My Generation Research Paper

Most Change Occurred Between My Parents and My Generation I think the most change occurred between my grandmother’s generation and the latter half of my mother’s generation. Their diet, accessibility to food, and care during pregnancy went through the most change. My grandmother’s diet often comprised of vegetables and starches while my mother’s diet had a much wider range of food including all sorts of meats, like turkey, vegetables, and processed foods. Some of the reasons I believed this happened was because of technological advancements and countries of origin. My grandmother was from a rural farm community in China where technological advancements had yet to appear. She was also from a poor family. Therefore, food and medicine was hard …show more content…
A medical professional would definitely try to recommend foods that would help provide proper essential nutrients during her pregnancy. Some foods that may have been accessible are mung beans, fruits, beans, chicken, beef, or pork liver, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, milk, and skinless duck. If a professional were to review my mother’s diet, some concerns they may have regarding her diet would be her weekly consumption of processed deserts, sodium intake from her meals, and potential teratogens from the locally caught fish she would eat during her pregnancies. Processed deserts may contain high levels of sugar, fats, and sodium. This increases her risk of cardiovascular disease. Chinese food typically uses large amounts of salt for flavoring, this could result in hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. Fish can be dangerous depending on the type and their normal mercury levels, ingesting fish with high mercury levels can cause detrimental effects on the development of the fetus. They would likely recommend that she limit her fish and processed food intake and try to maintain a low sodium and low fat