Wacky Wednesday - Nutrition

Today during Wacky Wednesday we explored nutrition.  Boy was it hard to narrow down a topic on this!!!  We started with a good look at the food pyramid and what groups we are suppose to get our primary nutrition from.  Then we discussed sugars.  As a group we measured out the amount of sugar in the common drinks and foods the students like to eat.  The students are staff, including myself, were all shocked about the amount of sugar we are eating.  We also did some comparison of food labels.  For example, the Nature Valley granola bar was bigger but had less sugar than the Quaker Oats granola bar.  Of course, if we are eating healthy we need to eat more foods that are grown, like fruits and vegetables, and less things made in factories.  We discussed preservatives in factory food and watched a short video about what happened to McDonald's food over the course of 10 weeks.  It was so gross!!!!  I'll post a link below as well as some pictures.