOOD IDEA. 324 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:15,166 IT'S VERY NUTRITIOUS. 325 00:18:15,166 --> 00:18:20,166 SO I THINK -- AND IS THIS APPLE JUICE? 326 00:18:20,166 --> 00:18:24,734 APPLE JUICE HAS ALSO ADDED SUGAR TO IT, SO I WOULD HIGHLY 327 00:18:24,734 --> 00:18:27,166 RECOMMEND THAT YOU STICK WITH THE APPLE AND JUST A GLASS OF 328 00:18:27,166 --> 00:18:28,900 WATER WOULD BE PERFECT. 329 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:31,066 >> LET'S SEE HOW SHANE DID. 330 00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:36,233 >> OK, SO THE NEXT PLATE I SEE SOME FRENCH FRIES, I SEE A ROLL, 331 00:18:36,233 --> 00:18:38,633 I SEE AN APPLE AS WELL. 332 00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:41,533 A SALAD WITH CROUTONS AND SOME BLACK OLIVES. 333 00:18:41,533 --> 00:18:42,266 IS THAT CORRECT? 334 00:18:42,266 --> 00:18:44,166 OK. 335 00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:46,000 SO THE SALAD IS A GOOD CHOICE. 336 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT YOU HAVE ANY DRESSING ON IT. 337 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,233 WHICH IS ALSO A GOOD CHOICE, WHICH MEANS TO ME THAT YOU WERE 338 00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:59,567 MAYBE THINKING OF USING OIL AND VINEGAR, WHICH IS BRILLIANT. 339 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:00,800 I THINK IT'S GREAT. 340 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,633 THE APPLE, AGAIN, IS -- I RECOMMEND THE FRUIT. 341 00:19:04,633 --> 00:19:09,000 IT'S GOT THE SUGAR IN IT. 342 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:15,433 AND FRENCH FRIES, YOU'RE KIND OF BALANCING THE TWO. 343 00:19:15,433 --> 00:19:18,533 YOU HAVE A FEW FRENCH FRIES, WHICH IS GOOD IF YOU HAVE A GOOD 344 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:20,233 SALAD NEXT TO IT. 345 00:19:20,233 --> 00:19:23,500 FRENCH FRIES NOT NECESSARILY NUTRITIOUS -- 346 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,800 OF ANY NUTRITIONAL VALUE, BUT I THINK OVERALL YOU'RE DOING 347 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,600 PRETTY GOOD AND YOU HAVE A GLASS OF WATER. 348 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,867 I LIKE THAT A LOT. 349 00:19:30,867 --> 00:19:33,533 >> LET'S SEE HOW BRODY DID. 350 00:19:33,533 --> 00:19:35,633 >> AGAIN, GOOD IDEA WITH THE APPLE. 351 00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:41,166 THE APPLE WILL GIVE YOU -- I REALLY LIKE THE FACT YOU GUYS 352 00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:42,333 ALL CHOSE APPLES. 353 00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:45,633 THE BEEF IS VERY GOOD. 354 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:50,100 YOUR CORN, YOU HAVE STARCH, YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE FRUIT IN THE 355 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:51,266 CAN, THE PINEAPPLE. 356 00:19:51,266 --> 00:19:54,967 SO AGAIN, SAME THING, ADDED SUGAR. 357 00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:57,066 THE SALAD, VERY GOOD. 358 00:19:57,066 --> 00:19:59,166 YOU GOT A GOOD PORTION OF SALAD. 359 00:19:59,166 --> 00:20:02,100 BUT YOU HAVE SOME RANCH DRESSING ON THERE. 360 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,533 SO THAT KIND OF KILLS THE IDEA OF HAVING A HEALTHY SALAD A 361 00:20:05,533 --> 00:20:07,900 LITTLE BIT. 362 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:13,000 SO KIND OF THE SAME THING RIGHT HERE WITH THE COLE SLAW. 363 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,800 AND THE SUGAR YOU DRINK, I WOULD TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM SUGARY -- 364 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,433 ADDED SUGAR. 365 00:20:20,433 --> 00:20:21,000 >> CRANBERRY JUICE? 366 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,600 IT'S A LITTLE BIT -- >> A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT 367 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,233 STILL. 368 00:20:25,233 --> 00:20:26,000 >> CHEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 369 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,800 I APPRECIATE THE ADVICE. 370 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,433 THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTICIPATING. 371 00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:38,900 LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 372 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:43,867 EYE WROIS LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DOES NUTRITION AFFECT YOUR SLEEP? 373 00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:47,100 >> NUTRITION MAY DIRECTLY AFFECT YOUR SLEEP IF YOU'RE JUST 374 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:47,367 HUNGRY. 375 00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:50,000 IF YOU'RE NOT EATING ENOUGH FOOD OR TRYING TO RESTRICT YOUR FOOD 376 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,433 INTAKE AND YOU'RE TOO HUNGRY TO FALL ASLEEP. 