For 7 day I had to log all my food intake as well as my activities. It was interesting to see it broke down into so many different groups, which was a bit of an eye opener. It compared Average Intake vs. Recommended Intake. It also looked at the Oil and Empty calories, MyPlate, and Carbohydrates. I went to eatright.org and found an article on Processed Foods: What’s OK, What to Avoid, because so much of our food is processed anymore it is hard to stay away from it.
In the report my actual calories were a bit higher than what was recommended, and my weight stayed the same. The percentage was at 107%, and that I ate over my daily recommended amount of calories. My actual calories were over, and I stayed to same weight from when I started this report. The errors that might have accrued for me is not measuring my foods, and some of the foods were not in the MyDietAnalys.com database. With this error my calorie intake might have been a little higher the reported.
In the oils & empty calories showed the recommended that I “limit my extra fats & sugars to 132 Calories.” (Janice Thompson, 2015) My biggest downfall is desserts, because most nights before bed I like a dessert, and this is usually some kind of sugary item. This is an area I need to really work on, because the older I get the more it will start affecting my health. For the three foods that on my 7-day report that could be changed to healthier options are frosted mini wheat, popcorn, and cookies. The cereal could be changed to oatmeal with blueberries, the cookies could be changed to fruit, and the popcorn just needs to be homemade instead of store bought. The popcorn is not that unhealthy of a snack it just needs to be air popped, made with olive oil, and sea salt.
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The article that I read on “Processed Foods: What’s OK, What to Avoid” say “It’s blamed for our nation’s obesity epidemic, high blood pressure and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes.” (Jill Kohn, 2015) It also says that it is surprising to “learn that whole-wheat, homemade soup a chopped apple are also processed foods.” (Jill Kohn, 2015) Even some of the conveniences we have could be considered processed like our bagged spinach or even the roast nuts. The conveniences that are not so good are like canned fruits, vegetables, because of the sugar or sodium that is in them.
When going over the 7-day report it was interesting on what the actual over the recommended showed. It shows some areas that I really need to work on, like changing up the carbohydrates, and make some better fiber choices.
Thirdly, I focused mainly on fruits and vegetables products. I introduced some new vegetables and fruits as compared to my regular diet. For instance, I added broccoli, carrots and grapes. This section contains 687 calories from total of my
The problematic aspect of processed food is all the added hormones, preservatives, and antibiotics that are injected into the food. Organic foods have none of these additives, and the pure characteristic of organic food is a valuable thing. Pollan (2008) agrees with this when he writes, “instead of worrying about nutrients, we should simply avoid any food that has been processed to such an extent that it is more the product of industry than of nature” (p. 424). I have a medical condition in which I am not supposed to eat any foods that have added preservatives, hormones, or antibiotics. This is because my body is hypersensitive to chemicals and, especially, added hormones. It can easily cause serious health problems. Pollan (2008) also added an opinion made by a food politics and policy lecturer, Gyorgy Scrinis, who believes that, “the most important fact about any food is not its nutrient content but its degree of processing” (p. 423). If everyone would stop their constant consideration in nutrient content and turn their attention to additives; America could become a much healthier
My total calories from fat average was 39% according to the Macronutrient Range which is slightly over what the recommended amount of 20%-35%. For the 6 day average total from 2/21/16-2/26/16.
The DRI also recommends that females should subtract 7 calories per day for each year above age 19. I am currently 31 years old, so my recommended calorie intake is 2,319. The diet that I am currently on is not as nutritious as it should be. By looking at the Dietary Recommended Intakes for my age and comparing it to my current dietary habits, I have noticed that I consume a high daily intake of protein, which can contribute to heart disease, kidney disease, adult bone loss and possibly cancer.... ...
For my diet analysis I am not proud to explain the foods I have been consuming by what I have learned so far this year within this class. With all the fast foods and fatty foods that I am trying to convert into energy that I need for my body to work to its fullest. The problem is that with the bad decisions of a fast food product that is just processed animal parts that are contaminated with different preserved liquids and fluids the companies inject to the animal that allows it to grow faster, but not so healthy as fast food companies project. On Monday consuming 1852 calories, for breakfast I ate a egg, cheese and bacon sandwich. Two hamburgers from McDonalds for lunch and two tacos from Taco Bell. For Monday I went over on my limit
Food has been a common source of necessity in our everyday lives as humans. It helps gives us nutrition and energy to live throughout our life. Over several decades, the development of making foods has evolved. They have changed from natural to processed foods in recent years. Nowadays natural ingredients are barely used in the making of foods like bread, cheese, or yogurt. The food industry today has replaced natural food making with inorganic ingredients. The cause of this switch is due to processed foods being easier, cheaper and faster to make. Artificial nutrition and processed foods have been proven to last longer in market shelves then natural foods. Also, due to artificial additives in processed foods they help satisfy consumers taste more than natural ingredients. The method of producing processed foods is common in today's food industry and helps make money faster and efficiently for companies. Examples of this can be found in all markets that distribute food. Even though processed foods may be easier and faster to make, they are nowhere near as healthy for consumers compared to natural foods. Natural foods are healthier, wholesome, and beneficial to the human body and planet then processed foods.
