Sunday, March 20, 2011

food label

What is your food product?
-Nestle Fat Free Yogurt
1. What is the serving size?
-135g

2. How many servings per container?
-1

3. How many calories per serving?
-105kcal

4. How many calories are from fat?
-0.07kcal

5. What percentage of each serving’s calories comes from fat?
-7.4%


6. What is the total fat percentage of your food?
-7.4%
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?

-moderate

7. What is the saturated fat percentage in your food?
-0%

Is this content Low/High?
-low

8. How much of your diet should come from saturated fats?
-25~35%

9. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
-at the room temperature, saturated fat is in the state of solid and unsaturated fat is in the state of liquid.

-Unsaturated fat is made of plant oil and saturated fat is made of animal fat.

10. What is the percentage cholesterol in your food?
-0g
Is that Low/Moderate/High?
-low


11. How much sodium is in your food?
-77mg

Is this content Low/Moderate/High?
-low

12. What is the carbohydrate content of your food?
-21.9g
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?

-moderate

13.What is the sugar content of your food?
-0g
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?

-low

14. Why are sugars not good for you?
-because consuming too much sugars especially in simple carbohydrates can cause obesity, heart diseases and diabetes.


15. How much fiber is in your food?
-0g

16.Why is fiber good for you?
-because fiber cannot be digested so when it passes through bowels, it can clean the bowels and therefore it reduces the risk of getting heart diseases, cancers, diabetes and other diseases.


17. How much protein is in your food?
-4.2g
Is this content Low/Moderate/High?

-low

18. What is the Vitamin A , Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron content of your food?
Vit. A

-0g
Vit. C

-0g
Calcium

-162mg
Iron

-0g
Are these amounts adequate?
-not really


19. Overall, what would you say is the nutritional value of your food? Is it good for you?
-The nutrition value is low. It's not good.
Why or why not?
-Because even though our food does not include any sugar, it also does not contain much important nutrients such as sodium, carbohydrate and protein. However, if you need to reduce the amount of sugar you eat and you want to eat yogurt, this product is a good choice.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

nutrition analysis

WEEKEND
  As the first graph shows, 65% of my meals are carbohydrates. Which means I consume a lot of carbs such as rice or bread in the weekend. I did not eat as much protein and fat as carbs. Even though I add up them, the percentages don't reach their of carbs. The reason why this happened is I ate rice, bread or pancake which containe carbohydrates a lot evrey meal and do contain less fat and protein. It is not balances at all. Although cabohydrates provide the body with heat and energy, too much is not good. I guess that I need to consume more fat and protein with food such as soy bean, fish and gelatin.

  The second graph is showing that I consume more than 100% of carbohydrates, vitamin C and manga which are more than I need. And not enough vitamin B-12, vitamin D and calcium. Actually, there are much more items that are lower in percentage than recomended. To get vitamin B-12, I need to eat cow's liver, pig's liver and short-neck clam. For vitamin D, eat fish is a dgood idea. Foods that contain calcium are daily product such as milk, cheese and yogurt, and small fish.

  As you see in the third graph, my body burned clories twice as much as I ate. In the other words, my body does not store any calories and continue to lost them. The best amount of calories that women need to get in a day is about 1200 to 1600. I consume a little bit less than it, but I do not need to worry about it, I think.

WEEKDAY
  The first graph shows I consumes more than 50% of carbohydrates and about one-quater of fat. I can say that I ate too much carbohydrates and so little protein according to it. Fish can give me enough protein which I should take.

  The second graph reveals that I consume too much manga, and a lot of carbs, selenium and thiamin. Also, less fiber, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, calcium and manganese than 50%. It seems I did not eat enough vitamin. To consume vitamin, I need to eat meats and vegetales. I think I eat vegetables daily and consume enough, so what I need is meats such as beef, pork and chicken.

  According to the third graph, I ate enough calories and burned double what I consumedin that day. I think it looks good.