377 00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:58,467 BUT NUTRITION AND SLEEP KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND ALONG WITH 378 00:20:58,467 --> 00:21:01,433 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS PART AFTER HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 379 00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:05,367 SO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE INCLUDES EATING WELL, AND GETTING ENOUGH 380 00:21:05,367 --> 00:21:06,100 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 381 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:09,000 IF YOU GET ENOUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IT'S EASIER TO GET A 382 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:09,967 GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. 383 00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:14,633 IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP, SOMETIMES THAT CAN MAKE 384 00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:17,066 YOU NOT PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR APPETITE AS WELL. 385 00:21:17,066 --> 00:21:21,734 PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP, SOMETIMES GAIN WEIGHT 386 00:21:21,734 --> 00:21:24,800 BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED AND THEY EAT MORE TO MAKE UP FOR IT. 387 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,700 SO GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP IS ONE OF THE BASIC GOOD HEALTH HABITS. 388 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,166 >> MY NAME IS ANTHONY. 389 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:33,266 I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. 390 00:21:33,266 --> 00:21:35,900 ARE ALL FRUITS HEALTHY FOR YOU? 391 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:36,233 >> YES. 392 00:21:36,233 --> 00:21:38,433 I WOULD SAY ALL FRUITS ARE HEALTHY FOR YOU. 393 00:21:38,433 --> 00:21:42,066 AND PROBABLY THE BIGGER THE VARIETY OF FRUITS THAT YOU CAN 394 00:21:42,066 --> 00:21:46,266 EAT, THE BETTER IT IS FOR YOU, BECAUSE NO ONE FOOD CONTAINTS 395 00:21:46,266 --> 00:21:47,967 ALL THE NUTRIENTS YOU NEED. 396 00:21:47,967 --> 00:21:51,433 SO THE MORE VARIETY THAT YOU EAT IN ALL OF THE FOOD GROUPS AND 397 00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:54,800 BETWEEN THE FOOD GROUPS, THE BETTER CHANCE YOU HAVE OF 398 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,100 GETTING ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS THAT YOU NEED. 399 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:01,333 >> ANOTHER PART ON THE VARIETY OF VEGETABLES IS THE EATING OF 400 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:02,100 THE RAINB. 401 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:05,333 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOOD AND SAY YOU GO INTO THE PRODUCE AREA 402 00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:07,333 AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND HOW 403 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:10,100 BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A VARIETY OF THE 404 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:13,734 DIFFERENT COLORS BECAUSE DIFFERENT COLORS VEGETABLES AND 405 00:22:13,734 --> 00:22:16,066 FRUITS WILL GIVE YOU DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS. 406 00:22:16,066 --> 00:22:19,734 >> WHY IS DAIRY THE LOWEST ON THE NUTRITION PLATE? 407 00:22:19,734 --> 00:22:22,700 >> OK, I'M GUESSING THAT THE REASON THAT THIS QUESTION IS 408 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:27,867 BEING ASKED IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHOOSE MY PLATE, THE MILK 409 00:22:27,867 --> 00:22:31,433 PICTURE IS ON THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, WHICH DOES 410 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:32,867 LOOK LIKE IT'S NOT ON THE TRAY. 411 00:22:32,867 --> 00:22:36,066 AND ALSO WHEN PEOPLE TALKBOUT HAVING VARIETY OF FOODS, 412 00:22:36,066 --> 00:22:39,233 SOMETIMES THE MILK IS THE LAST THING THAT IS MENTIONED. 413 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,266 HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS ANY LESS IMPORTANT THAN 414 00:22:42,266 --> 00:22:44,166 ALL THE OTHER FOOD GROUPS. 415 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:49,166 IN FACT, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY WOULD CONSIDER JUST AS 416 00:22:49,166 --> 00:22:50,800 IMPORTANT AS THE OTHER FOOD GROUPS. 417 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,633 SO AGAIN, MILK HAS THE CALCIUM, IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOUR BONES 418 00:22:54,633 --> 00:22:58,433 STRONG, AND SO IT REALLY IS JUST IMPORTANT AS ALL THE OTHER FOOD 419 00:22:58,433 --> 00:22:59,000 GROUPS. 420 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,433 >> HI, MY NAME IS EMMA, I GO TO RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 421 00:23:02,433 --> 00:23:07,633 AND MY QUESTION IS, HOW SICK CAN I GET IF I EAT ROTTEN FRUIT? 422 00:23:07,633 --> 00:23:11,367 >> IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE FOOD IS THAT YOU'RE EATING. 423 00:23:11,367 --> 00:23:15,800 YOU NEVER WANT TO EAT FOOD THAT IS ROTTEN. 424 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,633 THAT WAS MAYBE HELD OUT OF TEMPERATURE, SOMETHING OF THAT 425 00:23:18,633 --> 00:23:22,800 NATURE, AND SO IT DEPENDS UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE FOOD YOU'RE 426 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,900 CONSUMING. 