Test your Nutrition IQ
1.
The two main types of fibre are soluble and insoluble:
True
False
2.
Energy is measured in:
Milligrams
Calories
3.
According to Canada’s Food Guide To Healthy Eating, which of the following food groups should you include most in your diet?:
Grain Products and Vegetables and Fruit
Vegetables and Fruit and Meat and Alternatives
4.
Which of the following contains two servings of vegetables?:
V8® Vegetable Cocktail (340mL)
1 cup salad
5.
The word “phytonutrient” means:
Plant nutrient
Super nutrient
6.
Antioxidants are found:
In many foods including vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts
Only in vegetables
7.
Where is the most dangerous place to store fat?:
On your hips
In the abdominal area
8.
Which contains a full serving from the Vegetables and Fruit food group?:
Campbell’s Vegetable Soup (125mL condensed)
One small apple
9.
Red peppers have ___ times more vitamin A than green peppers:
12
9
10.
The body uses sunlight to synthesize vitamin D:
True
False
11.
Health Canada’s Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for calcium is:
1100 milligrams
900 milligrams
