Question

Question:

Nutrient-dense foods provide the highest amount of nutrients for the fewest number of Calories. Choosing nutrient-dense foods is a helpful strategy for achieving a healthful diet.

Choose from the list below those items that correctly show a less nutrient-dense food being substituted with a more nutrient-dense food.

Answer choices: Choose all that apply

Instead of 2 cups iceberg lettuce, choose 2 cups kale and spinach.

Instead of a cheeseburger with French fries, choose a cheeseburger with fried onion rings.

Instead of 1/2 cup black beans, choose 1/2 cup pinto beans.

Instead of 4 ounces fast-food fried chicken, choose baked boneless chicken breasts.

Instead of 1/2 cup strawberry ice cream, choose 1/2 cup low-fat, unsweetened yogurt with 2 fresh strawberries.

Answer 1

Instead of 2 cups iceberg lettuce, choose 2 cups kale and spinach is one of the correct answers.Because the iceberg has less nutrients because of its water content,and the main sbstitute for it to provide hihg nutrient is kale and spinach.

French fries and onion rings both have less nutrients .so the option Instead of a cheeseburger with French fries, choose a cheeseburger with fried onion rings is wrong answer

Black beans and the pinto pbeans have the similar nutrients so the option Instead of 1/2 cup black beans, choose 1/2 cup pinto beans is wrong

instead of 4 ounces fast-food fried chicken, choose baked boneless chicken breasts is another correct answer because the baked chicken has the less amount of calorie and fat,and this makes it a substitute for the fried chicken

Instead of 1/2 cup strawberry ice cream, choose 1/2 cup low-fat, unsweetened yogurt with 2 fresh strawberries also a correct answer as the strawberry icecream has more sugarthe caloric value is high also it contains fat,but in fresh strawberry the sugar is less and it doesnot contain the fat,similarly the low fat unsweetended youghurt has low calorie .