427 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:26,600 BUT WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU NEVER DO CONSUME THAT, 428 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,800 AND ALWAYS LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE YOU'RE EATING, HAS 429 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,066 IT BEEN HANDLED CORRECTLY. 430 00:23:31,066 --> 00:23:36,000 WHO ACTUALLY PRODUCED THE FOOD, MADE IT, DID THEY WASH THEIR 431 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,333 HANDS BEFORE THEY PUT THE PRODUCT TOGETHER. 432 00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:44,066 SO WOULD REALLY JUST STEER YOU AWAY FROM EVER EATING SOMETHING 433 00:23:44,066 --> 00:23:46,800 YOU THINK WOULD MAKE YOU SICK. 434 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,266 >> JOSEIE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS SOME FOOD NOT NUTRITIOUS? 435 00:23:50,266 --> 00:23:53,800 >> WE SAY THAT ALL FOODS CAN FIT IN A HEALTHY DIET. 436 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,200 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL FOODS ARE AS HEALTHY AS THE 437 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,166 BASIC FOODS THAT FIT IN THE GOOD GUIDE PYRAMID. 438 00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:06,734 SO IT'S OK TO HAVE SOME OF THE FOODS THAT HAVE VERY FEW HAVE IT 439 00:24:06,734 --> 00:24:10,533 VITAMIN AND MINERALS SUCH AS CANDIES AND SWEETS AND DESSERTS, 440 00:24:10,533 --> 00:24:14,233 BUT THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THEIR PLACE AS MAKING UP A VERY SMALL 441 00:24:14,233 --> 00:24:15,734 PART OF YOUR DIET. 442 00:24:15,734 --> 00:24:17,700 KEEP THEM AS A TREAT A FEW TIMES A WEEK. 443 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:20,166 THEY SHOULDN'T MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF YOUR DIET. 444 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:24,967 >> MY NAME IS RACHEL, I'M FROM RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 445 00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:27,000 HOW DO VITAMINS HELP YOU? 446 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,266 >> VITAMINS ARE GREAT IN THE BODY. 447 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:31,633 IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY DIET THAT IS VERY BALANCED AND YOU'RE 448 00:24:31,633 --> 00:24:34,266 GOING TO BE GETTING THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS YOU NEED. 449 00:24:34,266 --> 00:24:39,533 IF YOU HAVE A DIET THAT IS NOT BALANCED AND YOU'RE ONLY EAT CAN 450 00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:43,233 CERTAIN FOODS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASED NEED FOR 451 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:47,000 THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND PERHAPS WOULD NEED TO TAKE A 452 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,800 VITAMIN OR MINERAL OFF TO THE SIDE. 453 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,633 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. 454 00:24:51,633 --> 00:24:54,800 VITAMIN AND MINERALS ARE SOMETHING TO HELP YOU GO THROUGH 455 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:01,700 THE METABOLISM OF YOUR BODY, IT HELPS THE MACRO NUTRIENTS DIGEST 456 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:04,166 AND GO THROUGH YOUR BODY TO MAKE YOU A HEALTHIER PERSON. 457 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:07,734 IF YOU HAVE A BALANCED DIET, YOU WILL BE GETTING THE VITAMINS AND 458 00:25:07,734 --> 00:25:08,433 MINERALS YOU NEED. 459 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:11,867 >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STUDY NUTRITION IN SCHOOL? 460 00:25:11,867 --> 00:25:14,900 >> WELL, I HAD A HARD TIME DECIDING, REALLY, WHAT I WANTED 461 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,266 TO STUDY WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE. 462 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:21,166 MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IS IN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, AND 463 00:25:21,166 --> 00:25:22,734 GOURMET FOODS. 464 00:25:22,734 --> 00:25:25,600 AND SO IT WASN'T UNTIL I FINISHED THAT DEGREE THAT I 465 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:30,166 DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND BECOME A REGISTERED DIETICIAN. 466 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:32,066 IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD OF. 467 00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:32,800 I LOVE IT. 468 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,734 IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS I'M THE MOST PROUD OF. 469 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:39,633 AND I JUST LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE BODY, HOW IT METABOLIZES. 470 00:25:39,633 --> 00:25:41,700 IT TRULY IS A SCIENCE. 