I’m sure you are all familiar with the saying, “you are what
you eat”. Quite frankly, although that brings to mind several hilarious
Halloween costumes, it does not give you an adequate picture of digestion,
nutrition, or healthy lifestyle.
Admit it. This one is just adorable.
In reality, the food you eat is broken down by your
digestive system to itsy bitsy tiny molecules that are used by the body to
perform various functions. The type of food consumed (fat, carbohydrate, or
protein) determines what the body is able to gain from the food.
If you consider that, the analogy between types of gas you
put in a car, and the food being the gas you put into your body is a more
accurate analogy. Think of eating cake, cookies, donuts and candy bars, with
their high carbohydrate (refined sugars) and fat contents as the 87 gasoline
from the cheap gas station…definitely not good for the car!
same as....
Then think of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, with
their fiber content as the expensive Chevron gas that keeps your intake valves
looking shiny and clean (even after 10,000 miles!)
is like Chevron for your body...
Valve on Left: chevron Valve Right: Other after 10,000 miles
The important thing to understand about nutrition is how
what you eat affects your body. Of course you will hear diets talk about the
amount of calories you consume and get rid of is all that matters when it comes
to losing weight. This is true to a point…
If you consume more calories then you work off or use in a
day, you gain weight.
2800 calories in....2500 calories used = gain weight
If you consume less calories then you work off or need to use in a day, you
lose weight.
2000 calories in ... 2500 calories used = lose weight
If you consume the exact amount of calories in a day that
you work off or use, your weight stays the same.
2000 calories in ... 2000 calories used = weight stays the same
But what we need to consider is what types of calories we
are putting into our body. Are we putting in 87 gas full of fat and simple
carbohydrates, or our Chevron with techron full of fruit, vegetables, lean
meat, and whole grains?
Look at what 400 calories of different foods looks like in volume.
So how do you choose the right foods? Learning to read labels on foods, or look up calories and nutrition content in foods is
extremely important, until you begin to learn which healthy and nutritious
foods you enjoy. You want to try to find foods that are full of nutrients, and
low on calories. This way, you maximize the benefits the food is providing to
your body, while minimizing your caloric intake in order to maintain a healthy
weight.
Sometimes the easiest way to eat healthier is to see where
you are starting. A food diary is an excellent way to do this. There are online
food diaries that you can try, or you can just use trusty pen and paper. You’ll
be surprised how many high calorie/low nutrient “junk” foods you won’t eat just
because you do not want to write it down!
-HIP2Health RN
1. Go to the website at the link “itsy, bitsy, tiny molecules”. What are carbohydrates in food broken down into? How about fats? Protein? Why does how the food breaks down matter for your body? (remember to reference whatever website/text you find the answer in)
2. Click on the link “calories you consume”. At the livestrong website, enter in your information, and change the drop down menu to “Maintain my current weight”. What is your daily calorie goal to maintain your weight? What activity level did you select? What do you do which made you select that activity level?
3. Click on “how do you choose the right foods”…this will take you to a website talking about “GO, SLOW, and WHOA” foods. Scroll to the bottom and download the pdf linked, “chart” in blue. This chart shows you GO, SLOW, WHOA food examples. Explain the concepts GO, SLOW, and WHOA. What type of foods fit in each category? Give some examples. What type of foods in the GO category (name at least one from each line .. breads, milk, meats, sweets, fats, beverages) do you enjoy?
4. Click on the link “learning to read food labels”. Look up cottage cheese. How much sodium do you find? Look up pop-tarts…how many carbohydrates in one serving? Look up 1 medium avocado. How much fat? Look up your favorite food. How many calories in one serving? Did any of these numbers surprise you? Which ones?
1. Carbohydrates are broken down into sugar, AKA, glucose. Fats just turn into fatty acids that are stored in fat cells. Protein is converted into amino acids, the essential life source. http://forecast.diabetes.org says that extra glucose is stored as fat—something you’d want to avoid.
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal is to eat 2131 calories a day. I chose “light activity” because other than practice and P.E, I’m sitting for most of the day.
3. Go, Slow, and Whoa has the idea that there can be foods you eat anytime, foods that should be eaten on occasion, and foods that you should rarely eat. The nutrient dense foods tend to be in the Go category, while high-calorie foods are in the Whoa section. Thankfully, I love spinach, which is in the Go section. My favorite fruit is fresh grapefruit. My family eats only whole grain items like bread and rice. Most of the time, we get skim milk, too; skim is in the Go section. Everyone in my family loves fish (and I love sushi), which is nice and lean. I use Greek yogurt as a substitute for sour cream, which is handy because I have sour cream on everything. I rarely drink soda, and I like water.
4. There is about 460 grams of sodium in cottage cheese. 36 grams of carbs are found in S’mores pop-tarts. In one avocado, 29.5 whopping grams of fat are found! In 2 pieces of my favorite food, salmon sushi, there is 61 calories. What surprised me the most was the amount of fat in an avocado.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose, or a sugar that can easily be converted into glucose. Proteins in food are broken down into amino acids that are then used to create new proteins with a specific purpose in mind. Fats in food are broken down into fatty acids which can travel through the blood and then be captured by hungry cells. It matters how the food breaks down in our bodies because it determines how the broken-down food will be used and where it will be used at within the body (forecast.diabetes.org).
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is estimated at 2209 calories per day. I chose the “moderate activity” level because I do after-school sports and am walking around most of the day.
3. “Go” foods you eat almost anytime, “slow” foods you eat only sometimes and less frequently, and “whoa” foods you eat only once in a while or on special occasions. Some examples of “go” foods are fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables or fruits, fat free milk, whole grain bread, trimmed beef, vinegar, ketchup, and water. Some examples of “slow” foods are vegetables with added fat sauces, two-percent milk, white refined flour bread, lean ground beef, ice milk bars, frozen fruit bars, and vegetable oil. Some examples of “whoa” foods are fried potatoes, fruits that are canned in heavy syrup, muffins, doughnuts, whole milk, untrimmed beef, cookies and cakes, butter, and regular soda. Some “go” foods that I particularly like to eat or drink are fresh vegetables, fresh and canned fruits, whole-grain breakfast cereal, tuna canned in water, ketchup, water, and lemonade.
4. I found that there are 459mg of sodium in cottage cheese. There are 38g of carbohydrates in one serving of Pop Tarts. There is 21.5g of fat in a raw avocado. One of my favorite snack type foods is popcorn. There are 122 calories, 2.7g of fat, and 20.8g of carbohydrates, and 3.6g of protein in one serving. The number of calories, protein, and carbohydrates surprised me. The number of calories isn’t too bad, and I didn’t realize popcorn had that much protein in it. The number of carbs was kind of high (I though), though.
Colten Wade
ReplyDelete3/9/12
Health P.2
Health is cool
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down and digested into Small pieces. Fats in food are broken down into fatty acids, which travel in the blood and be taken by other cells. Protein in food is broken down into amino acids that make new proteins in the body. Food breaks down matter in the body though the digestive system.
2. My daily calorie goal after inserting my information was 2031. For the exercise level I put light activity. I am more active in the summer because I like to skateboard and I live by a skate park that I can walk to but it’s always wet. I also snowboard but it is expensive because each ski pass is 60 dollars. I also play golf when it is sunny out. I was going to play this year but I am busy with drivers Ed.
3. The go food is food that you can eat almost all the time for example, apples and fruit. Slow foods are food that you can eat sometimes, or often less for example, 2% low fat milk. Whoa foods are foods are foods you only eat sometimes or on special occasions. The type of foods and drinks I like in the go category are: cereal, water, sour cream, lemonade, fruits, and Juice.
4. In cottage cheese there is 459 mg in the low fat 1% milk fat type. In pop tart frosted brown sugar cinnamon, there is 34 grams of carbs, that is 11%, in one serving which is 1 pop tart. In an avocado there are 21.5 grams of fat, and 3.1 grams of saturated fat. One of my favorite foods is taco time beef tacos. One thing that surprised me was how the calories are only 250 I though it was double that. Also something else that surprised me was there is only 1 gram of sugar.
1. Carbohydrates and fats are used primarly for energy while protein in primarly used for raw materials. The food is broken down by you chewing your food and the acids in your stomach.
ReplyDelete2. my current calorie intake would be 3,143 per day. I choose light, acitive for my level becuase I am not participated in sports but I still rough house around with my friends.
3. The go, whoa, and slow chart is very basic. All the natural foods are in the go category, the slightly processed food is in the whoa category, and the slow category is for all processed junk food. 4 items in the go category are; water, trimmed pork, fresh frozen vegetables
4 items in the whoa category are; sport drinks, lean pork, vegetables with fatty sauce, and ice cream bars.
