Dietetics

The second was the domestication of the three main cereal grains, wheat, rice, and maize, which happened approximately 10,500 to 5,500 years ago. Each of these alterations to our diet led to paramount shifts in the human race. The first of these dietetic movements, the invention of cooked food, has evidently led to larger brains, but at a cost. The earliest humans ate little more than what they could find…

Starting in October of 2015 I was working with a registered dietitian by the name of Susan Lang, who works at ShopRite in Flemington N.J. The first volunteering opportunity had been to help Susan with a project that was not related to the real service learning, but to her own job responsibilities. Nevertheless, I was asked to stand at a display table and hand out various assortments of healthy store made salads, to ShopRite associates, and given a short script to discuss the taste of each…

The food practices of humans are determined by values, attitudes, beliefs, and environmental and religious circumstances; all of which are the products of tradition, culture, and contacts. Knowledge and culture affect the intake of a particular food. The success in understanding the culture of other countries or ethnic groups lies in understanding their rituals in food consumption customs. In developing countries, culture plays a crucial role in determining food patterns. Each ethnic group has…

Advertisers prey upon the societal pressure to be thin, young, and beautiful. With zero calories and zero grams of sugar, diet soda advertisers have the easy job of marketing their product directly at people who desire being skinny. Even though diet sodas appear as the best alternative to drinking regular sodas loaded with sugar and calories, the artificial sugars within diet sodas have been linked to negative health effects and even weight gain. So before immediately associating a soda coined…

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- and the World by Rachel Swaby is a nonfiction book about women’s acknowledgment in the different fields of science and how these women’s accomplishments have been finessed by men and the media. The women recognized in this book are not as famous and common know like, Marie Curie, but this does not mean their work and accomplishments are less important. It talks about the media coverage of women scientists and their discoveries that changed the world.…

Much has been made of the growth of social media and its influence on society. The effect is broadly seen as positive by the general public, a view driven in part by the social media itself. Some consider it one of the greatest innovations of the past decade, the PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaborations and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a…

While most Americans don't realize it, the consumption of meat inspires a wasteful misuse of the earth's valuable resources, leaving an irreparable scar on the earth and squandering sources of food that could be used to feed the hungry. 20 billion livestock occupy the earth, three times the number of human beings (Motavalli): in the U.S. alone livestock outnumber people 25 to one. The amount of room required to raise all these animals is massive (Corliss). In South America, about 70 thousand…

There are a wide variety of roles in New Zealand’s health sector. Increasingly, there is a greater emphasis on the public health sector and on a population health approach. This report covers the role of public health dietitians including what they do, where they work, who they work with, the health issues they address. It explains how public health dietitians contribute to improved health outcomes and their importance in the future in New Zealand’s Health System. Public Health Dietitian is an…

Introduction The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate and high protein diet that focuses on achieving weight loss in a short amount of time. As their website guarantees that one can “see results quickly [and] after just a few days...” (“The Program: Overview”). Showing that being on the diet consists of minimizing on the carbohydrates and increasing the protein that the body needs, it causes more health benefits. Atkins consists of four different unique phases that allows a person to limit…

Achor, Shawn. The Happiness Advantage: the Seven Principles That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. Virgin 2011. Shawn Achor the author of “The Happiness Advantage” an American Educator and author. Achor, was an avid happiness researcher and is known for his propagation for positive psychology. In 2007, Achor was founder and co-founder of many organizations such as GoodThinkInc, and The Institute of Applied Positive Research. The company's purpose is to provide researchers, speakers, and…