...habits for the duration of SCI241 - Nutrition course study. This document will also provide the change in diet and the awareness of making food choices. Healthy Eating Plan Comparison For the duration of this class and teenage years I have been considered obese. Nutrition has never been a part of my life nor has it had any importance to my eating habits. This class along with strong encouragement from friends and family I have decided to try a better way of eating. During week one through week four of class I was still in denial about my weight and my eating choices. As the class progressed and my comprehension for what promotes healthy eating changed. I discovered a greater way of life through low-impact exercises and healthy food choices. Eating healthy has always displayed images in my head of meals consisting of mostly vegetables, salads, no bread, no potatoes, and small portions of everything. Although the mentioned items could help with weight management; they are not the ingredients to a healthy way of living or eating. Current Eating Habits Over the past seven weeks I have encouraged myself to look at food in a totally different light. Vegetables and fruits are my friends and all oils, unsaturated fats, refined sugars, to include processed meats and dinners have been eliminated from my daily eating choices. I have dedicated myself to finish what I start and during week four I started the HCG Weight Loss plan. I enjoy oatmeal in the morning with a...
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...Child Health, Safety and Nutrition CDCG 110 5-8-2012 What did I learn from this course? Health, safety and nutrition are three of the most important factors to consider when raising a child. In other words, every child should be raised with proper nutrition, good health and safety as possible, allowing him or her to grow with a great well-being. Something that I've learned about this class is that in today’s fast-paced world where the child’s safety and health issues are rapidly growing, more than fifty sites online present health and safety guidelines for the public to consider. These websites given to us has really opened up a door for me to look into my own life as well as my child's development. Another thing I've learned about this course is that the interrelationship between health, safety, and nutrition regarding children is very important. Understanding certain guidelines, and potential hazardous conditions can help prevent physical and emotional incidents. I never really thought all three of these subjects were all correlated, of course I thought they all meant something important but together they really do emphasize the importance of a child well-being as a whole. Through the projects and online discussions I've also found that even though we all talk about a different subject we all have a common goal and that is to further understand that health, safety and nutrition starts with the family and how it all can affect one's life as they get older. Some of...
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...document my weekly food intake and exercise. The idea was to incorporate the nutrition knowledge that was learnt in class. The tracker used was MyPyramid’s SuperTracker and it was able to give a detailed report of the nutrients and calories I consumed in a week. It also informed me of what nutrients were deficient or too excessive in my diet. This research will provide a detailed breakdown of how nutritious my diet is, what nutrients my body needs, whether I am consuming enough calories a day, and finally if I am receiving enough physical activity in order to stay healthy. INTRODUCTION Water, fitness, and food, oh my! These are some of the most important things that we infuse into our schedule almost every day. Although each of these things seems like small factors, they play a tremendous role in our well being. These aren’t the only things that influence our health though. Our lifestyle, diet, nutrition and physical activities all distinguish how healthy our body really is. Each of these factors connected and play a big role in living a healthy lifestyle. If you are indulging in junk food but aren’t being active enough during the week, chances are that your health won’t be as good as you expected it to be. Understanding how much nutrition you need daily along with how much exercise your body needs can help change your whole lifestyle and body for the better. Here I discuss how my lifestyle, diet, nutrition, and physical activity have changed. I will also discuss how my health...
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...Personalized Nutrition & Exercise Plan Many people are unfortunate to experience health problems associated with nutrition. They may also have health problems due to hereditary circumstances. The main problem worldwide seems to be the lack of nutrition people are getting on a daily basis. Nutrition is the key to living a healthy life. Eating the right foods and participating in physical activities can actually help a person expand their life span. Many of the health problems may be addressed with the help of a dietician or general knowledge of what your body needs. I have sadly been struggling with weight issues for a few years now and have learned some new things that can change my life. The first concern of mine is the fact that I am under the age of thirty five years old. I have given birth three times and became overweight each time. My daily life has lacked the right amount of physical activity. I also have been on a dieting roller coaster for about five years. Many of the diets I followed were fad based such as the low carbohydrate diet. This was a diet where I basically eliminated carbohydrates from my body but replaced those foods with higher fat foods such as large amounts of red meat and cheese. I did lose weight but gained it all back within two years and then some. These fad diets I am talking about have affected many people. They think a certain food is making them fat such as foods that contain carbohydrates. Sadly we all put ourselves at risk of other health...
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...Studying nutrition always be my dream, I accomplished my dream when I came to the countries with the most completed and advanced nutrition education, the United State. While I began my course in Kent State University, the intro class opened a new future plan for me and I started a new dream---become a register dietitian. I want to be a dietitian because I love helping people. I want to work as a clinical dietitian gives support to people who need me. I really want to get to know the clinical dietitian better. Because the F-1 visa, I was limited to finding an internship or job in the American hospital. So, last summer when I was back to China, I contacted with the No.1 Hospital of Shanxi Medical University nutrition department and the director...
