Farmers Market

1. What is a farmer's market?-Farmers' markets are markets, usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farmers can sell produce to the public.


2. Why would someone shop at a farmer's market?-Farmers' markets often feature produce grown naturally or organically, meats that are raised humanely on pasture, handmade farmstead cheeses, eggs and poultry from free-range fowl, as well as heirloom produce and heritage breeds of meat and fowl.
3. Why would someone not shop at a farmer's market?- I don't know
4. What is/are the closest farmer' market(s) to your home? have you shopped there? Describe your experience(s)-Farmers Market Jamaica‎ 159-15 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433
5. Where do the products at your local farmers' market come from ? Be specific and find these farms on a map- i Don't Know

Food Poem

Broccoli, Broccoli
Broccoli is good,
Broccoli is heatlhy and green.
My mom always told me Broccoli,
Looks like trees,
So I always ate the leaves.
But never the truk.
Broccoli oh, Broccoli
You make me grow up,
Big and strong!!
YAY!

Food Questions

1. how many vitamins you need daily...
Calcium-1000 mg

Iron-18 mg

Vitamin A-5000 mg

Zinc-8 mg

Folate-400 mcg
2. If you need to do vigorous exercise daily.

You don't need vigorous exercise daily but maybe 3 times a week. Daily would be too much.

3. What stuff is better for nutrition

Things that are better for nutrition are: Macronutrients: carbs, proteins, fats; micronutrients: minerals and vitamins.

4. ?? i don't get this question: What's a good portion of food.

5. Which fruits/veggies are good/bad for you

Good:Banana, Apple, Oranges, Lettuce, Celery, Beets (Blah), grapes, watermelon, carrots, pomegranate, onions, spinach (blah) etc.

Bad: i don't know any ones that are bad for you

6. How much fat & carbs are normal in a day

carbs: 45-60% a day

fats: a small amount

7. how many calories are burned doing a sit up, jumping jacks, etc.

idk

8. How fruits are grown

On farms XD

9. Why the U.S is behind on healthy eating.

Because healthy foods are expensive, and fats are cheap X(

10. do people die of lack of exercise?

Lack of exercise creates other diseases that can lead to death

11. Why we don't change when we know

-.- idk

12. Why fruits/veggies are good for you

Because there are lots of vitamins and carbs that are good for you

13. Why whole wheat bread is better

More grains, which is more carbs.

14. Is over exercising bad?

idk

15. What is nutrition?

Nutrients are the chemical substances in food that our bodies use to build our tissues and organs and fuel our growth, learning, and play.

16. The proper way to train for sports

17. Is it necessary to eat balanced plate

18. What fruit give what vitamins

19. How much candy is allowed in a week?

very little, like 2 to none.

Self Reflection

1. Are you eating a balanced diet? Why or why not?

I think i am cause i have a healthy diet. for dinner I have different veggies, and i eat in the grain + meats (protein family). For breakfast i have grains and fruit (orange juice). Lunch i have watev :P

2:Are you eating the same foods each day? If so, how could you add variety to your own?

I don't eat the same food each day, so i do have variety. :)

3. In which group do you get the most variety?

Veggies, fruits, grains, not so much different proteins, i guess i have variety in dairy.

4. In which food group is it hardest to get variety?

I think its hardest to get variety in dairy, cause dairy isn't a big food group.

5. List one to three things that you are doing well to eat healthfully.

• I eat a good amount of fruits and veggies a day
• I don't eat too much in one food group a day.

6. List one to three things that you can do to improve your overall diet.

• Eat healthier at breakfast (MAKE sure you have breakfast!), lunch, and dinner.

7. Name at least one Web site you could go to for accurate nutrition information.

Idk

dinner

i had steak & string beans tonight :)
mmmmmmmm good food :D then i of course ran into the kitchen to eat my pie (only one piece) XD
i could barely fit the pie in my stomach, hmmmmmmm thats not normal. *scared* whats happening???? jk jk jk sadly near my school, u cant really eat healthy unless u bring ur own food (great) but all the walking/running up and down stairs does help a lot to bring some things into balance. And then there's gym. hehe. <3 gym
who doesn't?

food -.-

well my goals for making my life a healthier:

1. keep up the 'vigorous activity' of 6 days
2. eat more vegetables (maybe 5 servings a day)
3. eat more fruits (5 servings)
4. eat/drink less of high-fat and high-sugar snacks (0-1 a day)
5. my daily activity is doing well, so i just have to keep it up :)
6. TV time, well TV the thing about TV is that its sooooooo fun/good to watch and the computer, well i shouldn't have to explain :P bottom line im not changing to the amount of time im on the computer/TV

XD