Test Your Nutrition IQ
January 18, 2013Test Your Nutrition IQ
Quiz yourself! How much do you know about your body’s nutrient needs?
True or False?
- Vitamin B6 is an antioxidant that helps reduce inflammation.
- If you compare equal weights of whole wheat and white flour, you’ll find that the caloric values are equal as well.
- Carrots, spinach, tomatoes, and mangoes are all good sources of vitamin A.
- Beans are a low-fat, cholesterol-free source of protein.
- Beans are a vegetable.
- Riboflavin is a major structural component of cells, aiding in growth, wound healing, muscle maintenance, and immune function.
- Almonds contain vitamin E, magnesium, protein, fiber, and other nutrients.
- When a label claims a product is a “good source of” a particular vitamin or nutrient, it means it contains at least 10% of the daily value for that vitamin or nutrient.
- “Low calorie” on a food label means the manufacturers used to offer a higher-calorie version of the same snack.
- Food packaging that uses claims like “low in fat!” are regulated by the companies that make the food.
Nutrition IQ Answers
1. False. Vitamin B6 is a vitamin that helps the immune system fight infections. It’s essential to healthy immune system function.
2. False. 100 grams of 100% whole wheat flour contain 339 calories, while 100 grams of enriched, bleached, all-purpose white flour contain 364 calories.
3. True. Mangoes, carrots, spinach, and tomatoes are all great sources of vitamin A
4. True. Beans are a cholesterol-free, low-fat source of protein.
5. True. Beans are in fact a vegetable.
6. False. It’s protein that is a major structural component of cells, aiding in growth, wound healing, muscle maintenance, and immune function; this is why protein is so essential to our diet.
7. True. The nutritious almond contains vitamin E, magnesium, protein, fiber, and other nutrients.
8. True. To be labeled as a “good source of” a particular vitamin or nutrient, the product must contain at least 10% of the daily value for that vitamin or nutrient.
9. False. “Low calorie” means that the food has 40 calories or fewer per serving.
10. False. The FDAissues strict guidelines to regulate the use of food label terms.•Feature photo courtesy of Billaday
2. False. 100 grams of 100% whole wheat flour contain 339 calories, while 100 grams of enriched, bleached, all-purpose white flour contain 364 calories.
3. True. Mangoes, carrots, spinach, and tomatoes are all great sources of vitamin A
4. True. Beans are a cholesterol-free, low-fat source of protein.
5. True. Beans are in fact a vegetable.
6. False. It’s protein that is a major structural component of cells, aiding in growth, wound healing, muscle maintenance, and immune function; this is why protein is so essential to our diet.
7. True. The nutritious almond contains vitamin E, magnesium, protein, fiber, and other nutrients.
8. True. To be labeled as a “good source of” a particular vitamin or nutrient, the product must contain at least 10% of the daily value for that vitamin or nutrient.
9. False. “Low calorie” means that the food has 40 calories or fewer per serving.
10. False. The FDAissues strict guidelines to regulate the use of food label terms.•Feature photo courtesy of Billaday
