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1. Of the three meats, which would be the best nutritional choice? Using the information from the chart, give three reasons to support your answer. Ham would be the best nutritional choice because it has less calories, less sodium while still having a good amount of vitamin C. 2. Compare the three milks. Give two reasons skim milk would be the best nutritional choice. Skim milk has 90 calories compared 130 and 150 for 2% and whole milk. Skim milk also has less saturated fat, 0 grams compared to 3 and 5 for 2% and whole milk. 3. Give two reasons 2% milk would be the best nutritional choice. 2% milk has more vitamin A and more vitamin C compared to the skim and whole milk. 4. Give two reasons whole milk would be the best nutritional choice. Whole milk contains less carbs, and more vitamin A (313 grams compared to 23 and 184 grams for skim and 2% milk)
5. Of the four cheeses, which would be the healthiest choice? Why? Be sure to include a nutritional reason for making this choice. Cottage Cheese is the healthiest choice because it has less calories, less fat, and less sodium the Cream, Cheddar and American Cheese. 6. Most of the protein found in eggs is in the white, so many people choose only to include egg whites in their diet. Using the information from the nutritional analysis, tell why this is a good practice and why it is not. Egg whites are considered more nutritional because they have less calories, less fat, and less saturated fat than the egg yolk. Egg whites are full of protein and the rest contains cholesterol which has been falsely reported as harmful. But with this in mind, people who want to regulate the amount of cholesterol in their diet will choose to eat only the egg whites. 7. Using the charts in your notebook from Lesson 04.02 and the Protein Chart from this lesson, analyze each food in the following breakfasts and then choose the healthiest option to be prepared for you today at Club Web. Give at least five reasons to support your choice. If you would like to add a food, be sure to tell why. A good breakfast choice would consist of a blueberry muffin with some egg whites and a glass of orange juice. The blueberry muffin contains 13 grams of carbohydrates, which fuels the body’s energy for the day. The blueberry muffin will also be a good vector for your daily

intake of sodium, as it has about 127 milligrams of it. The egg whites, which are rich in protein
( 3 grams), nourish the body without any constraints. They have little calories and no fat.
Finally, the glass of orange juice contains about 41 IUs of vitamin A.