4 items for slow category are; candy bars, fat-whole milk, untrimmed pork, and bacon.
Sadly, i enojy almost all the foods in the slow category and very few in the go category. I need to improve my eating to have a healtheir diet.
4. 459mg (19%), for the frosted strawberry poptarts it is 38 grams. my favorite food is godfathers pizza, and it has 340 calories per slice and no they did not.
1) Carbohydrates in the food are broken down into small pieces, either glucose or a sugar that is easily converted to glucose, that can be absorbed through the small intestine’s wall. Fats are broken down into fatty acids, that can be traveled into the blood and be captured by hungry cells. Protein is broken down into pieces, called amino acids, that are used to build new proteins with specific functions, like catalyzing chemical reactions, communication between different cells, and transporting biological molecules back and forth.
ReplyDelete2) My calorie goal is 2164 calories a day. The activity level I chose was light activity. What made me think of that activity level is I haven't played any sports, go outside, or even exercise on the wii. But I have eaten less but haven't taken all the calories I ate off of me.
3) What GO,SLOW,and WHOA foods are ways of how u eat. GO=eat almost anytime. SLOW=eat sometimes, or less. Last is WHOA=eat only once in a while or on special occasions. The type of foods that fit in each category is fruit and vegetables, whole grain, milk, meat, poultry, fish,beans, eggs,nuts, sugar, and high or low fat with added sugar. The type of foods I enjoy in the GO category is white bread, 2% milk, any kind of meat fresh cooked, cookies, candy(not as much), a lot of food that I can't remember but has fats in it for sure, and apple juice, soda, and water.
4) I looked up cottage cheese and I chose the 2% kind and found that there is 459mg of sodium in it. I also looked up a strawberry pop tart and I found that 38g of carbohydrates are in one serving. The last thing I looked up was avocado and I found out that an avocado has 234 calories in one serving. Total fat is 21.5g. My favorite food I looked up was the pizza bagel bites. What I was surprised about is that 1 bagel bit has 200 calories and 550mg of sodium. I usually eat about 6 or more. Now I know that I need to burn that off fast too.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down to glucose. The fats in food are broken down into fatty acids. Protein is broken down into pieces called amino acids. The body breaks down food in your body so that you will have plenty types of energy for your body to use. How the body does this is by using your metabolism right when you put food into your mouth so then the body can break down the food into chemicals. Then the chemicals can go throughout your body and give the body the energy it needs.
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight would be 2,307 calories a day. I picked moderate activity level because I’m playing tennis and it has a lot of an endurance sport. Plus we do some conditioning.
3. The concept of GO, SLOW, and WHOA is that the GO foods are the good foods you need for your body. For example fresh veggies, fruits in fruit juice, whole grain bread, 1% low fat milk, trimmed beef, light salad dressing, water and no sugar or sweets. The SLOW foods are the ok foods for your body. They still have most of the nutrients for the body but also have some sugars the body doesn’t need. For example these foods would be fruits in light syrup, added fat to vegetables, French toast, broiled hamburgers, olive oil, 2% low fat milk, and some fat free frozen yogurts. The WHOA foods would be the not so good foods for your body. They would barley have any of the nutrients your body needs. For example muffins, whole milk, untrimmed beef, butter, regular soda, and cookies. The types of food I like from the GO foods would be brown rice, fat free cheese, grilled fish, light ranch, and diet coke.
4. The amount of sodium I found in cottage cheese was 459mg. I found 34 carbohydrates in pop tarts. My favorite food watermelon had 37 calories. None of these numbers surprised me.
1) Carbohydrates in food are broken down into small pieces of glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty acids. Protein is broken down into amino acids. The break down of food matters to your body because it determines what type of energy you’re receiving. Also, whether or not you’re gaining fat or losing it.
ReplyDelete2) My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2492 calories a day. I selected moderate activity level. I selected that level because I play basketball almost everyday, either at a low or medium intensity. If I don’t do that, then I try to work out at home.
3) The concept of GO is foods that are lowest in fat and sugar, low in calories, rich in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, and a great food choice to eat at anytime. Foods in this category would be fruits and veggies, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat milk, lean meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts. Some examples would be: celery, apples, cashews, etc. SLOW foods are higher in fat, added sugar, and calories and should be eaten less often. Examples could be packed food or food with added preservatives. WHOA foods are highest in fat and added sugar, high in calories, low in nutrients, should be eaten only once in a while and in small portions. Examples are candy, donuts, cookies, etc. Foods I like from the GO category are: celery, watermelon, pasta, yogurt, salmon, ranch dressing, water, milk, iced tea.
4) In cottage cheese there is 459 mg of sodium. In pop-tarts there are 34 grams of carbohydrates. In one medium avocado there are 20.9 grams of fat. My favorite food is celery with peanut butter. Celery: two, 4” strips are 1 calorie. Peanut butter: 1 oz is 168 calories. The number that surprised me is the peanut butter. I knew it was high in calories, but I didn’t think it was that high.
1. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty cells. Proteins are broken down into amino acids. The process of breaking down food is important because it helps us know what nutrients we need to have, and what food to eat. (forecast.diabetes.org/magazine/features/how-body-uses-carbohydrates-proteins-and-fats, Dr. Gebel)
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie intake should be about 2839 calories per day. The activity that I selected was very active. I chose this because I run a lot, and am running track.
3. The concept of the GO food s is to show you what foods are good for you, and the ones you should be eating the most of. The SLOW food concept is to show you what foods you can eat, but they are not the best things for you. The concept of the WHOA is to show you what foods you are going to want to stay away from, or not eat very often. They can also be harmful if you eat too much of them. The foods in all of the categories are fruits, vegetables, beards, cereals, milk, dairy products, meats, beans, nuts, condiments, beverages, and some sweets and snacks. In the GO category you have fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables. Another thing is whole grain bread, fat free or 1percent low fat milk, and trimmed beef and pork. For the condiments you can eat fat free stuff, vinegar, and ketchup. For beverages you can have water and fat free milk. For the SLOW category, there are veggies with added fat, canned fruits with light syrup, and white refined flour bread. A couple other things are 2 percent low fat milk, broiled hamburgers, ice milk bars, vegetable oil, and sports drinks. In the WHOA category, you have French fries, canned fruits in a lot of syrup, muffins, whole milk, ribs, cake, butter, and soda. The foods I enjoy from the GO category are fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, whole grain bread, low fat yogurt, grilled fish, mustard, and lemonade.
4. Cottage cheese has about 459 calories. Pop-tarts have 38 carbs per serving. There are 5grams of fat in an avocado. My favorite food was non-fat vanilla greek yogurt; it has 110 calories per serving. The one thing that surprised me was how much potassium was in the yogurt.
Flowingkidneys
ReplyDeleteJackie Wood
3/10/12
Per.3 Blog #5
1) Carbohydrates are broken down into tiny parts which are glucose or a sugar that is easily transformed into glucose. Fatty acids are what fats break down into and can be taken in by cells that need food. Amino acids are smaller parts of proteins that help build proteins. The way food breaks down in our bodies is important so that every part of the body gets the nutrients it needs.
2) My calorie intake per day to maintain my current wait is 3,064. The activity level I selected was very active because I life once sometimes twice a day and I am currently running track for about an hour and a half after school.
3) This chart shows “Go” for good foods that we should eat almost all the time like fresh fruits, whole gain bread, fat free milk, extra lean ground beef and so on. “Slow” is for food we should eat sometimes such as French toast, two percent milk, lean ground beef or baked chips. “Whoa” is for foods we should only eat on special occasion for example: French fries, canned fruits with heavy syrup, doughnuts, cream cheese, fried chicken, cookies and cakes I can go on and on. I really enjoy my dads burgers so I love ground beef. I also like garlic bread with my pasta. I don’t like candy or sweets that much but a cookies here and there or a reeses cup is good. I really enjoy soda and two percent milk and chocolate milk.
4) Cottage cheese has 420mg of sodium, pop-tarts have 38g of carbohydrates and one medium avocado has 21.5g of fat. One serving (one piece ) of pizza hut is 330 calories! None of these results surprised me.
1. Carbohydrates are broken down into Sugars. Fats are broken down into fatty acids which give our body’s needed energy. Proteins are broken down into amino acids which makes proteins and each protein has specific functions or purposes like catalyzing chemical reactions, facilitating communication between different cells or transferring biological molecules. It is important how our body’s break down our food because when we swallow food it isn’t in the form of nourishment that our body needs until it is broken down by the digestive system. I got my imformation fromhttp://diabetes.org and http://nih.gov.
