Nutrition Paper On Nutrition

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Before I was assigned this paper to test my nutrition, I would say I have only been moderately conscious of what I eat, but have never sat down and really thought about what goes into my body on a daily basis. I was taught good values when it comes to eating healthy, but like most college kids, it is easy to stray from those once away from home due to budget, time constraints, or availability. I was excited to see how I stack up in the different values and where I could improve on going forward to become a better healthy eater. I do wish to live as long and as healthy as possible. Wardlaw (2013) found that “34% of the total population is obese. There is no quick cure for overweight, despite what ads say, it takes hard work and commitment.” …show more content…

I believe that something that will help me to being healthy is continuing to learn and eventually master excellent eating habits. Wardlaw (2013) research points to “Developing healthy patterns during childhood, therefore, will go a long way to ensuring healthy preferences and choices when we are teenagers and adults” Again, it is reinforced that early learning of healthy eating is key to a life of being healthy, I am proud of my parents for teaching me the basics, but I still need to learn on my own and I feel that this project helped me in that effort. After my three days of analyzing the different foods, I found that I had a number of nutrients that were below 70% of the Recommended Dietary Allowances. The first nutrient that jumped out was my protein intake, which was 208%, well over the daily allowance. Smith (n.d.) …show more content…

Going forward, I will have to improve my eating alone and with friends. When I eat alone, I tend to either eat at odd times, which can throw off my day or I tend to eat things that are very quick to save time or add convenience. When I eat alone, usually what happens is I don’t think about food until after I would usually eat which can cause myself to overeat, or eat poor nutritional foods. Finally, I need to do a better job of going outside, so often in Wisconsin we get used to sitting inside due to weather, when this happens we get confortable being lazy and eating a lot. I know that I have certainly fallen victim to this, so I need to improve my willpower when it comes to saying no and trying my best to get outside when I

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