Whether you homeschool or not, good nutrition should be taught at home. News flash: Your school may not be teaching it.
What to teach:
Carbohydrates
- Simple Carbohydrates (usually refined in some way and packaged for us) Candy, cake, white bread, white pasta, many refined cereals, juice, soda, corn syrup, table sugar.
- Complex carbohydrates. (Usually natural or very little refining) Vegetables, whole grain bread, brown rice, legumes, oatmeal.
Activity: Make a carbohydrate chain
saccharides
many saccharides
Lesson