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal per day is 3,141 calories according to the livestrong website. I choose active life style because every day I do something active and normally every day after school I lift weights.
3. Go foods are healthy and it is low in fat, sugars and calories. Which is like natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, milk products and meats. Slow foods are not as healthy, they are higher in fats and sugars. You are only supposed to eat these less often then the Fo foods because those are better for you. Whoa foods are the worst for you and have the most fats and sugars. They are very high in calories. They are normally low in nutrients and are only to be eaten in special circumstances because they are so bad for you.
4. In cottage cheese there is 459 mg of sodium (19%). In Pop Tarts there is 38 grams of carbohydrates or 13 percent. In one medium sized avocado there is 21.5 grams of fat. My favorite food is panang curry it is a thai dish. There is 550 calories in on serving of panang curry. The one that surprised me the most was the cottage cheese because I didn’t realize how much sodium was in one serving of cottage cheese. I also didn’t think there was that much fat in an avocado.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty acids. Proteins are broken down into pieces called amino acids.
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2085 calories a day. The activity level I selected was moderately active. What I did to select that activity level was sports and exercise at home. I don’t do any sports at the moment and I’m exercising but not often.
3. The concept of go slow, and whoa is to help my family and I make good, smart and healthy food choices. It is also to help as maintain our energy balance. The foods that fit in each category are:
*Vegetables- carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, celery and potatoes. In this category I enjoy the cauliflower and potatoes the most.
*Fruits- strawberries, apples, oranges, cherries, and grapes. In this category I enjoy all the fruits because I love fruit.
*Bread and Cereals- pita bread, whole grain pasta, and unsweetened breakfast cereals. The breads I most enjoy in this category are pita bread because it’s a healthy replacement from original bread and it’s really good.
*Milk and Milk products- fat free milk, low fat yogurt, fat free cheese, and cottage cheese. I like fat free yogurt, and fat free milk.
*Sweets and Snacks- frozen yogurt, juice fruit bars, low fat ice cream, fig bars, ginger snaps, baked chips, pretzels, low fat microwave popcorn. I would eat any of these snacks! I love any thing that is healthy and taste good.
*Fats and Condiments- Vinegar, ketchup, mustard, fat free creamy salad dressing, fat free mayo, and fat free sour cream. I like all these condiments except for mustard.
*Beverages- water, fat free milk, 1% low fat milk, Diet soda, unsweetened ice tea, and lemonade. My favorite beverage in this category is lemonade. When I’m at restaurants I often tend to get lemonade instead of soda.
4. There is 140 mg of sodium in low fat cottage cheese. There are 38g of carbohydrates in one serving of frosted strawberry pop tarts. There are 21.5g of fat in 1 medium avocado. My favorite food is Lays salt and vinegar chips and there are 160 calories in one serving. No, the numbers on the label did not really surprise me, because I knew these chips were very un-healthy.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose. Food is broken down because it needs to be transformed into useable components that the body can use for is everyday processes (How the Body Uses Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats By Erika Gebel, PhD paragraph 3).
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2625 calories per day. I chose very high activity level. I chose this because I play soccer everyday for about an hour and a half.
3. The Go, Slow, and Whoa concept is a way to categorize your food. The go stands for food that you can eat almost all the time. This typr of food is typically better for you than the other categories, which is why it says you can eat it almost all the time. The slow stands for the food you can eat sometimes. You don’t want to eat this food all the time because it is not as good for you as the go category is. And finally the whoa category, this category consists of things that are a once in a while thing. Of the three categories this category is the worst for you. Everything in this category is just a more unhealthy version of the other categories, like instead of natural vegetables they are fried in this category.
4. In cottage cheese there is 459mg of sodium. That is 19% of your daily value of it. In pop-tarts there is 38g of carbohydrates per serving (one serving just one pastry). That is 13% of your daily value. In one medium avocado there is 21.5g of fat. That is 33% of your recommended daily value. My favorite food is cowboy pizza and when I looked it up it said there was 350 calories in one piece. Out of all these things I think that the pop-tart shocked me the most because it is so little yet it holds 13% of your daily value of carbohydrates.
Bryce Powers (Xfit711)
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Blog Log #5
3/11/12
1. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose or sugar that is used for our energy. Fats are broken down into fatty acids and goes through the blood and gets caught by cells that are hungry. Proteins are broken down into amino acids that build new proteins that helps with things like communication between cells and catalyzing chemical reaction. It is important how our body breaks down food because if we never have our food broken down than we wouldn’t be able to digest it properly and if we couldn’t digest food we wont get the nutrition that we need.
2. My goal is to gain 2 pounds a week and my calorie goal is to intake 4077 a day. I selected very active because I am trying to gain weight in muscle not fat. If I did low activity than I would start gaining weight in fat.
3. This chart is telling us how often we should eat what food. Fresh veggies and fruits you should eat any time whereas fried potatoes or cookies you should only eat once in a while. Foods that fit in each category would be all fresh foods. Stuff that you know is not bad for you such as: fresh broccoli, apples, even some fresh bread. In the vegetable column I like broccoli, in the fruits I prefer and apple, in the breads I like unsweetened breakfast cereal, in the dairy column I like low fat milk. I the protein section I love steak, in the fats and condiments I like ketchup, and for a beverage I would prefer milk.
4. Cottage cheese has 459mg if sodium. Pop tarts have 38 g of carbs. Total fat in a medium avocado is 21.5g. My favorite food is teriyaki chicken which has 592 calories per serving. I am surprised about the chicken. I thought is would be a lot more.
1. Carbohydrates in foods are broken down into glucose and transported to the liver to be dumped out later. Fats in foods are broken down into fatty acids that travel around in the body by the blood. Proteins in foods are broken down into amino acids and can even construct brand new proteins in the body. The way food breaks down is important for our bodies because it determines the way our body functions, how we feel, how our metabolism is, and even more.
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my current weight is 2512 calories a day. The activity level I selected was at moderate activity because the majority of my activities and some workout teeter between moderate and high activity levels. The reason I selected moderate activity level is because I dance every Wednesday evening for an hour as a class. The class I take is a hip hop class, and it is not too powerful to become a high level activity. But I also work out at home with a program called Just Dance 3 for the Wii system. I dance for about an hour or so, do 100 or 200 crunches, and occasional weight lifting and bicycles. My at home workouts are at a higher activity level than my dance class.
3. The three levels of food we intake are classified in this page as “GO, SLOW, and WOAH.” The “GO” food concept is foods that are fine to eat at any time or regularly. For example, foods in the “GO” category are: fresh and frozen vegetables and fruits, bread and cereal that are whole-grain, low fat or fat free dairy products, water, etc. For the “SLOW” category, the foods in this section contain dried fruits and 100% fruit juice, granola, taco shells, pancakes, 2% milk, sports drinks, and so on; these foods should be eaten only sometimes. Finally, the “WOAH” category: this is for foods that you should only eat on occasions such as deep-fried vegetables, canned fruit with a large amount of syrups, doughnuts, croissants and muffins, whole milk, cookies, cakes, ice creams, and regular sodas, etc. Foods in the “GO” category that I enjoy are: steamed green beans and asparagus, I love most fresh fruits like strawberries, apples, pineapples, and more, pitas, pasta, and frosted mini wheats or special K, fat free milk is what I always like to drink, grilled chicken, ketchup, and lemonade.
4. In cottage cheese (low fat), there are 459 milligrams of sodium that is 19%! In chocolate chip pop-tarts (my favorite!), there are 240 milligrams of sodium making a grand total of 10%. The total amount of carbohydrates in pop-tarts is 36 grams which is 12%. In a medium avocado, there are 29.5 grams (45%) of fat. My favorite food is spaghetti with meat sauce; surprisingly, there are 710 calories in one serving of it! A lot of these numbers surprised me! I did not know that there was more salt in cottage cheese than pop-tarts, and how many calories were in an avocado. Wow!
1. Carbs in food are broken down into sugar, fats are broken down into fatty acids, and protein is broken down into amino acids. Food breaking down matters because it provides a way for us to survive, and has back ups incase we have a drawback where we’re missing something, like how the protein can use energy when there’s a shortage of carbs and fats.
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 3378. I selected moderate activity and I determined my activity level by clicking the link to help me figure it out, and asking my little brother. And I’m actually surprised that I can eat that many calories to maintain my weight. I’m quite shocked in truth.
3. GO foods are foods that you can eat anytime, while SLOW foods are foods you eat sometimes, or less often, and WHOA foods are foods you eat once in a while or on special occasions. Some GO foods are healthy foods like fresh veggies and fruit, whole grain products, fat free dairy products, lean and white meats, no sweets or junk food, and water. Some GO foods I like are carrots for veggies, any fresh fruit for fruit, brown rice for grains, baked chicken breast for the meats, 2 percent milk, and water.
