Essential nutrient

My overall food behaviors in these four days were very eye-opening to me. As it turns out, I need to pay more attention to what I’m putting into my body. A lot of my essential nutrients were low because I wasn’t eating enough calories and the foods that I were eating were high in fat. I need to work on getting enough whole grains, lean protein, fruits, and vegetables throughout my day. I now know that less calories, doesn’t mean healthy eating. I need to get more of the good foods in a higher…

alone has become a hard task for the farmers of today. Since there is such a small percentage supplying our nation with food the soil that farmers use to grow crops are losing their minerals, the crops being produced are losing much of their key nutrients, the harvests are more vulnerable to harmful organisms, diseases, and insect damage, farmers are having to put more pesticides on the crops to keep them from being infected, and scientists are making more hygienic plants to help farmers use a…

leading cause of immunodeficiency globally in pregnant women and infants is malnutrition. When pregnant woman are nutrient deficient, it poses a threat to both the mother and the baby and they could be at a higher risk of serious health issues. Successfully carrying a pregnancy to term depends highly on adequate nutrition because naturally, a pregnant woman needs additional nutrient for the growing baby and inadequate nutrition can increase the chances of maternal…

The Ordeal of Donald Boone is a direct account of a deep sea diver’s terrible timing, and the medical miracle of keeping him alive. Donald Boone was a deep sea diver the worked for the “Taylor Diving and Salvage Company” onboard an offshore barge. Underwater divers experience extreme conditions on a daily basis and as a means to better regulate the time divers spend under heavy pressure conditions barges have pressurized living quarters for their divers. At the end of a dive each diver gets into…

can affect their mental health. Millions of people across the globe fall victims to mental illness and often wonder why or how. Mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression can arise due to poor eating habits. Foods high in calories and low in nutrients, such as extremely sugary or salty foods, are the biggest factor in an unhealthy diet. Although healthy eating habits do not cure the mental illness, it can often increase people to feel better. It is important to realize what is being put…

The four chemicals that are essential for life on Earth are water, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. Water is essential for life because it is an excellent solvent. Many different type of material can dissolve in water. Water transport nutrients and waste in and from the human body. Water is also found everywhere on Earth. It can exist as a liquid, solid or gas. Many organisms use water in order to flush toxins anything into and out of a cell. Without water there would be no vegetation on land…

Fad Diets Body image is something that affects people globally, especially women and young adults. People are willing to try a variety of methods to achieve their weight loss goals, some of which are extreme. Fad diets are a common method to lose weight and generally consist of restricted meal plans and lifestyle regimes to either burn more fat or stop the fat going on in the first place. Fad diets come in many shapes and sizes and are often very unhealthy. In many cases they can cause negative…

look out for and looking at my diet analysis report I never really considered vitamins, because I just assumed that I am consuming them from my fruits and veggies which I am lacking. According to Colleen and Smith, “Although the vitamins are essential nutrients, the amount of vitamins we need to prevent deficiency is small” (2016, p. 275). Thus, I think a lot of people do not think much about the vitamin content of their foods. Yet, vitamins are also important because they assist in digestion,…

Green plants are multicellular, autotrophic eukaryotes. They use their roots to absorb nutrients and water from the soil. “Fast Plants are a type of crucifer (a large group of plants that includes mustard, radish, cabbage, and more) that have been bred and selected to have a uniform, short flowering time (14 days) and grow well under in a small indoor space, with little soil, under artificial lights”(The Story of Fast Plants). Wisconsin fast plant are plants that grow at a very high speed rate.…

the deceased’s remains into nutrients. Then those nutrients grow and turn into a beautiful big tree. However, the coolest part is that if a bunch of people decided to be buried this way then these trees will be given their own area (in the form of parks similar to national parks) and these parks will be referred to as “Memory…