Nutrition And Eating Habits

Every day we make decisions that affect our diets, most of the time we do this unconsciously, and this affects both, our weight and our health. Most of these decisions come from repetitive behavior or the influence of others in our environment. There are many things that can affect our eating habits. For instance, cultural and ethnic background, I was born in Mexico, and almost all of the foods I'm used to, and love eating has tortillas, rice, beans, salsa, and meat. With this, food education, tastes, and preferences come altogether because I am used to these type of high-calorie foods. Although, I must say that not everything is unhealthy and it's because is usually "homemade" and because of the way it is prepared. Secondly, time, due to the

This one gives a more detailed report on each food and its nutrients. I did create a profile and gave my specific height and weight, which set a daily calorie limit of 1800, and a daily food group targets with portions, the nutrient report also shows the food source, and it also gives you tips on how you should eat, prepare and even advice you to check the food labels on certain foods. In addition, they give advice on physical activity giving me a specific amount of time that you should be active according to different age ranges. I chose to do it on a weekend because it is my work schedule, and there isn't a lot of difference of how I eat other than the fact that when I am on work schedule I had time to pay attention to what I was eating the amounts and everything else. In addition, on my 2-day diet report, I decide to add the step count if my day, which I did forgot to log into my food tracker. However, I still made it part of my diet

One of the many is Potassium, the target intake is 4700mg. and the average consumed was 1758mg. Potassium is in charge of lowering blood pressure and may reduce the risk of kidney stones and bone loss. In order to deal with my potassium intake, I can eat more vegetables, fruits, milk, and yogurt, but as mentioned in class, adding more avocados to a diet can help. In addition, Copper, this mineral had a target intake of 900 µg and my average intake was 499 µg, copper is important in developing healthy cells for our body. Some examples of the food I can include in my diet are whole grains, beans, nuts, and potatoes. Another mineral was Iron, this one had a target intake of 18 mg. and an average of 5 mg. in order to increase my iron intake, I can start eating lean meat and poultry because these contain heme iron, or simply have cereals enriched with iron for breakfast. In addition, Magnesium, this mineral had a target intake of 310 mg. and the average consumed was 178 mg. Magnesium is a mineral used by the body to build bones, make proteins, release energy form muscles and control body temperature. To increase my magnesium intake, I should choose more vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, and peas, whole grains, and choose fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products. I could do brown rice instead of white rice since it is rich in magnesium. Another mineral that appeared under on my nutrient report was selenium. This mineral had a target