Veginom Glossary
Antioxidants = Vitamin “superheroes” that fight chemical “bad guys” that try to make you sick
Arteries = Big tubes in your body that carry blood away from the heart, like a main road for blood!
Bacteria = Bad bacteria can make you sick, BUT, good bacteria lives in your intestines, breaking down food for your body
Beta-Carotene = Makes fruits and veggies orange (like Carrot Man!) and breaks down vitamin A
Bile = Ew! It’s a sticky green-yellow liquid that breaks down fat!
Blood Pressure = Shows how hard the heart is working
Blood Vessels = Carries blood around our body, handing out oxygen and nutrients, like the rivers in Food World!
Calcium = A mineral/electrolyte. Makes your teeth and bones as strong as Fibre Fury.
Capsaicin = The substance that gives chilli peppers their spice! It can be used as a painkiller if put on your skin, but keep away from sensitive areas!
Carbohydrates = Gives you the energy to run around and play.
Copper = Produces energy, transports oxygen, prevents damage, creates red blood cells.
Calories = Gives you energy and is in everything you eat! Too much makes you fat, too little makes you tired
Chloride = A mineral/electrolyte. Helps us digest yummy food, move our muscles, and fight off germs!
Cholesterol = Helps the brain, skin, and other organs do their job. Too much is bad for blood vessels
Choline = Supports many parts of the body, like memory, energy levels, and the heart.
Complex carbohydrate/carb = Great for storing and using energy.
Digest = Food is broken down in your tummy, and is then used or thrown away (by pooping!).
Disease = Coughs and sneezes cause diseases! Makes you sick.
Electrolytes = Carries electricity through your body, keeping it as balanced as Spinachos.
Energy = What you need to do everything you do: walk, think, play, and more!
Fat = It’s stored away or used to fuel your body. Too much makes you fatter…
Fibre = A complex carb. Fibre Fury’s best power! Prevents illnesses and maintains a healthy weight.
Folate = A vitamin. Keeps you healthy, especially red blood cells.
High blood pressure = Makes blood move faster through the body, so your heart must work harder.
Iron = A mineral. It’s all about transporting and providing oxygen! Fibre Fury and Brock Lee have lots.
Magnesium = A mineral/electrolyte. Good for sleep time and bones. Guacky Balboa uses it for strength!
Microbes = Teeny tiny creepy crawlies found inside and outside the body. Some make you sick, some keep your tummy healthy.
Minerals = Needed for the body to develop and work properly.
Natural Sugars = Found in many fruits and veggies. Gives you energy.
Nutrients = Needed for you to grow up big and strong, and for the body to work properly.
Nutritional = Like the Veginom heroes, we need nutritional food to be healthy and to grow.
Nutritious = Describes healthy food that helps us grow and keeps us healthy.
Oxygen = Take a deep breath now… You just breathed in oxygen! You need it to live.
Potassium = A mineral/electrolyte. For muscles and balance! Toe Toe Moto loves Potassium pie!
Preservatives = Keeps food from going bad and can improve how food tastes, feels on your tongue, and looks
Protein = Fibre Fury, Eye Cry, and Sweetato have lots of this! Makes muscles and organs healthier
Riboflavin = A nutrient. Sometimes called Vitamin B2. Good for general health and wellness
Salt = Makes food yummier, and last longer, but too much is bad for your heart.
Saturated Fat = All fat fuels your body, but too much of this one isn’t good for your heart!
Simple carbohydrate/carb = E is for Energy! These are unhealthy in large amounts.
Sodium = A mineral/electrolyte. It’s a salt, too much is unhealthy! It also helps water levels in your body, and muscles!
Sugar = A simple carb. Added to food to make it taste better, BUT!! Too much is bad for your teeth and can make you fat.
Thiamine = A vitamin. Prefers to be called Vitamin B1. Turns the food you eat into energy!
Toxic = Bad for your body! Can make you very poorly.
Vitamins = Nutrients that help your body do everything it needs to and fights off diseases. POW!
Vitamin A = Want eyesight like Carrot Man? This Vitamin also helps defend against diseases.
Vitamin B = Think energy! And Sweety has a lot of it! Also used to make red blood cells.
Vitamin B5 = Makes blood cells, and makes food you eat into energy.
Vitamin B6 = Improves mood (turn that frown upside down!), keeps you and your heart healthy
Vitamin C = The best for healing. Apple O’ Creed and Strawberry-corn use it to look after others!
Vitamin D = Bones and teeth need this Vitamin to be strong!
Vitamin E = The protecting Vitamin, which can keep red blood cells safe. Spinachos has some!
Vitamin K = Remember when you got a cut? This Vitamin forms scabs.
Vitamin K1 = This helps your cuts scab over. Katy Peary helps heal with this Vitamin.
Waste = Yes, this means poop! Any food not digested is broken down by bacteria, and then leaves your body during toilet time