The Three

Basic Food
Groups
 So class are familiar with the three basic food
group?

I have a chart here. What have you seen?

Are you eating these kind of food during your

meal?

Okay, will find out later.

What are the three basic food group class?
• Energy-giving foods
• Body-building food
• Body-regulating foods
What are the examples of each group?
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Identify the three basic food group;
2. Define each group
3. Classify food according to group.
II. Target Students:
Grade 7
 The three basic food groups are;
1. Energy-giving foods gives our body heat
and energy.

• Foods rich in carbohydrates and starchy

foods such as rice, corn,bread, oatmeal,
macaroni, noodles, potatoes, camote, gabi,
cassava and others.
Food rich in sugar are cakes, candies, honey,
jam, jellies, molasses and ice cream.
2. Body-building food repairs and build our
body cells and tissues. It makes us grow.

• Body-building food rich in protein are poultry

foods, meat meat products, eggs, milk
products, fishes, shrimps, crabs, mongo, beans,
gelatin, soya, bean, peanuts, cereals like rice
and corn
3. Body-regulating foods- are food that regulate
and protect our body. Glow foods are rich in
minerals and vitamins.

• Minerals rich foods are milk, cheese, fish,

shellfish, such as oyster and shrimp, mussles,
clams, seaweeds, lobster, anchovies, mongo
sprouts, soybeans, soy milk, cashew, peanuts,
onions, animal liver, eggyolk, banana, apple,
orange, corn, rice, mollases, greenpeas, beans,
lettuce and spinach.
Vitamin rich foods are green leafy vegetables,
yellow fruits and vegetables, eggyolk, prunes,
liver, potatoes, mongo sprouts, peanuts, cashew
nuts, soybeans, pepper leaves, animal internal
organs- such as heart, liver and kidney; fresh
milk, cheese, camote, kangkong, malunngay,
fish, avocado, citrus fruits, guava and codliver
oil.
Examples of Energy-giving Foods:
Examples Body-building food:
Examples of Body-regulating foods: