Prairie State College

NUTRITION INFO

Prairie State Staff can help you with your nutrition:

Pam Ethridge will consult you, give you handouts of different nutritional styles and give you a pre-test on your health to get you started. So, why not get healthy and join now!

Our Nutrition staff would like you to know that their excited about their new weight-loss program. Even though people tend to be more successful when they devise their own plans, you yourself may need extra help on learning the right foods to eat in order to lose the right amount of weight.

Look What's Inside the Food Guide Pyramid - For You Flexible and full of food choices-the Food Guide Pyramid is meant for you! No matter what your age--from 2 years and over--or your lifestyle, the Pyramid can be your personal guide to healthful eating. It offers simple, practical advice to help you make choices that are consistent with the seven Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Every food imaginable! The Pyramid encourages the basic principles of a healthful diet: variety, balance and moderation.

Variety: No single food supplies all the nutrients you need. A varied diet includes many different foods from the Pyramid's five major food groups which together meet nutritional recommendations.

Balance: A balanced diet incorporates appropriate amounts of foods from all five food groups every dng needed calories and nutrients. Your age, sex and physical activity level make a difference in the number of servings needed to maintain a well-balanced diet.

Moderation: Carefully selecting foods and beverages helps you control calories and the total amount of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, salt, sugars and, if consumed, alcoholic beverages. This allows more flexibility to enjoy the variety of foods available.