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...the class I have learned many things about nutrition that I did not know about my own health. The assignments on the diet analysis, obesity, and healthy eating plan helped me learn the most about my nutrition and what I can do to improve it. The assignment that I enjoyed the most was the three-day diet analysis for both week one and week six. These assignments helped me see what I was consuming too much of and what I was not consuming enough of. I found out that I was consuming too much of the mineral sodium, which in my family leads to high blood pressure. I also found out that I am not consuming near enough fruits and vegetables. Both weeks I was hardly eating any fruit at all. Since I have been consuming more fruits and vegetables I find that I am less hungry throughout the day. The discussion question topic that interested me the most was the second discussion question in week six about obesity. We had to visit the American Obesity Awareness website and answer the question of what we learned about obesity from that site that we did not know before. I was completely unaware that obesity can cause cancer. I was amazed at that fact. I was also amazed of the fact that 200 million Americans are either considered obese or overweight, that is a lot of people. The assignment that affected me the most in terms of overall health and nutrition was the healthy eating plan assignment from week one. This assignment helped me see what foods I was missing from my diet and what I needed...
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...Reflections on Nutrition SCI/241 4/4/2011 Summer Groff Week 9 Checkpoint Reflecting on what I have studied so far on nutrition, using my assignments completed up until this point is that I have come to the knowledge of how the human body works from the moment food enters the mouth through digestion and coming out as waste. I have also obtained knowledge about how the body changes through aging, and how diet and exercise can actually help the body’s digestion and growth process. I have learned through doing research throughout my course on nutrition, which has helped me gained understanding on what to do to stay healthy as I age. The assignment that I enjoyed throughout this class is the three day activity analysis. After completing the analysis I became aware of what I was eating and made me aware that food is the body’s main source of fuel, which means that nutrients in food gives the body cells energy to function. I am now cautious and made changes of what I eat. Making healthy decisions and adding daily exercise to my life style has improved my health. Another assignment I enjoyed was week 5 on dehydration. I learned much about the importance of water and how the body needs water to function adequately. Water washes away and cleanse out toxins, it also assists the cell functioning, and is the primary aid of the ear, nose and throat functioning. Water also bathes the cells in the body and serves as a lubricant; it cleanses both external and internal surface...
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...Daphne S. Dela Cruz 2/15/14 HE 150 Section 1 What to Eat when you’re Broke First off, I would like to honestly say I thought this was some kind of article I would not be interested in and would probably read it without taking any consideration and just winging this summary. But no, as I started reading this article, I realized that I was taking in what the author, Daisy Luther was talking about. She actually answered a bunch of questions that I always had coming and going in my mind about nutritional facts, junk food, healthy food, etc. There were words I did not understand so like what Ms. Sara said, I googled it to have a better understanding of the article. I am really angered at these companies that add such disgusting and unhealthy “ingredients” into the food that most people buy. But I also believe that I should be angry at myself and others for being careless to not read food labels to educate ourselves more on the dangers of what we consume in our bodies. I may also like to add about the video my class and I watched last week about the mom talking about nutrition and a lot of other things to, it angers me so much how America the supposedly, “greatest country in the world” actually allows some food, snacks, & drinks to be legal when a lot aren’t proven to not do harm to your body! And we have a bunch of other countries that actually do make them illegal; I mean what’s up with that America?! I remember reading in chapter one how the top three leading causes of...
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...Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan Final Project * My Health/Nutrition Target My nutritional heath has been a very important part of my life ever since I began taking this class and understanding more of how my body works with different foods I consume. Throughout this course I have learned the food I consume affects my life in serious and immediate ways. I also learned various ways to help improve my dieting and better my overall health with different foods I eat, different ways of cooking foods, and supplements to help provide nutrients that are necessary for my body. I plan to find a way every single day to incorporate more fruits, vegetable, and exercise to provide my body with the total nutrients it needs to function properly. * Changes/No Changes From My Original Healthy Eating Plan My previous eating habits have not been as healthy as it has consisted of fast food a lot of times, meats, pasta, and bread because they do well with my digestive system. However I currently add more leafy vegetables and more diary to replace my areas of deficiency. After this week and completing the food tracker for a second time I was still very low in the amount of fruit intake. Even with the new adjustments I have made to what I consume I am still under the recommended calorie intake. When completing the food tracker I found out that in fact my total average calorie intake went down from 2806 20 2728 for a three day period. When it came to saturated fat my results were...
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...The science of nutrition goes beyond eating the proper foods. I have enjoyed this class more than any of the courses I have taken thus far. Making sure we have the proper nutrition is a life changing event. We have to incorporate everything we have learned into our day to day living. I have to say that I enjoyed all the assignments that we were required to complete throughout the course. If I had to pick one, it would be the pyramid tracker. This gave us the opportunity to analyze the intake of food on a daily basis. We had to really dig down and be honest about the types of food we ate, the amount we were consuming, what type of exercises we participated in if any, and how long we did the exercises on a day to day basis. The thing I loved the most about this assignment is that we really had no choice but to be honest. Getting people to acknowledge their eating habits are not good and getting them to understand what is the proper nutritional requirements recommended by the health professionals is not easy. I learned so much about myself, and also how my decisions affected my family’s well-being. Since the assignment my family and myself have had a new respect for food and exercise. We switched from regular pasta to whole wheat pasta, we switched from regular white bread to whole wheat bread, we eat more fresh vegetables and fruit, and we take walks as a family. We all have noticed an increase in energy and how much more fun we have exercising together as a family. I have this new...
