Unit 2: Nutrition and Food Choices | Video
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Nutrition and Food Choices
GUEST 1: I'm starving. I didn't really eat lunch today. Or breakfast.
GUEST 2: I just had a bag of chips.
WAITER: Hi there. Welcome to Honest Abe's Greasy Kitchen. Can I start you off with something to drink?
GUEST 2: Uh, you guys have milk shakes here, right?
WAITER: Yes. Technically.
GUEST 2: Technically?
WAITER: Technically, yes, we serve milk shakes. But between you and me, I wouldn't order one.
GUEST 1: Seriously? Why not?
WAITER: Oh. I don't know. Maybe because there are enough calories in one milk shake for you to live off for a week if you were stranded on a desert island. Or maybe it's because our milk shakes have seventeen different ingredients, half of which you've never heard of.
GUEST 3: What? It's like ice cream and milk, right?
WAITER: Ice cream. Milk. Sodium phosphate, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, guar gum, sodium citrate, Yellow #5 ...should I keep going or....
GUEST 2: No. I'm good, thank you.
WAITER: And what can I get for you?
GUEST 1: I'll just have a soda.
WAITER: Uh huh. Sweetened with unnatural artificial chemicals or fully loaded with teeth-rotting sugar?
GUEST 1: Um. The first one?
WAITER: Excellent. With addictive, anxiety-causing caffeine or without?
GUEST 1: Uh...with...maybe...I....
GUEST 3: You know what? I'm suddenly not thirsty.
WAITER: I'll be back in a minute to take your order.
GUEST 2: Okay...that was strange.
GUEST 4: Hey. Did you guys hear about the guy that ate nothing but raw meat for five years?
GUEST 3: What, was he like a werewolf or something?
GUEST 1: Yeah. Doesn't that give you that disease? Um, salmonella or whatever?
GUEST 4: Heck if I know. I don't eat it if it doesn't come out of a box.
WAITER: Have you had a chance to look over the menu? Do you guys have any questions?
GUEST 3: Yeah. I was just thinking of having the triple bacon-lover's supreme with the double cheese. Would you recommend having that?
WAITER: Well sure, if you'd like to have that heart attack sooner rather than later.
GUEST 3: Excuse me?
WAITER: Well. If you're looking to harden those arteries on an accelerated schedule and check out early with a massive heart attack, the triple bacon-lover's supreme with double cheese is a great choice. And I'm assuming you'll want fries with that?
GUEST 3: I do?
WAITER: Well, that way you can add an extra 25 grams of fat on top of the 65 grams from the triple bacon-lover's supreme with double cheese, putting you well over your recommended daily allowance.
GUEST 2: Wait. I get an allowance?
GUEST 4: It's not what you think it is. It's like the list of food you should eat and stuff. Like, you know, five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
GUEST 2: (laughs) Okay, whatever. Nobody eats five vegetables a day. I barely eat one vegetable a day. Unless french fries count as vegetables?
WAITER: Ours don't.
GUEST 3: I don't suppose you have a nice lean turkey burger?
WAITER: No, you gotta go next door for that. And what can I get for you?
GUEST 2: Uh, I'll just have the chicken tenders.
WAITER: Mm hmm. And those come in giant, super giant, or super mega jumbo sizes.
GUEST 2: Can't I just get, like, six of them?
WAITER: No. We don't serve realistic portions here. Would you like those made from actual chicken meat?
GUEST 2: Um...yes.
WAITER: Oh. Well. Then, you should probably go somewhere else.
GUEST 2: Why, what are they made...okay, you know what? Never mind. I'll just take the burger, too. Without the bacon and without the cheese. And you know what? Forget the meat, too. I'll just take the bun.
WAITER: No problem. Just, FYI, all of our buns are highly processed and completely void of any whole grains or really useful nutrients.
GUEST 2: You know what? Never mind. I'm not even hungry anymore.
GUEST 1: Can I just get a salad?
WAITER: Certainly. Would you like artificial bacon bits or processed ham cubes on that?
GUEST 1: Um...no.
WAITER: Sodium infused croutons?
GUEST 1: No, thank you.
WAITER: How about one of those nice high calorie salad dressings? Bulk you up for the winter? You're looking a little frail.
GUEST 1: You know what? Just forget it. Do you have a carrot? Cause that just sounds fine.
WAITER: Okay, so washed or unwashed?
GUEST 1: Washed, please.
WAITER: We don't have any carrots.
GUEST 4: Do you have anything that's good for you?
WAITER: We have water.
GUEST 4: Water?
WAITER: The water is safe.
GUEST 2 take a sip of the water
WAITER: But don't worry. Just because it will likely increase your odds of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, mental disorders, breathing problems, muscular disorders, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, or infertility, it doesn't mean you shouldn't eat here.
GUEST 1: It doesn't?
WAITER: Of course not. The food tastes good, and you'll leave with that nice full, contented feeling... at least until your health starts to deteriorate.
GUEST 2 groans
WAITER: Alternatively you could make good choices, eat a well-balanced diet, get a moderate amount of exercise each day, and live a happy and healthy life.
GUEST 4: That sounds...hard.
WAITER: It can be. But it's worth it. Trust me. You don't want to eat here.
GUEST 4: We don't want to eat here.
WAITER: These aren't the kind of foods you are looking for.
GUEST 1: These aren't the kind of foods we're looking for.
GUEST 2: You know what? I'm just going to go home and eat some yogurt.
GUEST 4: You know what sounds really good right now? Spinach.
GUEST 3: Yeah. Spinach. That's so weird, right?
NARRATOR: Welcome to Honest Abe's Greasy Kitchen. What can I get for you? You've heard the phrase, you are what you eat. It's true that what we eat has an impact on nearly every aspect of our health, not just how we look on the outside, but how we feel on the inside.
Eating nutritious foods helps you to stay healthy. It gives you the energy you need to focus and do your best. It helps your body to grow and fight illnesses and disease, now and later in life.
That's why it's important to make healthy choices when it comes to your diet. The key is to stay balanced. You can have that candy bar or can of soda every now and then just don't make it breakfast.
Think about what you've already eaten today. Then think about your eating habits in general. What's one thing you can do, starting today, that would make you healthier? Maybe it's cutting down on salty foods. Or trying to eat a piece of fruit every day after school. Whatever it is, make a promise to yourself to start treating your body to the food it needs.
And consider these other questions as well.