Banning Unified School District
Teaching Kids the Importance of Nutrition Education
TM 2024 EDITION D I G I T A L M A G A Z I N E
E N R I C H M E N T California
Banning Unified School District is proud to be participating in Wellness Wednesdays serving healthy foods & promoting nutrition education.
Teaching Kids the Importance of Nutrition Education.
Vitamin C B Vitamins
Thank you to The Fruit Guys for providing our delicious fruit!
Oranges
Oranges are a type of them grown in the U.S. from
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Popular Types of Oranges:
1. Navel
Orange season is 9 months long… October - June!
2. Hamlin
3. Valencia
600+ varieties of oranges.
oranges are juiced.
-tropical areas have ideal climate for growing oranges.
Most oranges are harvested by hand.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C supports the immune systemthe body’s defense against infections.
ENERGY booster!
Vitamin C is also referred to as “ascorbic acid.”
Vitamin C helps keep you happy & healthy!
Vitamin C is an antioxidant.
Antioxidants help protect against damage caused by exposure to harmful substances in the environment.
The body cannot make vitamin C on its own - it has to come from food.
What do you call a vitamin that improves your eyesight?
A Vitamin C!
Vitamin C is a very important vitamin for healthy gums & teeth.
Blueberries
Blueberries are a type of fruit known for their mildly tarte taste.
Types of Blueberries:
1. Highbush
2. Lowbush
The U.S. is home to around 102,000 acres of blueberries.
Blueberries are native to North America.
4 JULY is National Blueberry Month!
3. Hybrid Half-High 4. Rabbiteye
Highbush blueberries are the most common.
The waxy coating on blueberries is called “bloom.”
1 blueberry bush can produce 6,000 blueberries/year.
Blueberries are one the only food naturally blue in color.
Lowbush blueberries are smaller & sweeterperfect for making jam!
B Vitamins
B Vitamins help support the body’s energy levels, brain function & cell metabolism
essential B vitamins:
Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B7, Vitamin B9 & Vitamin B12.
Water is needed to help the body absorb B vitamins.
B5, B12, C and E knock on your door…what do you do?
In-Vitamin!
B vitamins helps the body make energy from food.
B vitamins plays a role in serotonin production.
be regularly consumed.
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Serotonin makes us feel happy
blood cells.
Lemons
Lemons are a type of citrus fruit known for their tart & sour taste.
Lemons are technically berries.
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live for 50 years.
3 main types of lemons: acidic, rough & sweet.
California produces the MOST lemons in the U.S.
3 tbsp of juice in 1 lemon.
The most common varieties of lemons: Meyer, Eureka & Lisbon.
of lemons every year.
Lemon trees produce fruit A L L year round.
Fiber
Fiber
supports movement through the digestive system
Fiber is a type of carbohydrate body doesn’t digest, it simply passes through.
Soluble fiber dissolves in water…it helps regulate blood sugar levels and removes cholesterol form the blood stream.
Insoluble fiber is sometimes referred to as “roughage. ”
2 types of fiber:
Fiber
helps to regulate the body’s use
of sugar.
1. Soluble fiber
Insoluble fiber
Fiber is ONLY found in plant foods.
Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water…it helps food move throughout the digestive system.
BOTH forms of fiber are important & beneficial to overall health.
Dairy & meat products do not have any fiber.
Blackberries
Blackberries are a type of aggregate fruit.
Aggregate fruits are made up of “drupelets.”
There are
around 80 drupelets on each blackberry.
Blackberries are a member of the rose family, Rosaceae.
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Main Types of Blackberries:
1. Thorny
2. Thornless
3. Trailing Thornless
375 species of blackberries.
Navaho thornless blackberries are known to be the sweetest.
A blackberry plant can live for 20 years.
Blackberry plants are perennials, meaning they will grow back year after year.
Vitamin K
Vitamin K supports proper blood function, bone growth & kidney health.
2 main forms of vitamin K: K1 and K2.
soluble which means…
The body has the ability to create vitamin K on its own.
Vitamin K helps the body heal from wounds.
It absorbs better into the body when eaten with foods with some fat like olive oil!
Vitamin K helps produce proteins that bind themselves to calcium - this helps build strong bones.
Vitamin K supports heart health.
Vitamin K is found throughout the body in the liver, brain, heart, pancreas & bones.
Vitamin K plays a role in proper blood function- specifically with clotting.
Milk
Milk is a type of dairy product –most commonly made from cows.
1. Ayrshire
2. Brown Swiss
3. Guernsey
4. Holstein
5. Jersey
1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk/day.
1 serving milk contains 13 essential nutrients
Milking Shorthorn
Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!
The reason milk is white is because it contains “casein”
- a type of protein.
The U.S. produces ~227 BILLION pounds of milk each year.
Milk is the source of ALL dairy products!
Calcium
Calcium supports healthy bones & teeth as well as proper blood & muscle function
Calcium is the 5th most abundant chemical element in the Earth’s crust.
Calcium helps keep muscles
99% of the body’s calcium is stored in the bones.
Calcium also supports 1% is found in the blood, muscles & other tissues.
Calcium helps to heal cuts & wounds.
Calcium helps form bones and teeth and keep them healthy.
Calcium is the MOST abundant mineral in the human body.
