Nutrisystem is a home-delivery diet program that sells prepackaged food. They have a website at Nutrisystem.com where an individual can get information about the diet plans available. They offer diet plans tailored specifically for women, men, diabetics, and vegetarians (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). The plans feature six small meals that are to be eaten every 2-3 hours (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). They have a variety of shelf and frozen foods. A person can pick and choose their foods from a menu or they can choose a “favorites” menu that comes with preselected meals (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). In addition to the prepackaged food, a person must also purchase vegetables, fruits, low-fat dairy, whole grains, and other foods to be added with the meals (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). The plan claims a 1-2 pound weight loss per week. Exercised is encouraged for optimal results (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). They also provide 24 hour weight loss coaches, registered dieticians, and an online support community to interact with other participants (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014).
Nutrisystem has been in business for over forty years. They are partnered with the American Diabetes Association and The Obesity Society which helps with funding of clinical research of their products and programs (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). Nutrisystem claims their prepackaged food diet plans work based on clinical trial research. The meals are designed for portion control and low caloric intake. They are based on a low glycemic index (GI) diet. The glycemic index is a value given to foods (carbohydrates) that measure its effect on blood glucose (“Why Nutrisystem Works”, 2014). Nutrisystem claims eating low GI foods helps control hunger and bloo...
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There are foods that have been known to have a higher glycemic index and others with a low glycemic index. However, how large of small the glycemic index value of a particular food maybe does not just tell a person how much effective the blood glucose level is responding to effectiveness energy burned. This glycemic index can also help in a person’s plan or eating habit. According to mayo clinic dietician association does statistics on Glycemic index from the Sydney University Glycemic index research center, glycemic index is ranked from 0-100 constitute only foods and beverages that contain carbohydrate. “Food with high glycemic index scored 70 and above on the glycemic index scale. These foods include; plain white bread, brown rise, white rice, watermelon, boiled red skin potato and white skinless baked potato. Food with median glycemic index range from 56 to 69. These foods include; sweet corn, bananas, pineapple, raising and a few kinds of ice cream. Food with low glyce...
Nutrisystem emphasizes fruits, vegetables, and lean protein while cutting back on fat, sugar, and fried foods have been shown to be an effective way to drop the pounds and help prevent some chronic conditions.
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Education plays a dominant role in the lives of students throughout the United States. Since most students spend roughly eight to twelve hours in school, it is important to make sure that they are provided with a healthy and nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack. Unfortunately, in today’s society, school administrators focus heavily on standardized test scores and school rankings, thus adding more pressure on students and teachers. This being said, schools have begun to focus on providing healthy foods because they help increase a person’s cognitive and critical thinking ability. It is seen that nutrition plays a great role in students’ performance on exams and physical activity due to the correlation between school provided meals and low student performance on tests.
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 imagined.
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In the last couple of decades, dieting trends have astronomically increased. The average dieter has trained his or her ears and eyes to react to the word ‘fat’. Low fat, reduced fat, fat free- these are all words that until recently have set alarms off ringing in the typical dieter’s head. Recently, new vocabulary, such as ketogenic, ketosis, and low carbohydrate have stepped into the dieter’s world and questioned, or rather challenged, the ‘fat’ free method of dieting. So, after you have devoured the entire box of ‘fat’ free cookies perhaps you will ask yourself....WHAT ABOUT THE CARBOHYDRATES???
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Nutrition is an important key to learn and understand in your life while you get older. Many people do not know the proper diet and exercise to keep their body healthy and strong. Throughout this course, I have learned information on different kinds of vitamins, carbohydrates, amino acids and other helpful diets. After reading and logging my dietary log for a week it has helped me re-organize my diet and health. I have learned about how to personally manage my exercise and diet and I am seeing some good results because of what I learned from this class. I started to see what I was missing in my diet and started to know what quantity and quality was for your diet. I also took a leap into my family health history to see what I need to change