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. …show more content…
My calorie intake compared to the calorie intake expenditures is quite low. The estimate energy requirement for how much activity I’m involved in state that I should consume 2800 calories daily. As shown in the report above I’m at about half of the required amount meaning that I will need to start consuming more calories daily in order for my body to have enough energy to power through the exercises. Also most of the other categories stayed the same and their amounts did not change in my estimated expenditure. I have once tried to increase the amount of calories I consume in a day and it didn’t go so well because it’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s quite hard to increase the amount of food one consumes in a day so this will be a challenge for me but if it will help me and my body why not try. One of the ways I can try and increase my calorie intake is to consume foods that are high in protein, also I can have a cup of nuts a day, and I can start putting avocado slices in certain food I eat in. All of these will help me increase my calorie intake, in the meantime keep my fat intake where it …show more content…
That’s why its important to find the perfect diet where there is just enough intake of everything essential for our body to function healthier. As I have stated previously, there are many ways that I can improve my current diet, one of them being to decrease my fat intake. Another way I can improve my eating habit is to start cooking more. When I cook for myself I have more control of what ingredients are present; one example is the sodium intake if I were to make my own food I have the control of how much salt I use in my food. Also I definitely need to increase my mineral and vitamin intake as they are crucial to our daily function. I can increase the two by consuming more fruits, vegetables and eat more fish, as fish is a great source for magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc etc. Also as I mentioned, when I go out to eat or buy food I need to pay attention to the nutritional labels because there are many hidden fats and such in foods. Another thing that I can change about my diet is to consume drink that are not high in sugar. What I tend to do is when I go out to eat I tend to drink soda because I don’t drink it at home. I need to stop doing that and if I go out either order a low-sugar tea or water as those will be the healthiest options. If people took the time to do create this report, they would
For this part of assignment, I kept record of two consecutive days of what I ate for that days and how much calories I got from that food and drinks. Every day I usually start routine with drinking water which I think is the most important thing for a healthy lifestyle. Apart from this, I learned some following main points to help me by comparing my food chart with the recommendations
In “ how obesity became an epidemic disease” J. Eric Oliver discusses the negative impact the perception of obesity as a disease can have on the American people. Oliver begins by explaining the advent of the description of obesity as a disease and explains the fallacies in the argument that supports this description. The author argues that the data was misleadingly presented in a biased way to suggest that obesity is a spreading epidemic rather than a consequence from personal lifestyle choices. Oliver then delves into the ever-changing role of the CDC, explaining that many aspects of the human condition have slowly been medicalized and deemed diseases in need of a cure. According to the author, it appears that the inflation of the severity of obesity is often due to the commodification of the health care system promoted by the weight-loss industry and the need for passing the CDC budget through congress. The author argues that there is no clinical evidence linking some of the most abundant diseases in America to obesity.The author then makes the
Obviously some of these are much closer to satisfying about seventy percent of my daily needs than others. The diet in which I recorded is very accurate as to my typical diet at this point in my life. Sometimes I may have a bowl of oatmeal in the morning or have a glass of water at dinner, which would obviously raise some of these values like the water nutrient and with oatmeal, my B vitamin values would increase. Some of these lacking percentages may be a real deficiency and will call for my need of increasing them substantially. Vitamins A (IU); E; and D, where A is nineteen percent and then D, which is slightly lower with seventeen percent need some major work and I will have to find ways to get these values at least higher than fifty percent. I will have to begin eating more carrots, egg yolk, broccoli, cantaloupe and drinking milk while doing so, to increase my vitamin A (IU) percentage. For my vitamin E percentage, milk and egg yolk will help but I can also increase my whole-grain foods and eat some sunflower seeds and nuts to get it up where it needs to be. For my lacking vitamin D percentage I need to seriously increase my fatty fish intake—which is not difficult, due to my love of fish. Whole egg and beef liver will also both help in getting more vitamin D in my
According to the USDA, at the start of century 21st American people have increased their daily caloric intake by consuming five hundred calories more than in 1970. As cited by Whitney & Rolfes (2011), there are many recognized causes of obesity such as genetics, environment, culture, socioeconomic, and metabolism among others; but the cause most evident is that food intake is higher than the calories burned in physical activity. Excess of energy from food is stored in the body as fat causing an increase of weight. During the course of the last 40 years, obesity has grown enormously in the United States and the rates remain on the rise (pgs. 272-273).
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 hav...