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...difficult, due to the work I do at my clinical site. I’ve assessed behaviors of children and adults that I’ve worked with and reflected on why they may be acting the way they’re for example, I assisted Holly, a WSU employee, teach nutrition at an elementary school. At the beginning of the class, I observed one of the children, being disruptive, and distracting his other classmates. The teacher...
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...• What assignment did you enjoy the most? Why? • Are there any assignments that you have completed that have affected your life in terms of overall health and nutrition habits? If so, which assignment? • How has it affected you? I believe that throughout the course of this class I have learned many new and interesting facts about the way our bodies consume nutrients and minerals and how we should ensure we are taking in the correct amount to stay healthy and keep a will balance digestive system. I believe my favorite assignment during this class was that of the My Pyramid tracker and keeping record of my eating habits to have them analyzed and see how they stood up to the standardized recommended nutrients take for someone my age and body type. I found after doing this I had a better understanding of the diet that I should be following and therefore tried to do so when eating. I learned how to recognize foods that are unhealthy for you as well as regulate the amount of physical activity that I should do throughout the week. The physical fitness my pyramid tracker was a great way to learn of a new ways of performing activities to stay in shape. I find that after trying to implement more physical activities throughout my lifestyle I have noticed a healthier well-being as well as better physical shape. I try to run at least 3 to 4 times a week as well as do push-ups and situps. This helps me to meet the recommended exercise requirements that are set forth in the my pyramid...
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...A humbling experience I have to say how revealing this class was for me. One of the main reasons I tool this class was to learn more about nutrition and how our bodies use nutrients for our overall god health. I quickly learned how my own diet was affected. I have always considered myself a healthy person; I monitor what I eat and exercise daily. By doing so I really did not think my diet would need much changing. Once I started doing the different comparisons, I quickly learned that my body needed additional nutrients that I was not giving it. The quick analysis assignments made me go down a better path. Even one better that what I was on. I was able to make certain adjustments in my diet to not only put better foods in my body, but also add vitamins and minerals that I was starving myself from. Just in making an eating change, I noticed the energy increases in a short week. The change motivated me into getting more detailed with my diet and habits. Even though I was already healthy, this course opened my eyes and showed me that I can do better, and feel more alive than I ever have. Food Choices One of the first things I realized after doing the three-day comparison was how important a breakfast was to your body. Growing up you always here that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What I did not realize is how much your body benefits from that first meal. One of the first changes I made was I now have a bowl of cereal in the morning...
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...Final Project: Personal Nutrition Exercise Plan SCI/241 June 17, 2012 Tara Deters Final Project: Personal Nutrition Exercise Plan Over the last several weeks I have analyzed my current diet and exercise habits, as well as reading up on the USDA Food Pyramid Guide and their exercise recommendations. I have taken what I've learned in this class and what I have learned by doing a little research and I was able to personalize a nutrition, diet, and exercise plan for myself. For starters, I will need to take a good look at my current habits and that affect my nutrition and exercise plan. I like to believe I eat pretty healthy, but there is always room in improve. I'm not big on candy or sweets. I also have a hate for milk, so I only drink milk when I eat cereal, and milk is a needed for calcium and vitamin D. I love the sun so I tend to believe I get enough vitamin D from the sun. My diet consist of chicken, salad, vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Since I have an office job and the only time that I have to actually get away is during my lunch hour, so I'm not very active at work, so that kill eight hour of my day right there. I like to ride bikes and take walks, and every now and again I will roller blade. I can honestly say that I haven't been doing too much of any of this, as it's been pretty busy for me. These activities I do take part in aren't really stimulating, and my heart rate is raising much, because I do it at my pace not as if I'm racing...
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...Results from a 3 Day Study Nutrition has played a big part in my life even prior to taking Biology 101. To say the least I am fascinated by nutrition. I enjoy reading Men's Health magazine and watching television shows like The Doctor's and Doctor Oz because they are filled with nutrition tips, and scientific studies about fitness and health. I constantly follow the latest nutritional news because and I am a firm believer that your diet is the biggest component of your health and I wish to make most of my life. Biology 101 has been an extremely useful and knowledgeable course because I can personally relate to it and can apply much of the information learned to my own life. The Diet Analysis project was wonderful because it gave me a first hand look at my own diet habits. My actual intakes of the different food groups were somewhat near what the "My Pyramid" had recommended. I was within range for grains, fruits and milk. My consumption of meat & beans and discretionary calories were 181% and 150% of my recommendation respectively. Vegetables on the other hand were severely low at only 35% of my recommended goal. It was evident from this basic food guide pyramid that I was over consuming meats/beans and discretionary calories and was under consuming vegetables. I definitely need to adjust my diet so that I will consume more vegetables and a slight increase in fruits. All together I need to consume an extra 2.5 cups of vegetables daily which I will do by eating salads, broccoli...
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