4. For cottage cheese, I found that theres 320 milligrams of sodium in it. For poptarts, there are 38 grams of carbs in a serving. In an avocado, there are 21 grams of fat. My favorite food is an Arby’s Chicken Bacon & Roast Swiss Sandwich, and it has 480 calories. And the numbers that surprised me was the Arby’s sandwich, because I thought it would have more calories because of the bacon, but it has less than what I imagined, and I’m happy it does because I don’t feel as guilty eating it.
1. Carbohydrates, or carbs, are broken down into glucose. Glucose is basically a sugar. Fats are
ReplyDeletebroken down into an acid that is carried through the blood. When the body doesn’t need all the
fatty-acids at the time, it stores them in a cell. Our bodies’ cells never run out of room for fat. Proteins
are broken down into amino acids. Protein can provide energy for the body if needed.
2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is about 2,300 calories. I chose the activity level of
Sedentary because I sit all day at school, and I sit a lot of my time at home. I sit most of the day. I
still get exercise, but not daily.
3. The GO foods are foods that you can eat all of the time. They are high in nutrients, and low in
calories. The SLOW foods are foods that you can have sometimes. They are balanced between
nutritious and high in calories. The WOAH foods are foods that you should rarely eat. They are
high in calories and have very low nutritional value. In the GO category, I noticed that there were
no snacks or sweets in there at all. I found that slightly amusing. Some enjoyable foods in the GO
category are green beans, apples, pita bread, milk, eggs, mustard, and water. There is nothing in
the sweets category at all, so I can not list it.
4. In four ounces of creamed cottage cheese, there are 458 milligrams of sodium. In one serving
of poptarts, there are 38 carbs. In one avocado, there are 29.5 grams of fat. In one serving of
orange juice (my favorite”food”) there are 121 calories. I was kind of surprised at how much
sodium there was in cottage cheese. It doesn’t really taste salty at all. It’s a good thing I hate
cottage cheese.
1. Glucose or sugar changes to glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty acids. Also, protein is broken down into amino acid. The food breaks down matter for the body because it determines whether or not your have an excess amount of that substance in your body. A substantial amount keeps you alive but excess can turn into fat and too much sugar.
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 1530 a day. I selected moderate activity. I play tennis this year and I don’t think I run very hard and move very much. So I choose moderate activity because light activity is too low and very activity is too high for me to choose
3. The concepts of GO, SLOW, and WHOA are explain and tell us what kind of food is good for our body and makes our body healthy. We can see how often we eat good food or bad food. There are three kinds of food. One is almost any time food, second type is sometimes food, and the last one is once in a while food. Each category has different types of food. First, in GO category, there are all fresh veggies and fruit, grain-bread, trimmed meat and pork, 1% low-fat milk, mustard, and diet soda. Second, in the SLOW category, there are veggies or fruit with sauce, French toast, 2% low-fat milk, peanut butter, frozen yogurt, oil, and sports drinks. Last, in WHOA category, there are fried potatoes, muffins, whole fat milk, fried chicken, cakes, butter, and regular soda. I enjoy having vegetable or fruit without sauce, brown rice, low-fat yogurt, trimmed beef, mustard, and lemonade.
4. I looked up low fat cheese and there are 459mg of sodium. In the pop-tarts, there are 38g of carbohydrates. In one avocado, there are 25g of fats. My favorite is brownie. There are 112 calories in one piece of brownies. Brownies very surprise me because I thought the calories might be lower that 112.
Jordan Bradley
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1. The first think for Carbohydrates is that Carbohydrates are broken down into Sugar or Glucose which can be absorbed through the walls of the Small Intestine. Fats are broken down into Fatty Acids which travel through the blood and are captured by hungry cells. Proteins are usually broken down into amino acids and are used to build new proteins with specific functions such as: catalyzing chemical reactions, facilitating communication between different cells, or transporting biological cells from here to there. It matters because if it does not break down right your body will not get the nutrients or the function of that food.
2. My daily calorie goal to maintain by body weight is 2463 calories in one day. For my calorie level to be that high I do Baseball and I also run around outside at home and play games. Baseball, though you stand there for a while, you still get tired because you still have to run the bases or if you are in the outfield you have to chase a baseball.
3. The Go foods are where you can eat those foods anytime you want, the slow foods is that you can eat those sometimes, and the whoa foods are where you can only eat these once in a while or on special occasions. Basically all types of foods fit in each one; it just depends on how much sugar it has. Some that are in the Go are fresh vegetables, in the Slow are like sports drinks and like olive oil. In the Whoa category is like cookies and different types of cakes. One food in the go category from each category is Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Pita Bread, Fat Free Milk, Trimmed Beef, Vinegar, and Water.
4. Cottage Cheese has 459mg of Sodium. Pop tarts have a total of 38 carbohydrates in them. Avocados have a total of 25 grams of fat. Chicken Strips have a total of 560 calories at Jack in the Box. Not one of these numbers actually surprised me at all.
1. The carbohydrates in food are broken down into energy as soon as they enter the body. The fats in food are broken down into fatty acids as soon as they enter the body. The proteins in food are broken down into amino acids as soon as they enter the body. How the food breaks down matters for your body because if the food broke down wrong it would hurt your body and it might even kill you.
ReplyDelete2. The calorie goal for me to maintain my current weight would be 2620 calories per day. The activity level that I selected was the moderate activity. I choose that level because I play soccer and soccer is not super intense but it is intense.
3. What the Go, Slow, Whoa concept means is that it is ok to eat any of the go foods. What the slow means is that you can eat all of the food but just not too much of it. Whoa means that you can eat it but not very much at all. A food in the Go category would be like fresh vegetables. A food that would be in the Slow category would be sports drinks. A food that would be in the Whoa category would be muffins and donuts. Some foods in the go category that I enjoy are fresh fruit.
4. In cottage cheese you would find 459 mg of sodium. In pop-tarts you would find 34 grams of carbs. In an avocado you would find 21.5 grams of fat. My favorite food would be a meat lover’s pizza. There are 480 calories in a meat lover’s pizza. Only one of these numbers surprised me. The only number that surprised me was how much fat was in an avocado. I thought that there was going to be less grams of fat.
1. In the website “How the body uses carbohydrates, fats, and proteins” by Ericka Gebel; I leaned a few things on how the food breaks down. One thing that I learned about carbohydrates are that they break down and turned into sugar. Fats are broken into fatty acids and proteins are broken down into amino acids. The food breaks down into matter for your body so it can digests the food and absorbs all the nutrients.
ReplyDelete2. In the Livestrong website, my daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2031. The activity level I thought would be moderate, but I chose light activity because the moderate one was for moving 6 hours or more. I play tennis an hour and a half during the week. It said that the average amount of people chose the light activity.
3. In the website the Go, Slow, and WHOA foods are a good way to keep the right types of food in your mind when you are eating. In the category of the GO section they say these foods are the lowest in sugar, calories, and fat. They are full with vitamins, and are good to eat anytime. Some of the types of food that are in the GO section are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. SLOW foods have a higher fat and added sugar in them, and they have more calories. They can be eaten sometimes. Some of the food that fit in this category is 100% juice, salad dressings, and nuts. In the WHOA section they have the most fat and added sugar, they are packed with calories and have low nutrients. They should be eaten very little. Some of the foods in this category are soda, gravy, and bacon. Sometimes I wonder why unhealthy foods taste good. I try to eat healthy. A bad habit that I have is eating desert before I go to bed.
4. I looked up the sodium for cottage cheese and it was 459mg. In the pop-tarts there where 38g of carbohydrates in one serving. In an avocado there is 21.5g of fat. In chocolate ice cream there are 190 calories per serving. One that surprised me the most was the ice cream.
1.The carbohydrates in the food we eat are broken down into glucose, which is a sugar. Fats are broken down into fatty acids, and proteins are broken down into amino acids. The way in which food breaks down is important for our body because our bodies use0 different breakdowns of different nutrients in specific ways to help the body and give it the energy and the nourishment it needs.
ReplyDelete2.According to the website, to maintain my current weight, I can consume 2426 calories a day. I chose the light activity level, because I think I would be right in the middle of light and moderate since tennis started, because I have been working out more, and harder than usual. Since I do not work out all the time on a regular basis, I chose the light activity level, and also because I walk around and climb stairs a lot at home and at school.
