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Answer the following **guiding questions:** What foods are high in carbohydrates? What foods are high in fat? Which foods are high in protein? About, Inc, (2011).//Calorie count//. Retrieved from [] CalorieCount.com is a free online resource for those who want to live a healthy lifestyle. At no cost whatsoever, you can use Calorie Count to look up ** Nutrition Facts food labels ** to find ** nutrition data ** for more than 220,000 foods.
 * Topic: Healthy Living **
 * Part 1: ** Go to the calorie count web site and type in the foods you ate today and yesterday. Read the Nutrition Facts and list the grams of of protein, carbohydrates and fats in each food. Then look at the bar graph and decide which nutrient each food supplies the most of.
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Answer the following **guided questions;** How is a processed food different from a natural food? What are hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup and trans fats? ( you can find out all you ever wanted to know about these food ingredients by typing the word with a question mark in the search box.) Whole Foods (2011). //Wellness club is coming!// Retrieved from [] This company is dedicated to health and nutrition through organic and local foods. They have a wellness project inNew Yorkand other states. They also have a charity and marketing division which sponsors a "salad bar at school project" Answer the following **guided questions:** What is diabetes? What is insulin? What are the foods that keep the dog’s blood sugar level? What foods make the dog sick? Do you think the foods a diabetic dog or person eats are also good for a person without diabetes? Nobelprize.org.(2011). Diabetes and Insulin. Retrieved from [] Learn about the connection between insulin, diabetes, and blood sugar. Take care of a diabetic dog as you learn what foods are best for people with diabetes.
 * Part 2: ** Go to the whole foods web site and click on **Health Starts Here.** Summarize what the page is telling you. Click on **Four Pillars of Healthy Eating** and **Changes for lifelong Health.** Write down the things you think are the most important to remember.
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 * Part 3: ** Now that you know more about healthy eating, go to the nobel prize web site and read about diabetes and insulin. Think about what you have learned and then try taking care of the diabetic dog in the game.
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Complete this assignment by writing down at least three questions you still want to know the answer to.Then list at least one change you can make to improve in your healthy eating habits.