Sentences with phrase «as the vegetable requirements»

But as you say, I would NOT want that to «count» as the vegetable requirements.

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Since it's made from cauliflower it counts as a vegetable, and helps you meet your vegetable requirement while eating Paleo.

However, it's difficult for green beans to follow the same requirements as leafy green vegetables like lettuce, Colson notes.

Roughly one third of the food produced in the world (~ 1.3 billion tonnes) gets lost or wasted, with fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers having the highest wastage rates.33 Much of this is caused by the rigid product specification requirements of retailers and export destinations, which will be increasingly harder to meet as farming conditions become more unpredictable and varied.

One cup of most dark, leafy green vegetables supplies the daily requirement of beta carotene, as well as vitamins C, E and K. Dark leafy greens are also high in fiber, folic acid, and dozens of trace minerals and nutrients.

The National School Boards Association has been particularly vocal about this point, saying that it will actually cost school districts an additional 11 to 25 cents to cover the Institute of Medicine's nutritional recommendations, which call for increasing the minimum amounts of fruits and vegetables as well as for weekly requirements for «dark green and orange vegetables.»

The USDA has backed salad bars as one of the most efficient ways schools can meet the vegetable sub group requirements, and their endorsement has opened the doors for widespread acceptance of the equipment in school cafeterias.

Other similarly minor changes to Smart Snacks include allowing the sale of low - sodium canned vegetables and tweaking nutritional requirements to allow for the sale of «paired exempt foods» such as peanut butter and celery or reduced - fat cheese with apple slices.

TLT: As you know, there was particular controversy surrounding the current requirement that kids take a 1/2 cup serving of fruits or vegetables at lunch, but you've been a real champion of keeping this provision intact.

But, if adopted, CSPI's proposed changes to the rules would at least close some of the worst loopholes, such as one which allows children to be served juice at every single meal to satisfy their fruit and vegetable requirements.

However, a meal consisting of chicken nuggets, french fries, peaches in canned syrup, and chocolate milk is considered «balanced» — the breading in the chicken nuggets counts as a serving of grains, the french fries meet the vegetable requirement, and the sugary peaches are accepted as fruit.

As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Healthy Hunger - free Kids Act of 2010, set to expire in September, lawmakers are pushing for more relaxed requirements when it comes to the servings of whole grains, sodium content and fruits and vegetables.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

A few hours later, SNA put out a press release praising the appropriators but calling on the Agriculture Department to go further by not implementing any additional reductions in salt, not requiring 100 percent whole - wheat items, getting rid of the requirement for fruit and vegetable servings at every meal, and allowing any food item permitted to be served as part of a reimbursable meal to be sold at any time in vending machines.

[Without a requirement] I think you would naturally see kids take portions that they would eat, and as their tastes grew, they would take larger servings of the fruits and vegetables.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableAs legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

As expected, the organization continued to advocate for reversing key nutritional gains relating to sodium reduction, whole grains and requirement that children take a fruit or vegetable at lunch.

Another challenge that was repeated several times was in regard to vegetables: the starchy vegetable limitations, as well as the increased dark / leafy green requirements and the addition of orange / red vegetables that might meet with some resistance from student consumers.

It only takes two tablespoonfuls of yellow sweet potatoes, half a cup of dark green leafy vegetables or two - thirds of a medium - sized mango in a day to meet the vitamin A requirement of a pre-school child.11 This way, not only is the vitamin A requirement being addressed, but a whole range of other micronutrients as well.

What is the relationship between vegetable oils and the vitamin E requirement, and how does this change as we consume these oils over the course of years?

«There is no objection to having the children fill up on bulky foods such as potatoes and vegetables, if the daily mineral and vitamin requirements have been satisfied first,» 29 he advised his nieces and nephews.

In an ideal world, we should not have to rely on dietary supplements like minerals to satisfy our body's nutritional requirements, obtaining these nutrients from a varied and diverse diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables is ideal; and, phyto - chemicals and some, as of yet, unidentified nutrients which could have cancer - preventative benefits, among other things, are found only in the freshest of foods.

You take it with or without bread and vegetables as per the requirements of the particular phase of the HCG dietary regime you are passing through.

Some vegetables also contain generous amounts of protein — for example, broccoli.6 Forty grams of protein is not a large amount of food — it's the equivalent of just two small hamburger patties, or one six - ounce chicken breast.To determine whether or not you're getting too much protein, simply calculate your body's requirement based on your lean body mass, as described above, and write down everything you eat for a few days.

Besides water, certain fruits and vegetables also fulfill your fluid requirements in addition to providing healthful nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein.

Combined with various fruits and vegetables, it gets to meet an adult dog's nutritional requirements as per the AAFCO standards.

If you have special requirements such as organic meats and vegetables, free - range chicken, or pasture - raised beef, for example, your costs will be even greater.

Food Assembler Gate Gourmet, Boise, ID 10/2013 — Present • Take and comprehend orders for food assembly, paying special attention to customers» requests • Read charts to decipher amount and types of foods and condiments to be set on trays • Set trays with the right type of order, ensuring that portioning and garnishing activities are properly carried out • Store dishes of hot food items on electric warmers to keep them warm until serving time • Ascertain that all returned dishes are properly washed and put away according to specified instructions • Prepare food items such as salads and sandwiches, according to set recipes and instructions • Cut, peel, cube, and marinate meats and vegetables to make them ready for cooking purposes • Set up trays with main dishes, snacks, desserts, and condiments, according to customers» requirements

• Served food in the cafeteria and patient rooms as ordered while strictly adhering to the health and sanitation guidelines applicable • Facilitated food prep by washing, peeling and dicing fruits and vegetables as per daily requirement • Stacked the dishes in the dishwasher, operated the same and sterilized the utensils

This vegetable recipe is a perfect treat for small indulgences as you choose whatever amounts meet your requirements, easily adjusted to make for a few or for many.

With summer being such a short season in this country, you'll want to take advantage of your garden goodies as often as possible and there's no better way to acquire all your body's food requirements than to munch on raw vegetables.