...diet. Dr. David Chan makes multiple statements in his addressing of these misconceptions in which I agree based of what we have leaned so far, as well as completely disagree and believe he manipulates words in order to create more dramatic topics. Dr. Chan's first statement was, "The long standing advice to avoid saturated fats and eat more carbs is wrong" (chan, 2016). I refer to this statement as an "attention getter", meaning it is a statement that goes...
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...Obesity Obesity is a medical condition whereby there is an abnormal accumulation of fats in the body. It can also be defined as a chronic condition that is defined by excess amount of fats in the body. This abnormal accumulation of fats in the body causes adverse effects on the health of an individual. Overweight and obesity have become epidemic not only in the United States, but all over the world. There are many factors that can contribute to a person becoming obese, like excessive food energy intake, lack of physical activities, and genetic susceptibility and few cases have been reported to be caused by genes, endocrine disorders, medications or physical illness. Parents are able to reduce childhood obesity by making healthy choices for their families. To stay healthy and avoid being obese, one should eat a balanced diet and devote a lot of time to physical activity Obesity if not controlled the number of overweight children and adults will increase tremendously in the world. Obesity exposes individuals to the risk of developing high cholesterol, hypertension, respiratory ailments, orthopedic problems, depression and type 2 diabetes when they are youth. Type 2 diabetes is one disease that has raised concerns, which is linked to overweight and obesity and has increased dramatically in children and adolescents and if preventive measures are not taken, many children, adults and adolescents worldwide will suffer from this disease. In long term consequences, overweight adolescents...
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...| | |Amount Per Serving | |Calories |140 | |Fat calories |60 | |Grams of fat |6g | |Amount of unsaturated fat |Polyunsaturated Fat 1g | | |Monounsaturated Fat 3.5g | |Amount of saturated fat |1g | |Amount of trans fat |0g | |Amount of sodium (salt) |210 mg | |Grams of protein |2g | |Grams of carbohydrates |18g | |Grams of Fiber |2g | Part B: Calculating Calories Complete the equations below by using the information you obtained in Part A tables. Use figure 5.19 of the Visualizing Nutrition textbook as a guidance. Number of calories from proteins: __2__x__4__ = ___8___ 1 gram of protein = 4 calories Number of calories from carbs: __18__x__4__=____72____ 1 gram of carbs = 4 calories Number of calories from fat:...
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...bodies’ curves and her child-bearing abilities. “A woman’s body with a round, soft stomach and a full bottom that signifies reproduction was considered as beauty. Today, a thin, firm body with full breasts and a tight bottom is the ideal body” (Lee 504). Society has constructed woman’s views on their body to constantly be changing and improving and this is resulting in the constant fear of never being good enough. ”Our culture has taught women to constantly monitor their bodies as objects of imperfection and to pursue improvements because, compared to the ideal body, women’s bodies are naturally flawed” (Bordo 1993) (Lee 504). Plastic Surgery started in World War I as a result of wounded veterans, and has quickly spiraled out of control to fit the needs of our society. ”In the affluence of the postwar era, however, plastic surgery broke through the barrier of reconstructive surgery to the new definition of esthetic surgery to beautify patients’ appearance rather than restore their dysfunctional bodies” (Lee 5-5). As our Society continues to change, we must ask ourselves: “when will enough be enough?”. As plastic surgery rapidly increases in today’s population, health hazards have been...
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...habits with an exercise regimen could help children reduce their chances of becoming obese, and help eliminate the chances of getting the diseases that are associated with unhealthy eating habits. The contents of this essay will show how we could teach our kids the healthy way of eating and exercising, this essay will also teach portion control and physical activities. Children are taught different eating habits. Some eating habits are good ones and some are not so good to have. Some of the healthy eating habits will be eating breakfast, taking time to chew food, and not sitting in front of the TV while eating. Some of the bad habits will be eating fast, not taking the time to chew the food, and over eating. Healthy Eating Habits for Children 3 We should take time and pay close attention to our children’s unhealthy eating habits, it will create problems for them in the long run. There are healthy amounts of fats in a day-to-day diet for all children. Children that have low fat diets could have effects just as well as having to much fat in their diets. Children should have fat foods such as, whole milk, cheese, ect while in their toddler years, and after those years they should lean more toward the lower fat diets. Being able to spot the some of the things that causes your child unhealthy eating habits will take time and effort. When parents can identify what was their child eating unhealthy, they can turn the situation around with introducing...
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...years, we have been experiencing a health epidemic throughout the nation. With rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases spreading through people of all ages, everyone is starting to become more health-conscious and considering what they are fueling their bodies with. Unfortunately, as a society, we have been misinformed about what foods are nutritious and mislead in the process of trying to find that out. The truth is, the typical American diet is by no means healthy at all. If you consider what the average American eats in a day or evaluate what is considered nourishing by the FDA, you will notice some vague and confusing evidence. In order to truly be rid ourselves of such diseases and unhealthy lifestyles, veganism is the...
