Nutrition Misconceptions

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

The purpose of this paper is to analyze my personal dietary intake as a way of better understanding the ways in which the foods I consumer are helping or hurting my overall nutrition and health. This project is about understanding how consuming too much or too little of particular nutrients can be unhealthy and do harm to one 's body over time. Even more, this project is about dispelling some of the myths that are present about nutrient consumption in order to have a more scientific understanding of what is considered healthy in food and nutrient consumption.

It is mainly because breakfast can improve our grades.Yes, it is as simple as that. As students, our bodies require a massive amount of energy to be able to work hard and get the grade you aim for as well as preventing us from mid-morning slump during long-haul classes. Imagine you are a car; after a long night of sleep, your fuel tank is empty. Therefore, the very first thing a car should do is to refuel otherwise it cannot run in the next morning, isn’t it? In like manner, carbohydrate gained from breakfast cereals, rice or bread works like our fuel and it increases body glucose levels to normal after a night and lowers cholesterol level, which ensures our bodies function properly until lunch time. As a result, you will have better concentration, problem solving skills, and body co-ordination throughout the morning. Not only are your grades improved, but also you will be surprised to find yourself as a better gamer and sportsperson. According to my own experience, I once skipped breakfast with the aim of losing weight and I ended up getting the lowest Physics test score I have ever taken. Apart from that, it can also lead to many more detrimental health consequences. The latest study from Harvard University terrifically points out that men who usually skip breakfast are 27 per cent more at risk of dying from heart attack or coronary heart

In today’s world, one cannot watch a thirty-minute television show without being bombarded with commercials promoting the latest, “Breakthrough Health Kick.” The Paleo Diet, Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet, along with a vast number of diets on the market has skewed the idea of healthy eating. The textbook, Nutrition from Science to You, states, “Healthy eating means you need to balance, vary, and moderate your nutrient intake.” Sadly, when I took two days to analyze my own diet I found a lack of balance, variety, and the ability to eat in moderation.

With concerns of our day to day living we do not have enough time and budget to be choosy of the type of food or the nutritional value of it, what we think of nowadays is just to have something to satisfy our hunger without considering the nutrients that our body needs each day. When we hear diet nowadays often we see it as losing weight by means of controlling food intake, but the truth is diet could also mean eating nutritious foods to supplement our body’s needs of nutrients and the type of foods that we are going to consume.

“In most healthy people morning awakening is associated with a burst of cortisol secretion: the cortisol awakening response” (Clow). This increases the metabolic activity to normal levels to prepare the body for the new day. For this reason most people will report that on days that they have breakfast and day that they don’t they will still get hungry at the same time for lunch. The hunger experienced early in the morning is also a form of conditioning that we have learned through years of eating at an early hour. Now while breakfast food is delicious it can be a rather caloric meal early in the day that sets the average person back in their net caloric intake. With the addition of lunch, dinner and other meals it is largely possible that people that do not exercise will go over their daily caloric necessity.

If I do change my problem with late night eating, I will lose weight in the areas I have been trying to lose. I also will be able to sleep better due to not sleeping on a full stomach. Changing my late night eating problem has been something that my family members have noticed for a while and advised me to change it, but I am hesitant because it makes me relax at night. However, if I do not change this behavior, I will continue to gain weight and I will be used to eating late my whole life. As a result, I will not be happy with my body image and become self-conscious, as this was a problem I had to face as a teenager.

Course Learning Objectives: In Nutrition, we explore the ever-evolving science of nutrition. Human nutrition is influenced by endogenous and exogenous factors. We will discuss related topics such as stress, environment, food processing, digestion, safety, and

Attention Getter: I visited Holly Drougas—our very own licensed dietician here at Virginia Western. I asked her, “What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word ‘Nutrition’?” She shocked me by saying, “Confusion”. With so much conflicting and confusing information from both the scientific community and the lay press, many people simply don't know what to eat to be healthy or to lose weight.

In the 1920’s, Dr. Walter Eddy at Columbia University studied the human body’s metabolism and discovered that a drop in energy happens at about 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. He concluded that having something to eat or drink at 10, 2 and 4, this energy slump (being tired) could be avoided.

It’s better to avoid eating late at night because your metabolism naturally slows down in the evening, so make sure to eat a hearty breakfast to keep it high throughout the day. 

Eating breakfast helps you spread out your hunger and control your food intake throughout the day makes you the boss of how you eat the rest of the day.

Proper nutrition is one of the most essential elements to being healthy and living a long life. People deal with food every day, and food has been a part of life since the beginning of civilization. What we eat becomes our diet, and our diet plays a major role in deciding how healthy we are and how well our body functions. Without proper diet, our body cannot carry out the functions it needs to perform. Most people have some common knowledge on what is good and what is bad for the human body to consume. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains are some common items people think of when they think of healthy foods. However, it is not enough just to know what foods are good for your body, it is also important to understand why certain foods are

My target area began as a focus on eating more in general. The food available at PSP was not always ideal, many times the food was either unhealthy or there simply weren’t enough options that I enjoyed. As a result, I noticed that my weight began to significantly decline and I desperately wanted to allay this problem. After completing my log sheets over three weeks, I came to the realization that the bulk of my missed meals came in the morning. I would sleep until eight to make sure that I received adequate sleep, however, I realized that in doing this; I was forgoing breakfast which was negatively affecting my health and my performance at Cornell. In fact, “research involving adults and children has indicated that breakfast might enhance memory, attention, the speed of processing information, reasoning, creativity, learning, and verbal abilities” (Consumer Reports). No matter a person’s age, breakfast is a vital part of their life.

As a night owl, staying up late can create bad eating habits. Cutting back on sleep increases the likelihood of indulging high calorie foods which may eventually lead to obesity. As the lead study author at the University of Pennsylvania, Andrea M. Spaeth tested a group of 27 participants who went to bed at 10 pm and another group of 198 who went to bed at 4 am. Their results concluded that the second group had consumed significantly more food than the first group. As Spaeth stated, the longer we stay awake, the more time we get to eat high fat foods.