3.GO foods are the foods that are good for you and are nutritious, they tend have low sugar and calories and are usually good to eat at any point. SLOW foods are foods that have more sugar, fats, and calories than GO foods, and you should try to only eat them every once in a while, not all the time. WHOA foods are foods that we really shouldn’t eat very much at all; they are high in fat and calories and are really not all that nutritious. All the categories include foods like fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, and all the other stuff, but the different items in each category vary. In the GO category, it includes foods like fat-free dairy products, lean meats, egg whites, ketchup, whole-grain breads, along with fruits and vegetables that are fresh. In the SLOW category, it includes foods like 2% milk, whole eggs, fruit in syrups, vegetable in sauces which do add extra fat, and also sweets like low-fat frozen yogurt and ice cream. The WHOA category includes foods like fried chicken, ice cream, whole milk, cookies, butter, soda, fruits in heavy syrup, and fried potatoes or vegetables. In the GO category, the foods I like are fresh asparagus and corn on the cob, apples, peaches, grapes, tortillas, 1% milk, low-fat yogurt, lean ground beef, turkey and chicken without the skin, ketchup, water, diet soda, and lemonade.
4.In low –fat cottage cheese, there is 459 mg of sodium in one serving, which is 4 ounces. In one serving of frosted strawberry pop-tarts, there are 38 grams of carbohydrates. In one medium avocado, there is 29.5 grams of fat. In my favorite food, sour cream and onion chips, there are 160 calories in one serving. The amount of salt in cottage cheese surprised me; I really did not think it would have that much salt in it.
1. I learned that carbohydrates in your food are broken down into small pieces that can be sugar or glucose, fats found in your food are broken down into fatty acids and proteins in your food are broken down into pieces called amino acids.
ReplyDelete2. The daily calorie goal that the website gave me was 2212 calories. The activity level that I selected was moderate activity because on most days I like to do active stuff, but not stuff that is incredibly hard.
3. The GO foods are foods that you can pretty much eat whenever you want to. The SLOW foods are foods that you can sometimes eat, but you can not eat them as much as the GO foods and the WHOA foods are foods that you should not eat a lot of and you can not eat them very often. GO foods are healthier foods with not a lot of sugar or preservatives, like fresh fruits, vegetables and fat free milk. The SLOW foods are foods that have more sugars and fats in them, like white bread, pasta, waffles and pancakes. The WHOA foods have the most sugars and fats in them, like muffins, dougnuts, french fries and other things that are deep fried. Some foods that I like from the GO foods are fruit, pita bread, trimmed beef, low-fat salad dressing and water.
4. I learned that in one serving of cottage cheese there is 459 mg of sodium. There is also 200 calories in one frosted strawberry flavored pop tart. In one medium sized avocado there is 29.5 grams of fat. In my favorite food for one serving there is 100 calories. The number that surprised me the most would probably be the calories in pop tarts because they are really small for that amount of calories.
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ReplyDelete1.According to this website, www.diabetesforcast.com, what carbohydrates are broken down into is energy or sugar that the body needs to keep on going. Along with the carbs being broken down others are fats and proteins. Fats break down into energy too, these are known as fatty acids which aren’t always used right away. Now proteins are broken down into amino acids which are used to build more cells to follow cycle to renew systems in the body. What we call are metabolism is how food is broken down, but is important that all the nutrients are saved otherwise we would loose the essential nutrients.
2.The calories that I must consume to keep my weight is around two thousand four hundred sixty nine. And with that I think I am at that goal because I might go just a little over but I set my activity at sedentary rate. The definition of it is at a sitting position and I do way more than that in a day.
3.The “Go, slow, whoa” foods are the types of food you should eat and how you should eat them. Go foods are the ones you can eat at anytime like frozen or non-fatty health foods. Slow foods are foods you eat in some occasions like any food with a little fat. And finally foods like desserts are whoa foods you should only eat on a certain day or at something you eat in proportions. And Go foods I enjoy are broccoli and frozen green beans.
4.In the cottage cheese I found 240mg of sodium along with that there was 6g of carbs. The fat in one avocado was 21.5g. Neither of these foods surprised me but me favorite food, spaghetti, was 710 calories which did surprise me because the one I chose was even from Olive Garden. I thought it would be more.
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ReplyDeleteAccording to the link Itsy, bitsy, tiny molecules, the carbohydrates in food are broken down into small pieces. It is broken down into glucose. It may also be broken down into a sugar that may easily be changed into glucose as long as it is small enough to enter the small intestine’s walls. On the other hand, fats from food are broken down into fatty acids and triglycerides. Lastly, proteins in food are broken down into amino acids. It is important how food are broken down into our body because proteins, fats, and carbohydrates all have different purposes in our body therefore, it must be driven down our intestines towards different areas where it is stored.
According to the Livestrong website, my daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2542 a day. I chose moderate as my activity level because I play sports and is often walking around school campus as well as outside school.
According to the link how do you choose the right foods, go foods are food that we can eat almost anytime. Slow foods are food we can eat sometimes. Whoa foods are foods we can only eat once in a while. I will share the kinds of beverages you may eat or drink under go, slow, and whoa foods. Go beverages are water, fat-free milk, or 1 percent low fat milk; diet soda; unsweetened ice tea or diet iced tea and lemonade. Slow foods consists 2 percent low-fat milk; 100 percent fruit juice; and sport drinks. Whoa foods consist of whole milk; regular soda; calorically sweetened iced teas and lemonade; fruit drinks with less than 100 percent fruit juice. I enjoy drinking water from go foods, 2 percent low-fat milk from slow foods, and regular soda from whoa foods.
According to Calorie King, cottage cheese has 459mg sodium per 1 (4oz) serving. Pop-tarts have 38g carbs per 1 (1.8oz) serving. 1 medium avocado has 5g fat per 1 (1/5 medium) serving. Cheesecake has 460 calories per slice. The numbers did not surprise me because I eat different kinds cheesecake knowing how bad they are for my health because every bite of it is worth every bits of calories, sugars, and fats etc.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose. They are digested into small pieces and absorbed by the small intestine’s wall. “We think of carbs as the [nutrient] that’s used first,” says Eric Westman, MD, MHS, director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University Medical Center. Half the body’s energy is provided by fats. They are broken down into fatty acids, which are packaged into triglycerides and stored in fat cells. Body fat is almost entirely made up of triglycerides. “We are really good at storing fat,” says Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD, a professor of behavioral and nutritional research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Proteins are broken down into amino acids. Amino acids are used to build new proteins. Proteins can also give the body energy. The way food is broken down matters to our body because if it is broken down incorrectly the body may not be able to store it correctly. Also different parts of your body, such as the brain, need special kinds of energy producers.
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal is 2531 a day to maintain my weight. I selected the “Moderate Activity” because I vault on the weekend for three hours and I have drama practice every day which requires us to run back and forth on stage. I also have a black lab which I take her on walks.
3. GO, SLOW, and WHOA is telling you what’s foods it’s okay to eat all the time and telling you the types of food you should only eat at special occasions. It says that go food you can eat anytime, slow foods you should only eat sometimes and whoa foods are what you eat on special occasions. Types of foods that fit in each category are different kinds of vegetables, fruits, breads, cereals, milk, meats, and beverages. Some foods in the GO category that I like are: water, ketchup, fat-free cottage cheese, tuna canned in water, cold unsweetened whole-grain cereal, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables.
4. When I looked up Cottage Cheese: Low-Fat (2%) I found out it had 459mg of sodium per serving. Looking up pop tarts I learned there are 38g of carbohydrates in one serving. One avocado has 21.5g of fat, good thing I don’t like avocado. One of my favorite foods is orange chicken. It has 420 calories in one serving. The amount of calories surprised me for orange chicken because I thought it was going to be less.
1. The carbohydrates in foods are broken into glucose or a sugar that changes into glucose very easily. Fats in foods are broken down into fatty acids, which aren’t always needed, so we end up storing them as fat. Proteins in foods are broken down into amino acids that make new proteins with certain functions. The way food breaks down in your body is important because if it is fat, you only need so much, so the excess fat is converted into fat on our body. We only need a certain amount of each type of food, so the extra could cause us to gain weight. (I got this information from the blog and in class)
ReplyDelete2. To maintain current my weight, my daily calorie goal is 2376 calories. The activity level I selected was the moderate level, and I chose this because I play soccer, so that’s about a medium intensity, about 4 days a week.
3. The concept of “Go” on the chart is basically healthy foods that you don’t have to pace yourself at eating, so most vegetables, fruits, and some wheat like whole grain, and some meats. The “Slow” is the food we have to be careful about eating, because it isn’t as healthy as the “go” foods, so we shouldn’t eat them as often. The “Whoa” foods are the unhealthiest of the foods, the ones that we shouldn’t have often, like fried things, or a lot of fats or sugars. In the “Go” category, the foods I like are fresh vegetables like broccoli, pretty much any fruit, brown rice, low fat milk, chicken and turkey, ketchup, and iced tea and lemonade.
