KIDS On The Moon : Wk.4: Space Nutrition

Howdy, and Welcome to the Moon Kids Nutrition Center!

As we discovered in the Biosphere 2 habitat and NASA's Skylab and Shuttle flight experiments, balanced and nutrious meals are important to any *"closed-loop" life support system. (* That's NASA jargon for creating a space station or habitat with all basic necessities independently of Earth.)

Hmmm.... Guess What? We're trying out different plants and fish

for our Lunar Greenhouse!

Would you like to choose which nutritious foods for the Greenhouse on the International Lunar Colony?

Week 4: Nutrition Sugar Test and Quiz

*Caution: Don't Try This At School! The Sugar test can be tried at home
just before supper (If your parents give you permission):

  • First, push on another's person's hands a little to feel
    your own strength.

  • Then eat 1 teaspoon of pure sugar (with your parent's
    permission, of course).

  • Within 10 seconds, try to push again on the same person's
    hands, and see if you can feel a significant drop in strength.

  • (I tried this using the reflex test before and after,
    but I detected an increase of reflex rather than a drop.) (Perhaps you can push a postage weight machine before and after for a measureable difference.)
    *Too much sugar in your system should provide FALSE energy, and a drop of strength.(We recommend doing this just before dinner,
    so that eating regular nutritious food right after
    the sugar will bring your metabolism back to normal!)

    • If you try this, please send us your results soon! Just send e-mail to: dmollica@pilot.njin.net

    Immaculate Conception School, Somerville, New Jersey, USA.

    Now, here's our Nutrition Quiz that we invite ALL to try in order to see if (in 2010 as an adult) you have developed wise nutritious food choices:

    (N.B.Don't worry if you don't recognize the brands)

    1. Choose the most nutritious food between
      a) Chicken Teriyaki or b)Lean Cuisine Baked Cheese Ravioli

    2. Choose the most nutritious food between
      a) General Foods Fruit & Fiber or b) Gen.Foods Corn Flake Toasties

    3. Choose the most nutritious food between
      a) LeMenu Salisbury Steak or b)Health Valley Vegetarian Chili+Beans

    4. Choose the most nutritious food between
      a) Gr.Giant Broccoli in Cheese Sauce or b)Gr.Giant 3 Bean Salad

      * True(T) or False(F) Please choose T or F for #5-11

    5. If you make healthy choices most of the time,
      you're allowed to indulge in unhealthy choices sometimes.

    6. By age 21, it's too late to change your cravings for high fat,
      sugary foods and improve your nutritional health 100%.

    7. The cholesterol in animal fats, oils, and egg yolks is a healthy choice.

    8. Sugar is the body's quickest source of energy.

    9. Avoid a high salt diet only if you have high blood pressure.

    10. Alcoholic beverages are fattening

    11. The average Americans consume too much protein.

    12. A healthy diet must include both eating less fat and increasing your activity.

    13. Insufficient calories can do harm to yourmatabolism.

    14. Choose a,b,or c: Which fat-containing food is the healthiest?
      a) raisin Bran muffin b) New York bagel w.cream cheese c) blueberry muffin

    15. Give us one of your True/False questions:

    (*Send your results to Sister Dianne Mollica with Moon.Nutrition in the subject line).

    (Please check our ICS Home Page frequently to see your work and others'!)