Health and Nutrition Essay Example For Students

Health and Nutrition Essay 1). The vitamin that I got the most of in my one week diet was Vitamin A which is a fat soluble vitamin that helps to promote vision. Night blindness occurs when you have a lack of vitamin A in your system and baldness could be an affect of too much vitamin A. I have not eaten enough vitamin A in my diet. A good way to change that is add carrots to my diet. Some of the foods that I ate that contained vitamin A in some way were chicken, baked beans, chili, hot dog, BBQ sauce, lunch meat, and pepperoni pizza. There are a lot there, but some were in such small portion that they did not contain an adequate amount of vitamin A. That combined with the small amount of vitamin A that each one contained tells why there is a deficiency of my vitamin A intake. 2). I get the smallest amount of vitamin D in my diet. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that helps to facilitate calcium absorbtion. 2. My average fat intake is 33.9% of the total calories per day and the intake that recommended by DRI 30% of the total calories per day. For me to decrease my fat intake I will eat less fattening food, such as steak, ice cream, and products with mayonnaise, which contain large amounts of in them. 3. My fiber is below 25 grams a day, its only 70% of 25 grams. I will eat cereal that contains high fiber, beans, and almonds. 4. Yes, I eat at least 2 apples, one banana, one cucumber and I drink one glass of tomato juice a day. 5. I tend to be stressed when it comes to finals or when I have no time for everything I need to do. When I used to get stressed, I dealt with it in the bad way, such as having a cigarette and some drink. Since this semester I stopped dealing with my stress that way and I breathe they way you (prof. Schnoll) showed us. I started to go to gym three times a week, and I feel much better. Its easier to breathe and to move around. I started to eat properly before I go to gym and when I come back from gym. I lost 15 pounds since the beginning of the semester, since I eat proper meals during my daily bases. I used to smoke pack a day, since summer I lowered the amount and I plan to quit with in another 2 month. 6. This project thought me how to eat properly, what food I should increase and what food I should decrease in my daily intake. I got a chance to learn, the food that I intake what are they consist of. Its very important to know what we put in our mouths. Science .