Chapter 1

When researching information on websites, there are many credentials that should be looked at. Credentials can include looking up the author names, checking the validation of the information, looking at dates and researching the articles published. By studying the topic of nutrition, there are thousands of websites out on the web with numerous amounts of information on them. Nutrition is a very detailed topic, and readers have to be careful on what they are reading in the fact of the information being true. To show the process of evaluating websites, I have picked two different websites that are paired together. The first one was for the company called JuicePlus, and the other was title EatRight by the Academy of Dietics.

In the era we are living in, the internet has become the number one source of information (it is the reason you are reading this by the way). This is due to its convenience and speed. Nowadays you no longer have to rummage through a whole library to get a book on a topic you want; just a click on your computer or phone and you are sorted. The trend is no different when it comes to health matters. It is this tendency that has led to the emergence of consumer health information that helps persons keep their health in check as well as make wise health decisions for them and their

In the recent times, there has been too much information on nutrition on health which has led the health care providers into a dilemma in an attempt to determine what is factual and what is not. Due to the increased interaction and integration of people, some scholars post some conflicting information in the public domain, therefore, giving health care professionals a lot of challenges in health care delivery. This has attracted the use of the evidence-based approach to reviewing the science on nutrition to help medical practitioners achieve knowledge and skills to make objective or evidence informed decision making (Mayers, 2003). The evidence-based approach (EBA) process involves literature search, comprehensive reviews, documentation and article selection. It helps in reducing biases and un balanced conclusions. The primary aim of the EBA is to expound on how researchers should apply basic principles in handling unmanageable amounts of information, how to draw conclusions from

THE END OF DIETING REVIEW and the misleading information presented regarding supplements and vitamins intake and how

I feel as though this reading opened my eyes; I was not aware of the misinformation that was available through varies entities. Before reading this information, I would have easily googled nutrition information through the internet, and I would have trusted most of the information that would have come up. I would not have even questioned the authenticity of the information; I would have been like most people and believe what I have read. Now when I am looking for nutritional information, I will answer the five “W” questions before I so readily trust the information.

The second analysis of my diet has allowed me to observe aspects of my diet that can be improved in order to sustain lifelong benefits and meet dietary recommendations. For carbohydrates, it is suggested that I consume approximently 130 grams of carbohydrates a day, however, I averaged approximently 250 grams a day. While I averaged 56% of my calories from carbohydrates, which is within the acceptable range of 45-65%, the amount I consumed was on the higher end of the accepted values. Also, it is suggested that Americans consume less than 10% of their calories from added sugars each day. In a 2400 calorie diet, this means less than 240 calories are derived from added sugars. According to my food details report, I consumed less than 240 calories

We have never known so much about the things we intake into our bodies. We have gotten it down to the milligrams of all the nutrients we should be eating each day and exactly how much of it we need. There is wealth of information on every food item, diet regimen, and health benefit imaginable; it is overflowing in the media and overabundant in science journals. Yet, even when we have a profuse knowledge of many the food we consume and the effect it has on our body, achieving the perfect healthy diet has become more confusing and frustrating than ever before much like a conversation I overhead while I was waiting in line at Lemonade between two USC female students that went as follows:

nutrition and how the foods in our diet effect our quality of life. He describes how it can

The “accrual of high-level evidence,” according to a review of studies that was published last year in an American Medical Association journal, shows “that the supplements lack efficacy across a range of health outcomes.”

One man she quoted Nissen stated “It is time to transition from the current evidence-free zone to an era where dietary recommendations are based on the same quality evidence that we demand in other fields of medicine” (Healy 2) This statement sums up a lot of why many people are so frustrated with the guidelines, they lack the solid evidence, a clear point, and they tend to contradict

When it comes to the topic of eating healthy, most of us will readily agree that we all need to. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question of how and why. Whereas some are convinced that we don’t need to all be eating healthy foods that are overpriced to stay healthy, and others maintain that there is no other way. Bill Gifford talks about a proper diet throughout the book, but one chapter in particular really stands out when it comes to how diet affects our bodies and ultimately

How well do you know nutrition? Do you know the recommended daily intakes of the three macronutrients – carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? All people have varying levels of nutritional knowledge and there are a number of ways that a person can go about enhancing their nutritional knowledge including Internet research and speaking with a nutritionist or dietitian. However, no matter how much any person knows about nutrition, one would most likely assume that a person with more knowledge of nutrition would make healthier or better decisions regarding nutrition. Nutrition can be difficult enough for anyone but being an athlete changes a person’s dietary needs, which makes the necessary nutritional knowledge of an athlete different from that of others. In recent years, there have been a number of studies done regarding the nutritional knowledge of athletes and their nutritional habits. There was one study that examined male collegiate athletes and their knowledge about protein needs while another looked for a correlation between nutritional knowledge and nutritional habits in professional rugby players. A third study looked at the effect of a sports dietitian and gender differences on nutritional habits for collegiate athletes. In the following paragraphs, these three studies will be discussed in further detail.

In a study done by the Nutrition Journal entitled “Dietitians use and recommend dietary supplements: report of a survey” in 2012 it details the results, background, and process of a study in which Dietary Supplements were determined to be used and/or recommended by Dietitians. The concluding data represents Dietary Supplements purposes in supplementing Dietitian’s personal and clientele health:

a. is a theoretical measure of a firm’s performance and has little value in real world decision making.

Since the information given touches on what we eat and how it affects us, the site provides information that can be relied on and it is used by many people