4. Cottage cheese has 459mg of sodium, pop tarts have about 38g of carbs, and one avocado has 21.5g of fat. One piece of cheese pizza has 272 calories. None of these numbers really surprised me, because I know that avocado has a lot of fat, pop tarts are bad for you, and pizza has around 3oo calories per slice.
1. Carbohydrates that go into the body can be stored in certain amounts and then convert into energy when the body needs it. When digested they are brought into the body in the form of sugars or glucose, it is said that the body can only hold a day to two days of carbohydrates at a time. The fats in our body are our changed into fatty acids which is just a little more than half the body’s energy. Proteins are when broken down are the amino acids our body needs. How the food is broken down matters because if it isn’t done correctly your body may not get the nutrients it needs. Also it may throw out nutrients that are needed and bring in some that aren’t. (I did not find a source so I went on what I know about the body.)
ReplyDelete2. My daily goal for intake to maintain my current weight is 2742 calories every day. My activity level I chose was the “very active level”. This was my decision because I am usually very active and the more active my body is the better.
3. The GO, SLOW, and WHOA stand for three different types of food groups where it varies of how much each type of food can be eaten. The GO foods are foods in which can almost be eaten anytime. SLOW foods can only be eaten sometimes. The WHOA foods need to be watched, these are foods that are only eaten once In a while or on a special occasion. Foods that can fit in the GO group can range from lettuce, bananas, tomatoes, apples, low-fat yogurt, and fat free cheese to whole grain bread, brown rice, trimmed beef, chicken without skin and grilled fish. Some SLOW foods are oven-baked French fries, vegetables added with fats, 100% fruit juice, processed cheese spread, broiled hamburgers, French toast, fat-free ice cream, and sports drinks. Also there are the WHOA foods which are hash browns, fruits canned in heavy syrup, doughnuts, whole milk, cream cheese, ribs, sweet rolls, hot dogs, cakes, butter, soda, and chocolate. The types of GO foods that I enjoy the most are fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, whole grain pasta, low-fat yogurt, trimmed beef, mustard and water.
4. When looking up cottage cheese I found that it contained 420mg. The pop tarts I looked up had 38g of carbohydrates in one serving. In an avocado the fat amount was 21.5g. My favorite is food is the stuffed crust meat lover’s pizza from pizza hut. The calories in one serving of this pizza were 480. I was not really surprised with anything besides the sodium content which was a lot. Per serving there are 1380mg of sodium.
1. Carbohydrates are converted straight into energy that the body can use, due to the body's limited storage space for carbs. Since sugar, or glucose, can be used more readily than other types of energy or storage, such as fat, carbohydrates are immediately converted into it. Fats are converted into fatty acids. If the fatty acids aren't used or needed right away, they are bundled up into packages and stored away as fat cells. Unlike carbohydrates, fat cells can hold an essentially unlimited amount of what is stored in it. Proteins are broken down into the basic part that they are composed of, called amino acids. These are then used to make new proteins that have different uses. It's like taking apart ten different machines and then using the parts you've gleaned from them to make ten different machines that do completely different things. The way food is broken down matters for your body because it is these broken-down things that essentially keep your body running. Without glucose, fatty acids, or amino acids, your body could not keep running
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 2375 calories a day. I selected the "light" activity level, because my only real exercise is half an hour of team sports every school day, and walking my dogs for 15-20 minutes on most every day a week.
3. GO foods are the foods that you can eat essentially any time, the foods that have a lot of the nutrients you need, not a lot of fat or sugar, and a generally low amount of calories. They are the foods like fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grain bread, and eggs. SLOW foods are the ones that you shouldn't eat always, but only sometimes. They are higher in fat, sugar, and calories than the GO foods, but not near the health-defying heights of the WHOA foods, which have a very high amount of fat, sugar, and calories, and, to top it off, are usually low in nutrients, the good things that you need. You're only supposed to eat these foods once in a while, and even then in small portions. Some examples of SLOW foods are 2% milk, olive oil, and canned fruits in light syrup; some examples of WHOA foods are donuts, butter, and french fries. Some foods from the GO category that I enjoy are carrots, strawberries, brown rice, fat-free milk, lentils, fat-free mayonnaise, and lemonade.
4. Low fat / 1% milk fat cottage cheese has 459mg of sodium. 1 Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tart has 38g or carbohydrates. 1 medium avocado has 21.5g of fat. One medium strawberry (one of my favorite foods) has a measly 4 calories. The cottage cheese and the avocado surprised me: I didn't realize cottage cheese had that much sodium (20% DV) and that avocados had that much fat.
1. The carbohydrates in our food are broken into small pieces of either glucose or a type of sugar that can easily be changed into glucose. These small pieces can be absorbed through the small intestine's walls. Fats are broken down into fatty acids that are used for energy. The breakdown of proteins is weird. They are basicaly broken down into amino acids and then reassembled into new proteins with specific functions.
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal is 2452 per day. I selected light activity because I do Kung Fu (I haven't done it lately, but I plan on starting again on Monday) and walk around a lot during and after school.
3. GO foods are healthy foods that can be eaten almost anytime. SLOW foods are kind of healthy foods that shouldn't be eaten often. WHOA foods are not very healthy at all and should rarely be eaten. Some examples of GO foods are fresh broccoli, fresh apples, brown rice, fat-free cottage cheese, extra lean ground beef, ketchup, and water. Some examples of SLOW foods are oven-baked french fries, dried peaches, waffles, processed cheese, canadian bacon, fat-free frozen yogurt, olive oil, and sports drinks. Some examples of WHOA foods are hash browns, fruits canned in heavy syrup, doughnuts, whole milk, bacon, cookies, butter, and regular soda. Some foods in the GO calorie that I like are uncooked spinach, apples, brown rice, egg substitutes, and diet iced tea. I can't really think of any fats/condiments that would fit in the GO category.
4. In cottage cheese, I found 420mg of sodium in 4.2 oz, or 99mg per oz. In a Hot Fudge Sundae Pop-Tart (my favorite kind) there is 33g of carbohydrates. In 1 5.1 ounce avocado, there is 21.5g of fat. In my favorite food, Eggo Blueberry Waffles, there is 95 calories per waffle.
Robert Terhune
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1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into the body producing energy. Which is also glucose another word for sugar? Protein is broken down into tiny pieces called “amino acids”. They are then used to create new proteins. When there is a shortage of fat or carbohydrate the protein can also yield the energy. Fats supply the body’s energy. It supplies almost half of it. Fat is broken down into a thing called fatty acids. The human body is really good at storing fat. The food in our body is broken down because it begins a thing called metabolism. Metabolism breaks down your food into chemicals and provides your body with the basic processes.
2. My calorie goal to maintain my weight is 3237 calories a day. My activity level I put was very active because I got to baseball then I work out every day. Then every Thursdays I go play like this football thing at the YMCA. I think that I’m a active person but I still eat a ton of stuff so it all levels out.
3. The concepts of this chart are to see what is good for you and what really isn’t. You can have the all kinds of food sometimes or once in a while but only as a treat. You can eat almost any type of vegetable as long as it has no added fat or sugar. You can eat sometimes like vegetables with added fat or light syrup to it. The thing you can only eat once in a while are like the fried things. You can always have 1% milk. You can sometimes have 2% milk. And you can occasionally have whole milk. You can always have regular broccoli. You can sometimes have steamed broccoli. And you can occasionally have cheese dipped in broccoli. You can always have a orange. You can sometimes have organs with light syrup. And you can occasionally have oranges with heavy syrup. You can always have extra lean ground beef. You can sometimes have lean ground beef. And can occasionally have regular ground beef untrimmed. You can’t always have sweets and snacks. You can sometimes have low fat yogurts. And you can occasionally have cakes and cookies. You can always have water. You can sometimes have 2% milk. And you can occasionally have soda.
4. Cottage cheese has 459 mg of sodium in it. That number is a lot and it surprised me. Pop tarts have 38g of carbs. I don’t know how much carbs are so I don’t know. A avocado has 21.5 grams of fat in it I feel like that is a lot!
1. Carbohydrates are broken into sugars. Fats are broken into fatty acids which give our body’s needed energy. Proteins are broken into amino acids which produce proteins and each protein has a specific function/purposes. The functions are catalyzing chemical reactions, facilitating communication between different cells/transferring biological molecules. It’s important how our bodies break down our food into molecules because if we swallow food that isn’t in the right form of nourishment our body needs our digestive system breaks them into the right form. I got this info from www.diabetes.org and www.nih.gov.
