Family Nutrition Research Paper

Food is a big part of who I am. Eating is an activity that I share with my family and it is one of my primary concerns and even a hobby. My family is known from been foodies: we cook everything from scratch, we know the best places to eat and have tried and eat any type of food: Japanese, Indian, Jewish, Italian, and many others. My dad’s parents were Italian which makes him the king of food while my mom comes from a family where cooking is just second nature. My relationship with food has been somewhat complicated: I have always loved it but I have had my share of capriciousness on choosing how I eat and how I eat.
Since I was born I was around this same environment but from what they told me I only ate what I liked: beef and pasta where …show more content…
What surprised me the most is that I have eaten enough proteins but went over the amount of fats. Proteins are a main concern for me personally showing why I have a good amount. Most of my total consumption of fat was as saturated fats, which are the hardest to spoil therefore it stays in our body longer increasing our cholesterol. Proteins are a main concern for me personally showing why I have a good amount in my diet. For a while I have thought that I have low content of fruits and vegetables in my diet which corresponds to my results of low minerals and vitamins. This results create a concern about my poor consumption of fruits and vegetables, but they are the hardest to eat since they go bad easily and I am very unpredictable about those that I enjoy eating. Vitamins help you fight congestion because they helped the white blood cells to fight against infections preventing me from getting sick, something that I can not afford since I have school which I have to get the most out of and not loose it because a careless mistake that is somewhat easy to fix. To fix this I will start buying at least frozen fruits and start making the sacrifice to eat those that I do not enjoy as much just for my own