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quiz 6 Grocery Shopping how to shop like a pcos nutritionis

1. You are looking to purchase a whole grain snack cracker that contains no saturated fat. What fat source do you want to find on the label?

	[A] Palm oil
	[B] Coconut oil
	[C] Canola oil
	[D] Olive oil
	[E] Both C and D

Correct answer: [E] Canola and olive oil great sources of unsaturated fat. Both palm and coconut oils are sources of saturated fat. Saturated fat is the main dietary cause of high blood cholesterol. Saturated fat is found mostly in foods from animals and some plants

2. You want to a healthy low calorie vanilla frozen dessert, but can’t decide between no sugar added, low carb, low fat, light…which has the least calories?

	[A] Dreyers slow churned vanilla ice cream
	[B] Dreyers carb benefit vanilla ice cream
	[C] Dreyers Grand vanilla ice cream
	[D] Dreyers no sugar added ice cream
	[E] A and D

Correct answer: [E] Both the slow churned and the no sugar added have 100 calories per ½ cup serving and similar amounts of fat. Surprisingly, the “low carb” ice cream has the most saturated fat. This is because generally when carbohydrates are lowered, fat is added in its place.

A has 100 calories, 3.5 g total fat, 2.0 g sat fat, 15 g total carbohydrate
B has 140 calories, 9.0 g total fat, 6.0 g sat fat, 13 g total carbohydrate
C has 150 calories, 9.0 g total fat, 5.0 g sat fat, 16 g total carbohydrate
D has 100 calories, 3.0 g total fat, 1.5 g sat fat, 14.0 g total carbohydrate

3. You want to make a healthy sandwich that contains 3 ounces of turkey and the least amount of sodium. Which lunchmeat would you buy?

	[A] Oscar Mayer Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
	[B] Hormel Natural Choice Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
	[C] Healthy Choice Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
	[D] Boar’s Head All Natural Roasted Turkey Breast

Correct answer: [D] Boars Head has 165mg sodium per oz (x 3oz) = 495mg sodium
A has 310mg per oz= 930mg sodium
B has 24mg per oz= 735mg sodium
C has 240mg per oz= 720mg sodium