471 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:45,266 AND MOST PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH EDUCATION AND HOW MUCH 472 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:48,900 KNOWLEDGE DIETICIANS HAVE AS FAR AS HOW THE BODY GOES AND THE 473 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,734 SIGH ATHENS GOES BEHIND IT. 474 00:25:50,734 --> 00:25:56,000 SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE THING IS VERY INTRIGUING TO ME. 475 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,066 >> IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BECOME A DIETICIAN, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO 476 00:26:01,066 --> 00:26:01,333 STUDY? 477 00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:05,500 >> TO BECOME A REGISTERED DIETICIAN, YOU NEED TO GET AN 478 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:10,900 UNDERGRADUATE DAG IN FOOD AND NUTRITION OR DIE A DIETETICS FROM A 479 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:15,000 UNIVERSITY WITH AN ACCREDITING PROGRAM. 480 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,800 OUR ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION IS THROUGHOUT ACADEMY OF NUTRITION 481 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:18,633 AND DIETETICS. 482 00:26:18,633 --> 00:26:21,800 SO YOU GET THAT UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, AND THEN YOU NEED SOME 483 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,266 KIND OF WORK EXPERIENCE. 484 00:26:24,266 --> 00:26:28,633 SO MOST COMMONLY PEOPLE DO AN INTERNSHIP, A DIETETIC 485 00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:29,000 INTERNSHIP. 486 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,066 THAT IS USUALLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS. 487 00:26:32,066 --> 00:26:34,900 SOMETIMES THOSE INTERNSHIPS ARE COECTED TO MASTERS PROGRAMS, 488 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:36,433 AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT. 489 00:26:36,433 --> 00:26:38,900 THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PATHWAY CALLED A COORDINATED PROGRAM 490 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:42,166 WHERE THEY GET THE WORK EXPERIENCE AS PART OF THEIR 491 00:26:42,166 --> 00:26:44,066 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. 492 00:26:44,066 --> 00:26:47,734 BUT ONCE YOU HAVE THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES AND YOU 493 00:26:47,734 --> 00:26:51,266 HAVE THE WORK EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT AND WORK IN 494 00:26:51,266 --> 00:26:55,967 FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN CLINICAL NUTRITION LIKE IN 495 00:26:55,967 --> 00:27:00,433 HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY NUTRITIONS SUCH AS THE HEALTH OF 496 00:27:00,433 --> 00:27:02,800 THE -- OR OUTPATIENT COUNSELING YOU'RE 497 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,000 ELIGIBLE TO SIT FOR THE REGISTRATION EXAM. 498 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,066 THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO BECOME A REGISTERED DIETICIAN. 499 00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:11,333 >> I'M SORRY WE'VE RUN OUT OF TOWN. 500 00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:14,900 MY THANKS TO EXPRIEWTH COLLEEN FOR BEING HERE. 501 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,867 YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT MORE ON THE "D4K" WEBSITE, WE'LL 502 00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:21,266 ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT NUTRITION ON THE "D4K" WEB-ONLY. 503 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:24,333 AND IF YOU WANT TO SUMMIT A QUESTION, IT'S EASY. 504 00:27:24,333 --> 00:27:26,333 THEN YOU AND YOUR CLASS CAN WIN PRIZES. 505 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:29,266 YOU THAN SEND IT AS AN EMAIL OR VIDEO QUESTION. 506 00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:32,734 RECORD IT ON YOUR WEBCAM OR CELL PHONE AND IF YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR, 507 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,166 WE'LL LEN YOU A CAMERA. 508 00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:37,900 LAST MONTH'S PRIZE WINNER WAS MARK FROM MRS. WOODALL'S CLASS 509 00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:39,533 AT DALTON GARDEN ELEMENTARY. 510 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:42,333 TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT NUTRITION AND HOW TO SEND YOUR QUESTION 511 00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:44,800 AND HOW TO WIN, GO TO THE "D4K" WEBSITE. 512 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,066 EACH WEEK CHECK OUT MY SCIENCE BLOG FOR THE LATEST SCIENCE NEWS 513 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:49,066 FOR KIDS. 514 00:27:49,066 --> 00:27:53,633 YOU'LL FIND IT ALL AT IDAHOPTV.ORG/D4K. 515 00:27:53,633 --> 00:27:54,500 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 516 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:56,333 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON "D4K." 517 00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:58,100 THE PLACE FOR SCIENCE. 518 00:27:59,734 --> 00:28:01,266 Captioning Performed By LNS Captioning www.LNScaptioning.com 519 00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:40,233 >> IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC OR WATCH 520 00:28:40,233 --> 00:28:41,867 VIDEOS, CHECK OUT THE "D4K"