Nutrition Objectives & Key Terms
Key Terms:
1. Consumption Norm- should be the proper food unit to eat.
2. Enzymes- are vital importance during the digestive process because they rearrange and divide food molecules, making them bioavailable to the human body.
3. Food craving- an intense desire, our bodies are talking to us, and can be either emotional or physiologic.
4. Food habits- choosing the food we eat out of habit or because we have a physiologic need for certain nutrients.
5. Gastrointestinal Tract- supplies the body with nutrients and water.
6. Nutrients- the food we select that provides chemical substances that provide the body with energy and everything it needs to function.
7. Nutrition- is what we choose to eat and put into our
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To consider the new trends of the 21st century on must opt for the small serving sizes, choose water over soda, eat half of their meal now and the other half later, eat slower to savor every bite, and put the fork down to see what could happen if they do not become a conscious consumer.
3. Food habit can be done out of habit or because we have a physiologic need for certain nutrients. Food habits can be born from traditions, like cake on birthdays. A food craving has said to be our bodies letting us know when it requires a specific nutrient or chemical. Food cravings can be either emotional or physiologic. The emotional levels of food craving will remain until that person fulfills the need, then the craving goes away. Physiologic hormone fluctuation can trigger a food craving. Physiologic cravings will let our bodies know when they are balanced and no longer need the chemical.
4. Proportion distortion and the relationship with obesity is due to the increase in portion sizes. Fast food serving sizes are on average of four times the size. Today’s cheese burger is 590 calories verses 333 calories 20 years ago. Therefore, we should be exercising more to burn these extra calories.
5. Diseases associated with unhealthy eating habits include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gross obesity, dental caries, and cancer (breast, colon, and
Being overweight or obese are risk factors for many chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and … cancers.”
Increased portion sizes have gone unnoticed by consumers unaware of their unhealthy actions and has become the trend because of its gradual incorporation in our eating habits. In just twenty years, significant differences among the sizes of products can be noticed and most often seen to have doubled(1). Not only are increasing portion sizes reaching dine-out style meals where hamburger, french-fry, and soda sizes are two to five times larger than originals, but they are making their way into the homes of our public. Recipes found in newer editions of Joy of Cooking, a popular home cookbook, shows fewer serving sizes coming from identical recipes of older editions. This can be explained to show that larger portion sizes are to be anticipated from the recipes.
Gluttony has often been described as a perverted obsession with food and even more so about wanting more despite the consequences. Someone that suffers from gluttony lives to eat instead of the other way around. Unfortunately, glutto...
Nutritionism is an ideology that believes that the nutrients in foods are the key to understanding them. Nutritionism believers are so focused on the nutrients that food contains that they forget about all other aspects of food. The problem is that consumers rely on packaging to tell them what nutrients a food provides, since nutrients cannot be obviously seen, and they rely on science to tell us what nutrients are good and which are “evil”.
A common saying goes, “we are what we eat;” but what exactly that makes us eat in the first place? What are the factors that influence our eating behaviors? If the food that we eat defines our personality and being as a whole, it should then be vital to identify the factors that push us to eat certain kinds of food. I think that social psychology has the answer. As broad as this field may seem, yet this science of explaining human behavior takes it reference on the influence of the environment, people, the media, and almost about anything that can contribute to how people think, feel, and act. In this paper, we will explore the factors that influence our eating
Ward, Christie L. Compulsive Eating: The Struggle to Feed the Hunger Inside. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY. 1998.
Candelaria states in her article, “Eating a Western diet with lots of processed or fried foods that can raise blood levels of “oxidized” cholesterol and could increase heart attack risk”. Since fast food contains a surprisingly high amount of sugars it can aid in causing type two diabetes, especially if eaten over long period of time. Diabetes may contribute to an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease and blindness (Candelaria). Frequent consumption of processed, fatty foods may lead to high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases, which may result in a stroke. Also, an obese person is associated with a higher prevalence of acquiring asthma as well ...
Nutrition and health have become more popular in today 's society. Our generation is becoming more and more indebted to the idea of being healthy and eating nutritious meals. However, in “The American Paradox,” by Michael Pollan he argues that our unhealthy population is preoccupied with nutrition and the idea of eating healthy than their actual health. He also mentions the food industry, nutrition science and how culture affects the way we eat and make food choices. While Pollan is right about all these factor that affect our eating habits, there is more to it than that. Convenience, affordability and social influence also affects our food choices making them inadequate.
The human body is like a machine that needs fuel to be able to accomplish certain tasks. Too much fuel or to little fuel can have a great impact on how the machine runs. Food is the fuel that runs the human body. Making the right food choices is crucial to a person’s health. Making unhealthy food choices can lead to the development of chronic diseases such as diabetes or cancer. Along with making the right food choices, it is also important to eat those foods in proper portions. Every person is different, so their portions will also be different. There are several factors that influence a person to eat food. Such as hunger, emotions, environment, availability, family and many more.
Being obese puts the person at risk of developing sicknesses and diseases like, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes (type 2), and some forms of cancer (prostate, breast and bowel.)
Emotions - Emotional changes can prompt emotional eating. This includes boredom, anger, depression and loneliness.
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One of the reason’s why I felt my nutrition needed to changes is because nutrition is a huge part of a healthy lifestyle, the way that we eat and what foods we consume can have a huge impact on our everyday lives. Nutrition plays a huge role in multiple facets of a person’s life energy, health, skin, weight, confidence, and more making having a good control on your eating habits extremely important. How we eat over the years and what foods we routinely choose to eat can eventually have a lasting effect on use and what we consider to be most appealing and appetizing at any given moment. Having these craving and routine habits makes eating, diet, and nutrition both a behavior and a lifestyle choice that can be changed over time with help from the theories learned in this class.
If food is the first thing that comes to mind when you're faced with a stressful situation, what you're really craving is comfort. That comfort can come in many different ways that don't involve a trip to the kitchen. When you learn to ease and please your senses in other ways, your food cravings will become weaker and weaker until they fade away altogether.
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