ReplyDelete2. My calorie goal per day was 3,124 calories. I choose moderate active life style because every day I play basketball and jump rope. And I also lift weights on Saturday and Monday.
3. Go foods are very healthy and are low in fat, sugars and calories. Which is fruits and vegetables and ect. Slow foods aren’t as healthy because they are high in fat and calories. You are only supposed to eat less often than Go foods because those foods are better for you. Whoa foods are the worst for you and they have the most fats and sugars. They are very high in calories. They are normally low in nutrients and are only to be eaten in special occasions because their bad for you.
4. There is 459mg of sodium in cottage cheese, which is 19 percent. In pop tarts there is 38 grams of carbohydrates or 13 percent. In one medium avocado there is 21.5 grams of fat. My favorite food is Belute, which is a Philippine dish. There is 791 calories per egg.
The one that surprised me the most was the avocado because I didn’t know that there was so much fat in one avocado. There was also a lot of sodium in cottage cheese.
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ReplyDelete1. Carbohydrates and fats are broken down into energy for the body; while protein is broken down to assist the processes of making hormones, creating muscle, cell communication, and biological molecules. The way food breaks down in our bodies is essential to our health because it helps distribute and use nutrients throughout the body to keep it functioning well!
2. My daily goal for maintaining my weight is either 2,424 or 2,151, depending on my physical activity. For instance, when I chose moderate activity, it gave me the higher caloric intake; but if I chose light activity, my intake would be the lesser one. I chose the moderate level, however, to be my most frequent. I chose this because I dance and do a ton of small other things throughout the day to be more active; instead of doing one activity for a certain amount of time.
3. The concepts of the GO, SLOW, and WOAH foods is pretty simple and easy to remember. First, the GO foods are full of nutrients and rich in vitamins. They are very, very healthful foods that can or should be eaten any time! For example, apples, cucumbers, peppers, spinach, whole grains, and any other natural food. Next, SLOW foods are higher in fats, added sugars, and carbohydrates. These usually are foods that make you feel SLOW and just, simply, bad. Typically, these foods would include white bread, white rice, mayonnaise, and cottage cheese… actually… almost anything white! Finally, the WOAH foods are the highest in fats, added sugar, and carbohydrates. You want to stay away from these foods as much as possible! They are a big “no-no!” unless on special occasions. A WOAH would most likely be foods like candy, pastries, cheesecake, fries (any type of fast food or anything fried), and processed foods. Don’t be a WOAH, be a GO! Eat foods in the GO, like my favorites: apples, watermelon, strawberries, cucumber, carrots, spinach, and broccoli!
4. On the website of the CalorieKing, I checked out the sodium on cottage cheese, and it was 459mg! The amount of Carbohydrates in one serving of pop-tarts is 38g, and the amount of fat in a medium avocado is about 21.5g! You never know what the food you’re eating really has in it until you check! My favorite food is probably watermelon, and that only has about 37 calories! Phew! And, yes, one of these numbers surprised me… it was the pop-tart!
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose or sugar that can be converted into glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty acids that go in the blood and become captured by hungry cells. Proteins are broken down into amino acids that are used to make new proteins with their own unique functions. If protein did not make amino acids this would affect our growth. (source: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=16#proteins)
ReplyDelete2. According to livestrong I need to eat 2357 calories a day to maintain my current weight. The activity level I selected was “Sedentary”. I chose this level of activity because I don’t regularly exercise besides walking every now and then and at school in Team Sports class.
3. The concept of “GO, SLOW and WHOA” foods is a pretty basic concept to grasp. “GO” foods are foods you should eat almost anytime. Examples of some “GO” foods are all vegetables except French fries and other deep-fried veggies, whole-grain bread, extra lean beef, and fat-free milk. “SLOW” foods are foods that you can eat sometimes, but less often than “GO” foods. Examples of “SLOW” foods are rice, pasta, lean ground beef, hamburgers, ham, frozen fruit bars, 2 percent milk and sports drinks. “WOAH” foods are foods that you should only eat once every now and then and at special occasions. Examples of “WOAH” foods are french fries, muffins, doughnuts, cheddar cheese, fried chicken, cookies, cakes, butter, and soda.
4. The amount of sodium in cottage cheese is 456 mg or 19% of what were supposed to have in a day. In a pop-tart there is 38g of carbs or 13% of our daily value, in only one pop-tart! 1 avocado has 20.9g of fat or 32% of our daily values. I searched for one of my favorite foods, a bacon cheeseburger from Red Robin. It had 1030 calories in one serving, which did not surprise me as I was expecting a high calorie count. The only number that surprises me is that Total Fat. It is at 69g and that is 106% of your daily value!
1) The carbs from our meals are broken down into small pieces called glucose. The fatty foods we eat are broken down into fatty acids which our cells grab for energy. The proteins are broken down into amino acids which the body uses to build new proteins with specific functions. The body uses the liver and digestive tract to break down food.
ReplyDelete2) My goal for maintaining balance in my body is 3623 calories. I selected moderate activity level because I do a lot of activity but I am not super active.
3) It shows how Go foods are good for the body which includes veggies, grains, meat, and milk. Slow foods are foods that you should eat less than go foods, they include like sugar and more salted foods. Whoa foods include foods with high calories and low in nutrients which include like red meats and high sugar foods.
4) Cottage cheese have 459mg. Pop tarts have 0mg. Steak has 212 calories the one I was surprised about was the steak I thought it would have way more calories!
1. Go to the website at the link “itsy, bitsy, tiny molecules”. What are carbohydrates in food broken down into? How about fats? Protein? Why does how the food breaks down matter for your body? (remember to reference whatever website/text you find the answer in)
ReplyDeleteCarbohydrates break down into glucose, Fat break down into fatty acids, Protein break down into amino acids. Because glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids have short time to absorb to our body.
2. Click on the link “calories you consume”. At the livestrong website, enter in your information, and change the drop down menu to “Maintain my current weight”. What is your daily calorie goal to maintain your weight? What activity level did you select? What do you do which made you select that activity level?
My calorie goal is 1787 a day. I selected sedentary. I don't do active so I chose sedentary.
3. Click on “how do you choose the right foods”…this will take you to a website talking about “GO, SLOW, and WHOA” foods. Scroll to the bottom and download the pdf linked, “chart” in blue. This chart shows you GO, SLOW, WHOA food examples. Explain the concepts GO, SLOW, and WHOA. What type of foods fit in each category? Give some examples. What type of foods in the GO category (name at least one from each line .. breads, milk, meats, sweets, fats, beverages) do you enjoy?
Go food is to eat every day. Slow food is to eat sometimes. Whoa food is to eat once in a month. Orange juice, fresh vegetable, bread, fat-free milk, chicken, ketchup, and water is GO food. Avocado, dried fruits, rice, cheese spread, low-fat hot dog, ice milk bar, olive oil, sports drink is SLOW food. French fries, muffins, whole milk, beef or pork, cakes, and butter is WHOA food.
4. Click on the link “learning to read food labels”. Look up cottage cheese. How much sodium do you find? Look up pop-tarts…how many carbohydrates in one serving? Look up 1 medium avocado. How much fat? Look up your favorite food. How many calories in one serving? Did any of these numbers surprise you? Which ones?
Cottage cheese has 459 mg of sodium. Pop-tarts has 38g of carbohydrates. 1 medium avocado has 20.9 of fat. I find chicken noodles. Chicken noodles has a lot of sodium.
1. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which is used for energy. Fats are broken down into fatty acids which are also used for energy and when there is too much it is stored in fat cells. Proteins are broken down into amino acids, when there is a shortage of fat or carbohydrates, it can also be used for energy. “From the moment a bite of food enters the mouth, each morsel of nutrition within starts to be broken down for use by the body. So begins the process of metabolism, the series of chemical reactions that transform food into components that can be used for the body’s basic processes. Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats move along intersecting sets of metabolic pathways that are unique to each major nutrient. Fundamentally—if all three nutrients are abundant in the diet—carbohydrates and fats will be used primarily for energy while proteins provide the raw materials for making hormones, muscle, and other essential biological equipment.”- Erika Gebel, PhD
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie intake should be 2813. I selected the moderate activity level. I lift weights every other day. I also do cardio almost every day.
