Nutrition Reflection

I had no idea that what I included in my diet was so important and provided a significant impact to my wellbeing. After doing the first part of this Analysis project, I was surprised to see the many areas that I can improve on. I created 3 specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound goals to help me improve on receiving the right amount and variety of nutrients in my diet. My goals are to drink 8 glasses of water a day, have fruits and vegetables every meal adding to a total of about 4-6 cups, and to have a different breakfast every day. For 30 days, I attempted to implement daily each of my 3 goals.

My kilocalorie DRI recommended 1459 kilocalories but my intake was 1513.45 which isn’t to bad seeing how I like to go out and stay active. I am happy with my body weight and have maintained it for several months but I have tried to lose some weight. I do not think there is a need to increase or decrease my calorie level. It is fine where it is. However, there are a lot of junk foods that I could replace in favor of nutrient rich foods. I need to focus most on vegetables more than anything. Spinach, radishes, broccoli, are all vegetables that I dont eat and need more of.

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

As I began this project I saw no purpose of keeping track of all these different things. I proceeded through the project and started to keep track of my intake, macronutrient range, fat breakdown and stage of change reports and I found it quite helpful to keep track of all those things. This project made me ensure that I was on the right path to becoming a healthy human being. I did not realize how unhealthy my eating habits were until this project made me examine that, which was a good thing. I still find it hard to maintain a strict healthy diet while being at college. Sometimes I am forced to deviate from my healthy diet, but this project helps me get back on track.

Change is good, this is something that has often been said throughout history, the mind is an open book ready to consume additional information. During the last eight weeks of class there has been many things that Foundation of Nutrition, SPHE 395, has highlighted for the students, in order to assist them in fine tuning their craft in the sports and health industry. There where numerous area that where focused on over the last eight weeks. During part two of this final assignment there we were asked to state five things that we learned during the eight weeks of learning. One of things that I must say is the fact that I know little or nothing about Nutrion before this class, but during the course there were several that would help me during my career. The five area that where important to my learning where the highlighting of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, maternal nutrition for infants, and the benefits of alcohol. After the review of this information there will be detailed concluding thoughts what I think of the class after the concluding week.

I need to increase my fiber intake and reduce my sugar intake in order to lead a healthier life. I also need to increase my intakes of vitamin and minerals. Also, as I look through the charts I see that I need to keep my carbohydrate intake constant and limit my protein intake.

Overall, I think this activity was pretty difficult for me because I would forget some days to write down the food I consumed for the day so sometimes I would have to ask my family or friends what I had eaten for the day. The reason I believe that happened was because some days are busy for me because of my daily routine. Basically my day starts by me getting ready for school, I take a shower and dressed, put my stuff in my backpack. Then I go to the kitchen drink a green juice my mom makes for me in the morning and I head out to my first bus location. I sometimes take different routes depending on the time the bus gets there, so at times I end up taking three buses or two buses to get to class. Then as I arrive I have my morning classes and I work at CSUN in the afternoon to the night. I work in the Sierra center in the marketplace. I am a cook for the Marketplace, however I work in all stations so sometimes I am making burritos, other times at pasta and sometimes making sandwiches.So I am all over the place. Because of that I end up really tired and end up taking a uber home. As soon as I get home I fall asleep so my days are always compacted.

Course Description and Content: Incorporates principles of human nutrition, essential nutrients, nutritional needs of different age groups, and nutrition research. Focuses on the relationship between nutrition, physical fitness, lifestyle, and health, with supporting emphases on consumer awareness, evaluation of nutrition information, eating disorders, and the importance of a balanced, varied diet.

An average game of golf goes for about four and a half hours depending on skill level, length of the course etc. being an athlete in the game of golf can wreak havoc on the body

Typically, I eat breakfast every day at Einstein’s Bagels, and my other two meals at the cafeteria or the food truck. It is rare for me to purchase anything from Starbucks or Johnny Rockets. In the cafeteria I generally eat healthy, nutritious options, I eat quite a bit of vegetables and meat only a couple of times a week. However, others

In the past few weeks, I have attempted to exercise at least 5 times a week, challenge myself by eating more fruits and veggies, drinking more water, eating more superfoods, and getting at least 8 hours of sleep at night. I also worked on overall improving my own wellness with more meditation, winding down at night before sleeping, and dumping the processed, unhealthy foods. At the beginning, I thought this would be simple, but as days passed, I soon realized how unhealthy my usual lifestyle is and how much better I was feeling focusing more on my health. From running a mile around the neighborhood to sleeping more at night, I saw an improvement physically and mentally.

The lesson that was completed in stage three directly aligns with the Common CoreStandards and are things that should be accomplished at the fourth-grade level. The concepts that were taught were all factors that would help illustrate the bigger picture to students so they could understand the logic behind this lesson.By the fourth grade, students need to have a good grasp on nutrition. They need to understand why healthy eating is important and ways they can achieve that. They are beginning to think for themselves and need to know that important choices with food is imperative for their health. By having them complete pamphlets that would be distributed, they need to understand what they are promoting. By having them go through the different steps that were in stage three, they were able to gather that information and help them boost their understanding of nutrition and healthy foods. Throughout stage three, technology was used in planning and helping the students achieve their learning goals. The first example of the lesson accomplishing this was when the students had to watch the nutrition video on the computer on the first day of the lesson. This was an informative video that was age appropriate. I think that without the students watching this video they would have had a difficult time reaching their goals with this lesson and future, related lessons. By having the students view this video it helped them connect the content and specific learning goals. They were

We are required to obtain certain amount of nutrients from food. Food can simply divide into 2 groups, macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients composition. Both of the groups mentioned do affect the metabolism rate. According to Hulbert and Else, dietary fatty acid will affect the metabolism rate and some of the polyunsaturated fatty acid will increase the metabolism rate (1999). Meanwhile, different kinds of animals have their own unique requirement for macro-nutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrates and fat. Moreover, most of the food intake is driven by achieving the required protein intake. Animals on a low protein diet will over eat carbohydrates and fat until the protein requirement has been satisfied. If this case

As a child growing up in an impoverished small village in the sub-Saharan country of Ghana, West Africa, I often wondered why people came in different sizes and shapes. At Since from an early age I was we were taught that we were are all created equal and , it’s fair to say that I may have taken those teachings too literal. As much as heredity plays a part in a person’s physique as I’ve grown to learn, I couldn't intuitively help but wonder if diet and nutrition were contributing factors as well when I was young.

If I had more time and the resources in this assignment, as said previously, I would have created my own experiment where I show the ‘’healthiness’’ levels of a day to day person, consuming the recommended amount of nutrition and macronutrients compared to a person who lives in a third world country affected by global warming to show the importance of minerals in water, vitamins, etc. However, I could have also researched further into where these third world countries could get the nutrients from if they cannot get them from certain foods. Evaluating my plan, starting my work earlier to allow myself to make multiple drafts instead of just one or two which would have allowed my plan to be more precise. I would have also implemented