Nutrition and physical activity are important aspects as they improve health and reduce chronic diseases. In June of this year my family physician placed me on a doctor assisted weight loss program that enabled me to eat my favorite foods but in appropriate proportions and in heathier ways. The best part about Supertracker is that it gives me wonderful tools to support me in understanding and meeting my goals. Once I created a profile through Supertracker I was provided a personal plan to follow including the amount of grains, vegetables, fruits, and protein I needed to be successful. For three consecutive days, I entered my food and activity intake into Supertracker and was able to analyze the excesses and deficiencies
This diet critique will be from everything I ate from Sunday, February 7 to Saturday, February 13. According to my dietary reference intake (DRI), I was allowed 2191 kcal for the week and I consumed 1978kcal. I met 90.3% of what I am allowed, although it Is on the higher end of the range it is still within. My calories from fat were 647kcal and my max allowed is 767kcal. Although I did not go over the minimum I was allowed was 438kcal so I still went over 209kcal from fat in which could be avoided. Checking the fat content on my snacks and limiting myself could reduce my actual intake while still being in range. The same applies to my total fat intake. My max was 85g and I consumed 72g when the lowest could have been 49g.this is still 23g of fat consumed that I did not not. Especially for trans fat I consumed 3.2g when ideally it should be 0g. Eliminated trans fat as a whole because there is no nutritional benefit would eliminate this entirely from my diet. My omega 6 and omega 3 intakes did not meet my DRI. I consumed only 3.9 g or omega 6 when my DRI is 12g and I consumed 0.5g of omega 3 when my DRI was 1.1g. To increase my omega 6 intake, I could start using grapeseed oil instead of the cheapest one I find which may not be the healthiest. I already use purchase grapeseed oil for my hair so getting another bottle to cook with would be easy. To increase my omega 3 intake, I could start consuming more beef and salmon in my diet, the majority of the meat I eat in my diet is chicken, so this switch could add variety.
The proportion of my total Calories target is 2200 Calories, but my average is 1381 Calories which is under the required intake. Protein’s is 46g, my average consumption is 45g which is one gram lower from my target. Carbohydrates on the other hand shows satisfactory with target of 130g which is 45-65% in Calories percentage, my average consumption is 173g, which is 50% Calories. My Total Fats target 20 – 35% of total Calories, my average consumption is 41% which is over the required consumption. Lower calories will give me less energy but if I lower my fats intake, I will hopefully lose weight. I will have to lower my fats intake by eating less of barbecued and fried pork, beef and chicken, instead, I will try to eat more baked skinless chicken and consume more of whole oatmeal or less white
For this paper I decided to take a second and evaluate my life and think about what were some of my current lifestyle habits and behaviors and which out of these habits would I like to change. After sitting down and evaluating all of my main habits I categorized them into groups of which ones were helping to lead me to a long healthy lifestyle and which ones were likely to lead me to an unhealthy life and lifestyle. After narrowing these unhealthy habits down to my top three I decided to focus this paper and my attention on my current nutrition and most of all on my negative eating habits. After evaluating my lifestyle and all of my unhealthy habits I felt that my current nutrition level and eating patterns were in need of the most improvement and change.
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.
People is always asking: “Why is important to have a balanced diet? Why is necessary to have a balanced diet on a daily basis? And why do professionals tend to recommend a balanced diet?” The human being has essential needs to its existence: breathing, feeding, and keeping the body in constant movement. The majority of the people are aware of this, but they do not have a balance among these things and even more important they do not eat the adequate food to keep their body healthy. Food is one of the most important factors because it gives the energy the body needs daily. In other words, few words food is the fuel that provides glucose, which is carried to each cell of the body through the bloodstream. This process is extremely important and this is influenced by the type of food that each person consumes. A balanced diet is important for human beings, and makes reference to a good nutrition with regard to the food they eat; which contains macro nutrients that are carbohydrates, fats, and proteins; these provide energy and basic materials that the body uses to grow and stay healthy.
A couple things that I need to add more to my diet are fiber and vegetables. First semester of college, I was living in the dorms called Eaton, which is located next to a dining center and a “fast food” place called Clyde’s. For me, it was very easy to walk a half of a mile down the sidewalk to get something fast to eat. What I didn’t realize was how bad their food is for you and how often I made an appearance there. It wasn’t until winter break when I came home for a couple weeks and started to get back to my old ways of eating when my mom would prepare every meal, which would include some type of meat, potatoes, and fruits and vegetables.
But, food might not only sustain life, it can also give particular disease if you had the wrong selection. Knowledge about food nutrition and proper selection is too pricey to disregard. The key to have a better and healthy lifestyle is to consume a variety of foods at the right amount to meet your body’s calorie needs. Eating with a healthy meal plan will show you how much you need from each food group I gave you above to sustain your body with the daily nutrients intake that promote not only good health but longer lives. I suggest you will make your own food plan to help your fitness grooming easy to
While I was tracking my eating for these three days, I began to learn about the benefits of the food that I am eating and the nourishment that they provide for my body. I had never realized how big of a role that the food that I eat plays in my everyday life. Eating has never been something that I really think about it is just something that I do. After I looking at the data of what I eat on Choose My Plate, I realized that my eating habits are far from balanced and that I needed to work on bringing my eating habits to a better balance. While there are a lot of things that I have been doing right, there are also many things that I can work on.
First, I will address the root issue of many people’s eating habits, and then I will expand on why and how to develop a healthier lifestyle.