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...language block. We were taught 3 mores language besides English. English was given a big chunk in the block. Therefore, I would like to talk about my experiences of learning French. The methodology used was to a certain extent based on Grammar-Translation Method. We had to learn French grammar rigorously. There were two grammar periods. Every topic taught was followed by a lot of application exercises. Then, there were tests at the end of the unit. We had one big fat book in French which had lessons based on grammar topics. The teacher would first teach the grammar topic and then the lesson was read out. We had to copy the vocabulary list and memorise it. There used to be a lot of homework in French. We also did a lot of translation exercises in from English-French and vice-versa. Most of the French class was copying all what was done on the board. The teacher’ voice was the only voice we heard. Today, when I use a variety of activities in my language class, I feel all the speaking and fluency I developed in French is because of my own hard work. I don’t think what I learnt as a student helped me to speak or write French. I feel the method I was taught was not very student-friendly and had a lot of disadvantages: 1. There was no speaking taught. No role-plays, no pair activities or group activities. 2. Every lesson had a same pattern, i.e. teacher explains the rules, and we memorize them and then apply them in sentences. 3. The listening we did was of our teacher’s...
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...As members of our modern, globalized society, we are continuously exposed to a variety of magazine articles, television and radio shows and other forms of online media that bombard—and often confuse—us with contradictory information. One research report negates what another confirmed to be proven true, leaving us in quite a quandary as we seek to form and follow healthy habits. I, too, was once lost in the quagmire of modern media when it came to health. Having encountered, studied, practiced and then taught Ayurveda, however, I now feel certain about how we can not only obtain, but sustain, amazing health. Ayurveda is a Time-Tested Science Whereas our modern medical system is relatively new, and therefore, continuously in a state of change and flux, Ayurveda, India’s ancient medical system, has been around for 5,000 years, proving as effective today as it was thousands of years ago. The reason many of us may not have heard of it is because Ayurveda was banned for many years by the British colonists. Because it delivers incredible results where other systems of medicine often fail, Ayurveda is seeing a great resurgence in our era. In my own life, I truly believe that only Ayurveda, with its four-dimensional approach to healing (addressing body, mind, soul and senses), could help me overcome anorexia nervosa: a problem that involves all four dimensions. Ayurveda Gives Equal Emphasis To Health Promotion While being a complete medical system (one of the original...
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...demanding that he took revenge, and this ultimately took control over him—causing him to go mad. Today’s audience would be more likely to assume that Hamlet has gone mad as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by his uncle murdering his beloved father. This is a significant impact on the target audience because Shakespeare wouldn’t have been familiar with the disorder, and Branaugh does well in creating the effect that Hamlet wasn’t just mad because of his conscience demanding revenge, but the trauma of losing his father through an atypical death. Hamlet: “Not where he eats but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at him. Your work is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service—two dishes, but to one table.” (IV.3 21-26). Ultimately, the difference in interpretation of Hamlet’s madness between the two versions should certainly be noted...
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...food and lack of exercise. Parents are responsible for teaching and instilling to their children healthy lifestyle basics. Two key basics are activity and proper nutrition regarding the child obesity problems seen today. Children do not introduce themselves to fast food, their parents frequently provide it for them. A common child rearing fallacy is when the young child refuses to eat a balanced and healthy diet, the parent reacts by providing some form of fast food or processed food in order to get the child to eat. The lifelong addiction to fast food and unhealthy eating for many children begins there. Fast or processed food provides far more calories in fats and sugars than a balanced healthy diet does. These excess calories cannot be completely exhausted in the form of energy. The remaining calories convert to body fat and result long term into obesity. Contributing to the progression of obesity is due to the parent’s failure to promote an active lifestyle in addition to the reason for activity. Today, many children choose the available digital and electronic media as their “only” activity with zero parent intervention. In earlier decades, children were not as overweight as they are today. Much of that can be attributed to the economic times; a high percentage of mothers that were “stay at home moms,” the children were guided and supervised in activities, and had healthy home...
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...Dealing with being overweight can be an extremely difficult task and a lot of authors have tried to figure it out and explain the best ways to do it. Guthman brings up a lot of good points in connection with a lot of other topics previously discussed. America portrays fat people as being mindless or not smart enough to eat right. They are thought to be people who don’t think but rather just eat. If you take two people: one that is thin and one that is fat, it is very possible that they have similar eating habits. Not all of being fat has to do with just not eating right. A lot has to do with your genetic make-up. If a thin person eats terribky but continues to stay thin, they are considered to have a really good metabolism. So why would having a bad metabolism make you such a terrible person? While being overweight is unhealthy, a lot of people who are overweight actually live longer than most thin people. Being overweight is okay, and America needs to accept that. The best way of dealing with it is to accept that a portion of the time, it’s not your fault....
