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WorksheetsMyPlate: Grains
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is in the Grains Group.
True
False
Folate (from foods such as spinach and black-eyed peas) and folic acid (from fortified foods such as enriched grains and from supplements) are especially important for which of the following groups?
Children under 2 years old
Athletes
Women of childbearing age
All of these
What is the most common food from the Grain Group eaten in the United States?
Tortillas
Bread
White Rice
Popcorn
Pancakes
What is the best way to know that the bread you are buying is a whole-grain bread?
The bread tastes "grainy."
Bread is brown in color.
The label says "100% wheat."
Another customer says so.
Any ingredient includes the word "whole."
What food made from grains is pictured here?
Corn bread
Pita bread
Flour tortilla
Flour tortilla
English muffins
Refined grains are grains that have been milled, a process that removes the bran and germ. This is done to give grains a finer texture and improve their shelf life, but it also removes dietary fiber, iron, and many B vitamins. Which of these foods is a refined grain?
Oatmeal
Bulgur (cracked wheat)
White rice
Popcorn
All of the above
The Grains Group could also be called the Carbohydrate Group because all foods that contain carbohydrates are in the Grains Group.
True
False
Maria does not consume enough whole grains in her daily diet. For breakfast she had grits and eggs, lunch consisted of baked chicken and white rice, and dinner consisted of vegetarian fajitas with black beans, sauteed vegetables, and flour tortillas. Swap out the refined grains for whole grains.
-Add fruit to her breakfast, swap out the white rice for baked potatoes, and flour tortillas with whole grain bread.
-Add oatmeal to her breakfast, swap out the white rice for wild rice, and flour tortillas with gluten free tortillas.
-Swap out grits for oatmeal, white rice for brown rice, and flour tortillas with whole grain tortillas.
-Swap out the grits for oatmeal, white rice for baked potatoes, and flour tortillas with gluten free tortillas.
How much of your grains should AT LEAST be whole grain of your daily intake?
None
One quarter or 25%
Half
All of your grains should be whole grain
Which of these grain products is available in both refined and whole grain varieties?
Bread
Pasta
Crackers
Tortillas
All of the above