The purpose of recording this food log was to see what in my diet healthy or unhealthy. The purpose of this food log was also to view our eating habits because the basic average man eats many saturated fats, sugars, and red meat and this usually explains why some of them are usually obese and have diabetes. Diabetes is a problem when you eat too many foods with sugar or you eat too many sweets. In our task we were supposed to compare our eating habits to the new food pyramid. The new food pyramid describes what is healthy and the average amount of servings that should be taken daily.
Processed food is a “balance of nutrients and ingredients”, however, not all of it is bad for you since they 're convenient but they “can mean large amounts of hidden sodium, fats, and sugar” and unprocessed food is the complete opposite. On a different note, genetically modified foods, also known as GMOs, “are foods produced from organisms that have had changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering”. In a different circumstance, organic foods are foods that are organically grown food from local farms; it is also known as “the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants by following the essential principles of organic
As part of learning about nutrients and food, in health class, we kept a food diary. In this food diary we kept track of every thing we ate and then calculated the calories, carbohydrates, proteins, and fat amounts in each item that we consumed. Being able to see what all we have consumed allows us to know what we should be eating more of and what we are consuming too much of. I believe that this is a very good way to maintain a healthy and well-rounded diet.
For changing my diet, I could eat fruits and eat healthy crunchy snacks instead of eating cookies for snacks. I would eat snacks once a day. Having fruits I like such as strawberries and apple slices as snacks would be a healthier option. Instead of munching on chips and cookies, I could eat crunchy food such as cashews, veggie chips, trail mix, and baked chips. At restaurants, I can choose the salad option instead of the soup because there are more vegetables in
Obesity has been one of the major problems in the United States. One of the ways that we can decrease this rising problem is to get people to monitor what they eat. This will allow them to see categories they are doing good in and categories that need improvement in their diet. This is something that I did for three days in one week and will now go ahead and analyze the most important factors to a diet and how to improve them. Based on the data above it looks like that I’m maintaining my calorie intake on the base of a 2200 calorie diet per day. I’m consuming just the right amount of calories from protein, but I’m a little over on the consumption of calories from fat. Saturated fat is also a category that I’m over in by about five percent.
Before this assignment, I had thought that I had excellent and healthy eating habits for a young woman my age. I excluded foods that were high in sugar and fat, limited the amount of meat I consumed in a week and even made water my soul choice when it came to beverages. However, after analyzing my diet on FoodTracker, it was clear that my diet was not as nearly perfect or healthy for that matter as I had once thought it to be.
Processed Foods Are Often High in Trans Fats or Processed Vegetable Oils. The fact throughout each of the 9 facts of how unhealthy processed foods are is the addiction leading to the emotional state being affected by what is put into the food. There are several flavor enhancers, chemicals, and hormones inserted into the foods and animals that we eat in the present such as monosodium glutamate and genetically modified organisms that are affecting the mind day by day. Those hormones are triggering the brain to think a certain way after eating a significant amount of food especially if it was all processed. My topic is solely based on the Health and Food Industry. I am certainly focused on making people aware of what the food industry as well as the government and what they allow people to eat and drink regardless of how toxic it is for the body. “How junk food wrecks your body” by Alexandra Sifferlin is discussing how junk food is totally bad for your body and what it does to your body overtime. It’s not a shocking realization that junk food is low in healthy nutrients and high in sugar and sodium. Animal research was conducted that I don’t support but did a study on rats with junk food. The experimental physiology study journal suggested that a diet with mainly junk food harms the kidneys as it would if you had type 2 diabetes. In the study the rats were given a junk food diet of marshmallows. Biscuits, cheese, and chocolate bars for eight weeks. The study was extremely small and used rats rather than people, so the results can't be mainly about humans or harm the humans. Dr. David Katz says “Animal studies provide insights about potential effects in people, but they rarely provide definitive answers”. Dr. David Katz was not involved in the
To analyze, my fats were either always too low or too high, which I figure was bad because that isn’t a consistent diet which I need to maintain more often. With my fats being irregular, them being too low can cause muscle to weaken, weaken immune systems, and possibly have serious heart problems. With them being too high, leaning towards obesity risks like heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis all can
The first strategy that I can use in order to limit the amount of trans fats, processed sugar, and cheese that I eat is to cut back the less nutritious foods that are found around my apartment. Now, throwing out every item of unhealthy food isn’t the way to go because, lets face it, we all need to splurge sometimes. On the contrary, I can cut my options back. By doing this, it will help to limit the temptations that I have in my everyday life. Another strategy that I can use is to control my portion sizes. My version of portioning has always been the method of putting more of the things that taste better and less of the things that don’t taste as good on my plate. I need to start balancing out my plate by their nutritious values instead of their “yummy” value. Don’t get me wrong, nutritious foods are yummy too, but they aren’t the same type of yummy. Planning what I am going to eat ahead of time is another way to stick to my goal. This will make it easier to stick to a more nutritious diet. There are so many new substitutions in cooking now. Trying new things has never been one of my strong suits, in fact, it kind of scares me, but by broadening my options and trying these substitutions it will create a healthier way to enjoy some of my favorite foods. The options to eating healthier are endless, but these are just a few of the possible strategies that I may use in order to complete to my goal and