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...answer will disclose that you do not know your own body- or what you put in it, too well. Many people might even give some excuses, like “It says `low fat` on the box!” It is important to catch these marketing techniques targeting the unaware or ignorant. It is vital to understand the true meaning of proper nutrition as well as its importance and benefits. What many individuals in the U.A.E. are not aware of is the effects junk food has on their health. Are all marketed “healthy” foods really healthy? The purpose of this research paper is to enlighten the reader of the nutritional lifestyles of people in the United Arab Emirates as well as to explain the negative effects of globalization and its link to the importance of knowledge regarding basic nutrition. In contrast to the past, the U.A.E. is currently facing various negative effects of globalization, especially regarding the expansion of fast-food chains. By way of contrast, there are undoubtedly many positive effects as well. Yet, many believe the negative effects overflow the positive ones. Most professions in the Emirates usually start off at 6 am and continue to late hours in the night Consequently, people are therefore very reliant on food for energy and so most have a tendency of purchasing food from fast food restaurants several times throughout the day. We all know that fast-food chains such as McDonalds and Burger King represent only a diminutive fraction of unhealthy edibles that are spreading in the developing...
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...Brianna Holmes Processed foods: The Hidden Evil In Today’s generation everything that we eat has been taken over by science. Food has turned into genetically modified and processed foods. Michael Pollans In Defense of Food touches on major problems within our food system that are leading to serious health problems nationwide. The biggest of these problems such as Diabetes, Obesity, and much more originate from science, and how food production scientist are trying so hard to eliminate problems like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity and improve the health of what we are eating. Scientist are adding genetically modified ingredients that are intended to help improve the foods and stop health problems that are reoccurring but are instead only creating more elaborate health problems. There are more diseases, health problems, and unexplained weight gain that was not present before. Pollan elaborates on processed foods and all of its dangers. The methods that Pollan specifically elaborate on include the Imitation rule, Lipid Hypothesis, The dangers of refined foods and the Low -Fat campaign, intended to bring a healthier food system that would keep our entire nation at a healthier pace. Although that was the goal to bring better health to foods, that is not the case and real issues have yet to be fixed. Instead of cutting the bad sciences out of food production, they are constantly adding more ingredients and un-natural additives that are creating the issues instead...
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...It’s A Meat World Why Humans Should Continue to Eat Meat Have you ever driven a long way on the highway or looked around the city you live in and seen all the billboards and advertisements that have something to do with food. Everywhere you look, you see advertisements for meat products whether in the form of fast food burger restaurants or the latest meat product from Tyson. However, you look the other way and you see advertisements promoting vegetarianism and campaigns against animal cruelty and the use of animals for food products. Whether eating meat is ethical or not is one of the most debated topics in the world. Vegetarians are against eating meats and Vegans are against eating any products from animals including eggs and dairy products. They believe that eating meats or animal products is immoral, unethical, and selfish. Campaign groups like PETA fight for the rights of these animals and believe that ultimately all people should stop eating meat. Vegetarians, vegans, and other animal activists believe people should not consume animal products; however, they should reconsider their views because it is a part of our history and traditions, it helps the ecosystem to stay in equilibrium, and animals are harmed in the production of meat alternatives. Although vegetarians, vegans, and other animal activists believe that humans were never meant to eat meat; they should reconsider their views because it is a part of our history and traditions as Americans as well as...
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...Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper Science of Nutrition: Debi Lemke Sarah Morse November 11, 2012 Body Fat and Eating Disorders It is so important to make sure that your body stays lean and fit. Being lean helps reduce the risk of many illnesses that are avoidable. Throughout this week we have discussed the dangerous obesity epidemic plaguing our country. There are many factors involved and knowing what those factors are can help in the fight against it. On the other side of obesity are eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating. While we are taught that being lean and fit is best some may take it to another level that is unhealthy. Body composition is the portion of body weight that is fat compared to lean. There are many different ways to calculate and find out what that is. Some like skin fold thickness and biometric impedance are proven to be inaccurate in some circumstances and therefore may not be the best method even though they may be the easiest to acquire. Methods like underwater weighing and air displacement can be very accurate how there are stipulations to them and they may not be readily available and also expensive. There are many risks associated with being overweight, an easy way to get a gauge on how you fare is using BMI (body mass index). BMI can be calculated by taking weight2 × height = bmi kg/m2. A healthy BMI is anywhere from 18-25 anything over 25 is considered overweight over 40 is morbidly obese. The risks...
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