COMPARISON
  When I compared the graphs of weekend and weekday, I realized that I consume more carbohydrate on the weekend and more fat on the weekday. Regardless of weekend or weekday, I ate food which contain a lot of manga. Also, I do not comsume enough vitamin C both on the weekend and weekday. Although on the weekend I consume much vitamin C, I do not on the weekday. This is because I ate a lot of vegetables. The percentage of calories that I ate are different between weekend and weekday. I ate more on the weekday. I think the reason why is I usually think about eating more. Which means I slack on the weekend and I sometime get up to late so I can not eat breakfast.

nutrition graphs

WEEKEND
Carolies
%-RDA/AI Graph

Carolies balance

WEEKDAY
Carolies

%-RDA/AI Graph
Carolies balance

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

my meals on tuesday

breakfast
-one bowl of rice

lunch
-three pieces of sandwiches
-a few cuts of cucumber
-a few cherry tomato

dinner
-one bowl of curry and rice

drink
-five glasses of tea

the other
-one piece of toast

Monday, February 28, 2011

my meals on monday

breakfast
-one bowl of rice

lunch
-one bowl of rice
-potato salad
-an egg

dinner
-one bowl of rice
-one bowl of miso soup
-fillet fish

drink
-five glasses of tea

the other
-half of a chocolate bar

Sunday, February 27, 2011

my meals on sunday

breakfast
-one piece of toast

lunch
-one bowl of curry udon

dinner
-one bowl of rice
-one bowl of boiled vegetables
-five slices of boiled potatos

drink
-three glasses of tea
-one glass of grape juice

the other
-two pieces of oatmeal cookies
-half bar of chocolate

Saturday, February 26, 2011

my meals on saturday

breakfast
-one piece of pancake with honey

lunch
-cheese, green pepper and tomato sauce on a piece of toast

dinner
-one bowl of rice
-three fried chickens
-one bowl of boiled vegetables
-one tomato

drink
-five glasses of tea

the other
-five pieces of oatmeal cookies

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Health in the News: Stress, Depression and Suicide

Title: Dentists Facing Depression And Suicide
Author: Peter Hill
Source: online source
Date: 30 Jan 2009
URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/137209.php

Summarize
This article is about many dentists in Canada are at risk of suffering from dysthimia. They got many problems such as loss of appetite, low levels of energy, excessive anger social withdrawal, suicidal thoughts and so on. When they were young they were already sensitized to this perticularity of the profession. However, it is a problem that it affects health. The Université de Montréal estabilished a prevention program to help future dentists to cope with and avoide stress before it becomes serious and leads them to be depressed. Today, youngsters speak about it openly.  It is a good trend to all of us.

Big Meaning
The big meanig of this article is that although many people get stressed out easily, they don't know how to cope with. And stress cause many bad things such as people get angry very easily, they can't concentrate on their works and they aovid to contact with outside of the world. It is a vicious circle. And the bad things include 'suicidal thoughts' which is the most awful thing and at the same time, the most important thing that we need to think about seriously. And very few people of them are followed by a doctor and received treatments. In the other words, many people are still suffering with stresses and are not treated. The prevention program to help the future dentist to cope stress must be the good solution to prove the problem.

Personal meaning
I thought that dentist is an easy profession to have, therefore I was so surprised when I found this article. At the last part of the article it said that recentry, many yougsters speak more openly about it. I think it is true, but there are still people who have difficulty to express themselves and can't say what they want to do, I guess. Personally, I sometimes get depressed and feel like I don't want to do anything or I can't do anything correctly. And when it becomes deeper and more serious, I get stressed out. It is mostly caused by too many works from school or difficult relationship  with my friends. After I read this article, I thought that I really need to know how to cope with and relief stress. Otherwise, I might have many horrible effects by that.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

My wellness wheel

  • Social wellness
4/5                   
I feel really good when I am with my friends and family.

  • Physical wellness
2/5
I don't do any exercises.
I like to stay at home and reading books.
  • Occupational wellness
5/5
As a student, i always listen to what teachers say, do homework for every classes and arrive classes on time.
  • Intellectual wellness
4/5
I like to listen to music and read stuffs.
  • Emotional wellness
5/5
I don't get angry and cry easily.
And i think smiing is the best way to be healthy therefore i always try to be smiling.

  • Spiritual wellness
3/5
I don't belong to any religion.
Spirituary, i want to help people who are older than me.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

What is your definition of a healthy person?

My definition of a healthy person is someone has to have well-balanced diet which he/she does not only eat meat, vegetables or carbohydrate. Eating too much is not good for our health. Moreover, doing exercises make everyone healthy. Only playing computer games, watching TV or using a computer don't affect you in good ways.