Trans fat

conscious of the recommended amounts of sodium, fats and especially the trans-fatty and saturated fatty acids is another area that I need to monitor more closely when shopping. By learning substitution options for seasonings and recipes, I can make healthier choices for myself as well as healthier meals for my family.…

Today’s fast paced lifestyle has changed the way that people eat food. For a large portion of the United States fast food is the preferred method of providing food for themselves and their family. This has had a tremendous impact to people’s health. In this presentation we will be taking a look into why fast food is as popular as it is and analyzing how it effects people’s nutritional wellbeing. In order to understand why fast food consumption is so prevalent in today’s world we must look at…

The new push for low fat diet resulted in the Mediterranean diet, which is a diet high on vegetable fats. As time went on many people continued the low fat diet, obesity rates were still at a high as people would often have a higher intake on carbohydrates. After many years and continued research discoveries have been drawn that carbohydrates…

One of the scariest food additives that many people are ingesting is Partially Hydrogenated in which this is the nemesis of heart health and is the primary source of trans fat. Manufactures like it because it decreases the costs, and it increases the shelf life and stabilizes flavor. However, it’s a lose-lose for consumers because either way they will not come out on top. Another one is High Fructose corn syrup, this is…

strong, lean, healthy & energetic. This has been proved by many scientific researches that today’s diet discipline doesn’t indicate the healthiest achievement over the human health. The modern diet is full of fats, sugar and cholesterol which is highly degenerative for our health and can trans deasises like diabetes, Alzheimer, obesity and etc. Whereas Paleo Diet is a very fresh system to approach! The total diet chart of Paleo is derived from very…

Some experiments have even found that margarine raises blood fat levels34. Nitrates and nitrites, found in cured and preserved meats, react to form nitrosamine in the gastrointestinal tract35. Nitrosamines create free radicals that have been linked to a variety of serious human illnesses, as well as atherosclerosis…

Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Type II A 20 years old nursing student in her sophomore year, has been diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type II (DMII). Although she has completed most of her science courses, she has not completed applied pathophysiology. She knew something was wrong due the signs and symptoms presented: polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, acanthosis nigricans, tingling of toes and fingers, progressive vision loss. Once she consulted her primary physician, , hyperglycemia…

just all the nutritional benefits that this little cup of yogurt has to offer. Once completing this assignment I plan to eat more Oikos yogurt and use this yogurt to replace some of my late night snacking habits which tend to be very high saturated fat foods such as Oreos or ice…

couscous has 200 calories. Ten of those calories are from fat. However, if I consume the entire box, I would be eating 600 calories with 30 of those calories from fat. Overall, it’s not so bad. Nonetheless, given that the average person only needs 2,000 calories per day and I’m getting 600 of it from couscous, it’s not a good thing. Say it was a cup of macaroni and cheese? That’s a higher fat content food that gets about half of its calories from fat (and most people eat more than one cup of…

Changing the Public Image Some of your favorite food brands and restaurants are changing their menus or products. Kellogg’s, the cereal brand, is making their foods healthier, because there was a threat of a lawsuit by advocacy groups with children’s health. McDonald’s, the fast food restaurant, is also making changes to their products, because they wanted to help kids eat right. The articles “Kellogg Makes a Healthy Choice” by Tony Tiger and “Happy Meals Healthy Enough?” by Ronald McDonald…