Jayson B. Calton Ph. D: Article Analysis

Based on a 24 Hour Recall of my diet, results using NutriCalc Plus report that my food intake lacked a healthy balance of all food groups. My Grain intake reached only 60% of the My Plate daily recommendations. My Vegetable intake was a mere 50% of the recommended servings. Additionally, I consumed 84% of the daily recommendations for the Dairy Group. Nonetheless, I did exceed the recommendations for the Fruit Group and Protein Group with intakes of 155% and 107%, respectively.

Over the past few decades, deficiencies of essential nutrients have drastically diminished, many infectious diseases have been reduced, and most of the U.S. population can now foresee a long and productive life. In the meantime, rates of chronic diseases hefty portion of which are identified with poor quality diet and physical activity has increased. About half of all American grown-up have one or more preventable, diet-related chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes, and overweight and obesity.

Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously

Management in healthcare institutions obtains presentations that pertain to workers’ injuries and illness costs. The figures acquire adequate support from the management provided that the data cites credible and the right references. However, researchers lack adequate hard data and research backing to defend direct and indirect cost ratios that they frequently utilize in relation to the safety-related literature.

15. "The Journal of Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition are likely to be sources of reliable nutrition information, because  "

The article “The Case for Fitting In” compares to my idea of conformity because I think that it means how you change your opinion due to social pressure. My idea of conformity relates to the article because it was talking about how when people were in a group and someone said the wrong answer they usually went with it. “Each subject saw 18 sets of lines, and the group answer was wrong for 12 of them” this proves that most of the time people went with the group rather than going with their personal opinion. I think that the article really compares with my definition of conformity because I think that it causes you to change your opinion and sometimes causes you to choose wrong answers. I also strongly think that the article agrees with me because

Malnourishment is no longer an issue seen only in the indigent population and developing countries. Many Americans are also plagued with this issue, largely due to unhealthy food choices. Providing a multidisciplinary approach to public nutrition

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is primarily directed to an audience of biology professionals in the field who specifically focus on nutrition. It also has a subset of primary audience readers who are clinical nutritionists, public policy makers, and professionals in the field of nutrition (like sports physiologists). There is also a larger 'watchdog' group of the media and various professional dietary-related agencies who frequently read the publication and screen for bias. Finally, even if the public does not generally read this publication, a lay audience often reads summaries of research findings, given its relevant to everyday lives.

In the reading by John P. Kotter he wrote an article that said managers and leaders are they different? What caught my attention about this reading is when I was reading open secret papers, things I seen said to me that as clergy we need to be both managers and leaders, why? Because as clergy we must promote stability, and press for change how so? We preach the word of God so our congregants are stable, and we press for change in our church for whatever is not working. Can I press this a little more for example when a ministry is not pulling its weight we have to press for change some time that leader of that particular ministry, As clergy we have to move in this aspect of leadership and this make for good pastoring as an art.

Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert wrote a short reading about how supposedly a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. The question that is being asked is if this statement is actually a true statement or merely an opinion of some variety. With this being said I can already tell psychology majors will likely not be overly happy with this clause. The article itself will probably intrigue young minds since are thinking process tends to be a little different and more exposed to certain things. Why I said psychology majors would take issue with this article is because they contemplate this stuff very carefully, particularly when it comes to thought processing and behavioral patterns. For then they would attempt a different approach way

For this op-ed article, I wanted to get the perspective of a Brandeis student who lived through the natural disaster of Hurricane Harvey. I thought the Brandeis institution had not done enough to help the students who found themselves in the most precarious situation. The disaster occurred at a transitioning time, when students were coming back to campus after the summer. Thus, I thought, why not write an op-ed about how can further responses from the administration can change for the sake of improvement. Also, I wanted to get a student’s perspective out there. I really did not see anybody talking about what was affecting some of our peers in other parts of the country, I thought it needed to be talked about.

As the level of non-nutrientive food consumption increases, the amount of Americans that consume the recommended servings of five fruits of vegetables and fruits a day decreases. Currently, only 22% of all Americans actually meet the recommended servings of five a day. 77% of Americans eat between 1 and less than five servings a day. Females tend to eat less fruits and vegetables in comparison to men. Over the last twenty years, food consumption increased. Although there was an increase, fruit consumption increased only slightly and milk consumption decreased by an average of 14%. Meat Consumption, however, went up by 45% and soft drink consumption went up by 132%. In effect, Americans are over consuming foods that are putting them at more risk for obesity, weight gain, and health problems.

Research by Bruce Ames, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UC Berkley, suggests that micronutrient deficiencies affecting a large percentage of Americans (2% to over 20% for certain nutrients) is responsible for DNA damage that is essentially equivalent to that caused by radiation exposure This is believed to be a major cause of cancers. Micronutrients and Macronutrients Before going into Ames ' findings, we should clarify what constitutes nutritional deficiency. Nutrients can largely be divided into macro and micronutrients. Macronutrients are those consumed in large quantities and consists of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. These are the nutrients that are known best,and they are the ones responsible for giving the body energy, among other vital functions. Macronutrient deficiencies affect a large number of people in poorer countries, but for the most part, Americans are not deficient in macronutrients. Micronutrients, in contrast, are those that are needed in relatively small quantities and consists of various vitamins, minerals, and certain other essential nutrients. Among those examined by Ames are folic acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, niacin (Vitamin B3), Vitamin C, Vitamin E, iron, and zinc. Deficiency in these nutrients can result in DNA damage through DNA strand breaks and oxidative lesions. "Chromosomal aberrations such as double strand breaks are a strong predicative factor for human cancer" (Ames 2001). Thus, it is suggested that

According to (Kerksick et al. 2010), 1.2 billion people in the world are overweight and at least 300 million of them are obese which has resulted in numerous programs to manage these increasing numbers. The purpose of the study was to represent the impact of different macronutrient distributions while examining dietary strategies that complement the workout regimen employed by the investigation (Kerksick et al. 2010). To find the impact the researchers’ method was to use one hundred forty-one obese women who were randomly assigned to one of the six groups that consisted of no diet with no exercise control group, no diet with exercise control, high carbohydrate, high energy diet with exercise, very low carbohydrate, high protein with exercise, low carbohydrate, moderate protein with exercise, and high carbohydrate, low protein with exercise group. All the subjects were tested during

With a population of 7.27 billion its no wonder that across the globe, there are so many misconceptions about what exactly constitutes a healthy diet. Its no doubt that the difference in people, cultures, environments, resources available, and of course tastebuds play significant parts in the variety of diet. Diet has always played an important role in supporting health but today, over consumption of foods containing high levels of fat have become a major concern. The top causes of deaths and maladies in the U.S; heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes are all chronic diseases heavily influenced by diet quality. Multiple long term factors that coincide with such chronic diseases are heavily overlooked because disease is already portrayed as the one and only culprit. Many people don’t realize that someone who died from heart failure may have had preexisting conditions, such as high blood pressure or obesity, may have been a cigarette smoker, may have spent the majority of their ‘good years’ eating a high-fat diet and consuming large amounts of alcoholic beverages and may have neglected exercising habits.