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intake. I tried to achieve my goal by reducing total calorie consumption. I ate only 1,404 total calories, which is 596 calories less than targeted allowance. I had coffee, whole grain bread with peanut butter and an apple in my breakfast. I ate brussel sprouts, and grapes in my lunch. For dinner I ate vegetable quesadilla, sour cream, and lentil soup. I had tortilla chips and avocado in my snack. Though I cut down on total calories, my carbohydrate intake was still high, 208g/day, 160% of the…

There have been many great presidents over the years. One could say that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and George H. Bush are among the greatest. However, many people over the years have decided that Ronald Reagan shaped this nation into what it is today. In this great president’s childhood, many people knew that he was a special kid simply because of how good of a person he was. He grew up being chubby with the nickname “Dutch”. His parents owned a small farm in Illinois, where Reagan…

list. To give some variety I will also pick up other quality meats including all natural lunch meats, fish and bacon. It may be a culinary trend, but it indubitably impacts anything it touches. I love roasted green vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and kale. Knowing they are loaded with vitamins and minerals makes them even better. I’ll include some sweet potatoes and butternut squash for a higher carbohydrate count. These will help increase my energy especially since I am cutting…

Steven Pinker, published author and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, wrote an article for the New York Times that was published on January 18, 2008. The article was titled “The Moral Instinct” and was an attempt to shed some light on how morality really works. The article begins with a jarring comparison of Mother Theresa, Bill Gates, and Norman Borlaug and how the average mind probably automatically associates Mother Theresa as the most admirable, although she…

link between the stimuli and the responses. These associations can influence attitudes; an example of this would be British Children coming to like characters that were associated with ice-cream in a cartoon more than characters associated with Brussel Sprouts. In operant conditioning, research (on cognitive mapping and latent learning) we can now know that that cognitive processes are important in learning. Cognitive mapping shows evidence through the study of mice in a maze, where after…

folate, by increasing my consumption of veggies from different subgroups like brightly colored veggies ( e.g. sweet potatoes, carrots and red peppers) , dark leafy greens (e.g. kale, collard and spinach) and cruciferous vegetables (e.g. broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower), which are packed with vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2,…

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36% of the daily amount recommended for me which is definitely low. So, in order to increase my intake of folate, obviously a multivitamin would help a lot but some foods rich in folate include asparagus, broccoli, citrus fruits, avocado and brussel sprouts. So, consuming more of these would higher my intake of folate too. Vitamin b12 (Cobalamin): For this vitamin during my 3-day intake, I consumed a total of 3.02 ug with the DRI recommending only 2.40 ug per day. I consumed 126% of the…

Grill Your Fruits and Vegetables Grilling intensifies the natural sweetness and flavors of vegetables and fruits. Grilling your fruits and vegetables gives it a very different flavor and will keep your taste buds craving the most nutritious foods, while keeping the bad cravings at bay. Vegetable Ideas • Eggplant (1 inch in thickness) • Squash • Peppers • Beets • Carrots • Corn on the Grill Fruit Ideas • Peaches • Apples • Banana • Pineapple 51. Smoothies They taste great are refreshing and…

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