Reflection Paper On Eating Diet

After reviewing the following food journal, I have made the following observations about my eating behavior. The first important thing I have learned that I tend to eat according to a schedule and times I feel are appropriate for eating. Thus, regardless of ow hungry I am, I force myself to eat in hopes that it will either help avoid my hungry later or because of the social construct. Whenever I am either in class or it is morning time I usually feel like I need to eat breakfast food or something to hold my hungry until I am out of class. After giving it more thought, I realized that my school schedule dictates my eating habits as well. I usually eat before class or when I get home from class. I then noticed that I do not focus solely on eating.

When my blood sugar and ventromedial hypothalamus triggers my body into feeling hungry I am motivated to restore the balance of these levels by eating food with more glucose such as cereal and fish. Glucose promotes brain functioning, and good glucose gives short term sustaining energy. When examining my diet, I notice that I consume a lot of processed food, and by processed I am referring to any food that is not a home cooked meal. I reported feeling tired a lot of the times when I ate processed foods, and this may be due to the short term control of hunger from the processed glucose. Foods with high levels of sugar gave me a short term supply of energy, while foods high in lipids gave me the satisfied feeling I was looking

This theory declares that every person has a set body fat level and any change in that body fat will trigger the feeling of hunger to rebalance this level. Foods such as eggs, yogurt, and milk are all high in fats that will give you more health benefits that the previous high sugar food counterparts. The Lateral Hypothalamus was less active when I ate foods high in lipids. Glucostatic homeostasis is considered a short term hunger regulation while lipostatic has longer lasting effects and I see these theories reflected in my eating behavior. Lipids provide your body with energy, serve as an insulator, and serve as a carrier for vitamins A, D, E, and K. In contrast, simple sugars, which are in many of the foods I consume, serve as an immediate source of