Diets

The diet-induced inflammation is a major reason why people gain pounds, become ill and age faster. The natural aging process happens because when cells replicate in your body, they lose a little bit of DNA from the end of each chromosome. Thus resulting in cells being different from their original cell. Many cells have a natural defense in this called Telomeres, which is unneeded DNA at the end of each chromosome, we can control how much Telomeres we have by controlling our diet and following…

Vegan refers to a lifestyle that exclude animal products as far as possible from all daily purpose, such as food, clothing, etc. Vegan diet avoids animal products that include meat, egg, milk, butter and all other animal derived ingredients. People, who are following vegan diet, are at high risk of nutrient deficiencies because of excluding two main food groups; animal protein and dairy. Our bodies need to consume iron to synthesis red blood cells. Iron has to main forms; the heme iron that…

How to make a Mediterranean Salad Most of you here probably have heard of the mediterranean cuisine, but do you know when it grew to fame? how? and most important of all, about it's salad? The Mediterranean diet has existed for the last 5,000 years but much of its fame is attributed to this particular book. The book was titled, get this, “A Book of Mediterranean food” by Elizabeth David, a cosmopolitan, middle class writer. According to the article “Elizabeth David: The woman who…

Boston Medical Center 45 Million Americans diet each year and spend over $33 billion on weight loss products. Often dieters gain back the weigh they lose, thus causing psychological effects such as stress, anxiety, lower self-esteem, and depression. The Flex Diet can show you 200 solutions to lose 20 pounds, this may work for just anyone, but in the other hand the Hot Latin Diet is very similar to other diets but have a Latin twist to it. The Flex diet starts with 1 single pound and…

Weight loss and weight regain were similar between the dieting groups, as were changes to fat and lean tissue – which is significant, because one intermittent fasting claim is that it leads to less muscle loss than traditional calorie-restrictive diets. Reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides, were also similar between the two dieting groups” (“Effect of Alternate-Day Fasting Among Metabolically Healthy Obese…

comparing my diet’s food group servings in comparison to the CFG recommended servings. It is evident that my diet did not conform to the serving numbers recommended in CFG. I’m not consuming nearly enough milk or grain products while my meat and alternatives intake is astronomical in comparison. I predicted that my milk and alternatives score would be very low as I don’t include dairy products in my diet other than chocolate milk and creamer in coffee. Because of the avoidance of dairy products,…

The history of my science fair projects objects is that Diet Coke (called Coca-Cola Light in some countries) is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. Unveiled on July 8, 1982 and introduced in the United States on August 9, it was the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark. The original recipe for the drink includes five ounces of coca leaf in every gallon of syrup. The coca plant is the same plant from which cocaine is. It also has…

In an article titled “Eating Anxiety: Is Anyone To Blame?” by Frank Bruni, he says “I was fat by the age of 6, began fad diets by the age of 8, did a fast at the age of 17, and was throwing up meals at the age of 19” (Bruni). Bruni doesn’t want to blame anybody in particular for his eating disorder, but the cause can be traced back to his family’s eating habits. Growing up…

Diet Analysis Throughout the week of September twenty ninth through October fifth I created a food log to help me further analyze my diet. I noticed that my diet is lacking dietary fiber, potassium, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, D, and choline. I was able to know this by logging my food every time I ate on a website called SuperTracker where it can tell you the food sources you’re missing along with your activity levels. Dietary Fibers primary role in the body is to strengthen the walls and to…

Chapter 1:Knowing the Ketogenic lifestyle One of the things other diets like Paleo diet and Atkins diet have in common is that both diets start with a low intake of carbohydrate. Carbohydrates consumed is converted to glucose and it allows the body to make use of the glucose as a source of energy. However, it is important for the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream so that our cells will be able to access the glucose and have it converted to energy. The problem lies when we take…