3. “Go” foods are foods that you can eat almost any time. “SLOW” foods are foods that should be eaten sometimes. ‘WHOA” foods are foods that should be eaten only once in a while or on special occasions. Go foods are natural foods low in fat and healthy. Go foods are all fresh frozen vegetables and fruits and lean meats and fat free dairy. Slow foods are vegetables that have added fat and are baked like oven baked French fries or avocado. “WHOA” foods are fried vegetables like hash browns or deep fried French fries. Vegetables- I like carrots, onions, broccoli, and green beans. Fruits- apples, strawberries, bananas. Breads and Cereals- I guess whole grain bread is okay, and so are whole grain tortillas. Milk and milk products- fat free and 1 percent milk is okay. Meats, Poultry Fish, eggs, beans, and nuts- tuna is good, extra lean ground beef is good too. Chicken and turkey without skin is okay, I also like fish.
4. In cottage cheese I found 459mg of sodium. There are 34g of carbs in 1 pop-tart. There are 20.9g of fat in one avocado. 410 calories in Asian BBQ short ribs. None surprised me.
lgpgptp33
ReplyDeleteMarch 10, 2012
Health P3
Blog Log #5
Excellent Eating
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose. Fats are broken down into “fatty acids”. Proteins that are eaten are broken down into amino acids. The way the food is broken down is important because the body needs certain nutrients and if the food isn’t broken down properly then it won’t get the nutrients.
2. My daily calorie goal is 3064 calories a day. I selected the activity level of very active. I play basketball, football and Track, and besides that I lift weights and work out. I don’t count how many calories I eat but I think it is probably more than that. Which is good cause I am trying to gain weight.
3. There are three main groups of foods that we eat. They are go foods, slow foods, and whoa foods. Go foods are foods you can eat at anytime. Slow foods are foods that you should eat sometimes or less often. Whoa foods are foods you should only eat every once in a while or on special occasions. Go foods are foods that have a high nutrient content and lower calories. Whoa foods are foods that are high in calories and low in nutrients. Slow foods are in between the two. An example of a go food is pita bread which I personally like (pita pit), juice, carrots, yogurt, meat, and water. An example of a slow food is white bread or eggs. An example of a whoa food is French fries or hash browns.
4. I looked up cottage cheese and it has 459mg of sodium. In pop-tarts there is 38 grams of carbohydrates. In 1 avocado there is 29.5 grams of fat. One of my favorite things to eat\drink is chocolate milk. In one serving of chocolate milk there is 160 calories. It surprised me that there was no cholesterol in it. I thought there was cholesterol in milk.
Bradley Anglemyer
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3-10-11
Eating excellent
1. In the link “Itsy bitsy tiny molecules” the carbohydrates are broken down for the use of the body’s energy supply. It basically is broken down into an energy supply for our body to use. Fats are broken down into energy just like carbohydrates are. Proteins are broken down into amino acids usually used to create or add on to new proteins in your body. Without food breakdowns we would have no amino acids and also no energy. “Itsy bitsy tiny molecules.”
2. At the “calories you consume” I entered my information and my daily calorie intake is 2454 calories per day. The activity level I selected was that I was moderately active. I think that I am moderately active and that I am not lazy and also that I am not the most active person in the world.
3. My explanation for the GO, SLOW, AND WOAH foods is that when you are a “GO” eater you will eat almost anything at any time you want. When you are a “SLOW” eater you will eat certain foods occasionally. And when you are a “WOAH” eater you only eat these foods on special occasions. Some examples in the ‘’GO’’ category are fat free milk, reduced fat cheese, and pork with trimmed fat. In the “SLOW’’ section we have 2% milk, 100% fruit juice, and lean ground beef. And finally in the “WOAH” section there is French fries, hash browns, and untrimmed pork and beef and regular ground beef. I mostly enjoy the “WOAH” foods I know that it is the worst one but to me it has the best foods.
4. On the ‘’learning to read food labels’’ I looked up in cottage cheese there is 459 mg in 1% milk. In one brown sugar cinnamon pop tart there is 34 carbs. In an avocado there is 24.6 grams of fat. And in my favorite food which is an 8oz steak there is 427 calories and yes that did kind of surprise me because I thought there was about 800 calories in an 8oz steak.
Anthony Galindo
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3-12-12
Health Blog
1. The bodily nutrient called carbohydrates is turned into glucose and sugars which is absorbed by the small intestines walls and is used for energy. The fat our body takes in is turned into waxy fatty substances that are carried throughout your body’s blood stream. When your body receives protein it is broken down into amino acids that are used by the body to create new and different proteins. Our body’s digestion is important because it decides how every element of your food is used to benefit the body.
2. In the Live Strong Calorie Counter my goal was 2563 calories a day, which is close to my actual calorie intake I found out I have due to the food log I did last week. I chose a moderate activity level because I have track practice every day, but it’s not insanely intense, we just run a few miles, jump, I lift, and I then go home.
3. When I went to how to choose the right foods I learned about the ‘GO’, ‘SLOW’, and ‘WOAH’ foods. The go foods you can eat pretty much whenever you want like fruits and veggies, the slow foods are foods that are okay to eat, but you need to limit yourself and eat in moderation like popcorn, and finally the whoa foods are the foods you feel guilty after eating, they are the foods you really need to watch and eat very small portions of such as chocolate and triple cheese burgers and a nice tall coke.
4. Thanks to Calorie King learned that a serving of cottage cheese has 81 calories and 459 mg’s of sodium. I also looked up pop tarts and I found out that they contain 200 calories and 17 grams of sugar.
1) Carbohydrates in food are broken down into very small pieces of glucose. Fats are broken down into fatty acids. Protein is broken down into amino acids. The breaking down of food matters to your body because it determines what type of energy you’re receiving. Also, whether or not you’re gaining fat or losing it.
ReplyDelete2) My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 3417 calories per day. I selected very active activity level. I selected that level because I play baseball everydayfor atleast 2 hours a day, either at a medium or high intensity.
3) The concept of GO is foods that are lowest in fat and sugar, low in calories, rich in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, and a great food choice to eat at anytime. Foods in this category would be fruits and veggies, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat milk, lean meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts. Some examples would be: celery, apples, cashews, etc. SLOW foods are higher in fat, added sugar, and calories and should be eaten less often. Examples could be packed food or food with added preservatives. WHOA foods are highest in fat and added sugar, high in calories, low in nutrients, should be eaten only once in a while and in small portions. Examples are candy, donuts, cookies, etc. Foods I like from the GO category are: celery, watermelon, pasta, yogurt, salmon, ranch dressing, water, milk, iced tea.
4) In cottage cheese there is 459 mg of sodium. In pop-tarts there are 34 grams of carbohydrates. In one medium avocado there are 20.9 grams of fat. My favorite food is celery with peanut butter. Celery: two, 4” strips are 1 calorie. Peanut butter: 1 oz is 168 calories. The number that surprised me is the peanut butter. I knew it was high in calories, but I didn’t think it was anywhere near that high.
1. Carbohydrates in food are broken down into glucose or a sugar that is converted into glucose. Protein in food is broken down into amino acids and fats are broken down into fatty acids. How food breaks down does affect your body. If you eat a high level of carbohydrates all the time you could get a disease like diabetes. That’s when you have too much glucose in your blood. Diabetes can lead to damage to your heart, kidneys, and nerves. www.mayoclinic.com
ReplyDelete2. My daily calorie goal to maintain my weight is 3457 calories per day. My activity level is light activity. I chose this level because I move around a lot during the day but I don’t walk continuously like you have to do to be in the moderate level.
3. A go type of food is something you can eat almost anytime. A slow type is something you can eat sometimes. Whoa foods are a type of food you should only eat once in a while. Types of food in the go category that I enjoy are frozen vegetables, fresh fruit, tortillas, yogurt, chicken, ketchup, and diet soda.
4. The amount of sodium in low fat cottage cheese is 459mg. Frosted strawberry pop-tarts have 38g of carbohydrates per serving. A one ounce serving of avocado has 4.2g of fat. My favorite food, a western bacon cheeseburger has 740 calories per serving. The numbers that surprised me were from the cottage cheese and cheeseburger. I thought the sodium would be a lot lower in the cottage cheese and the cheeseburger would have over 1,000 calories per serving like a Big Mac.
Applesandoranges
ReplyDeleteMarch 27th, 2012
Excellent eating
1) Carbohydrates are broken down into sugar, or glucose. Fats turn into fatty acids and they are stored in cells called "fat cells" after entering into triglycerides. Protien is converted into Amino acids. The break down is important because it determines, how, where, and how quickly they are used. (http://forecast.diabetes.org/magazine/features/how-body-uses-carbohydrates-proteins-and-fats)
2) My ideal calorie amount for the day was 2,987. I selected moderate, because I am not currently in my sport season, but I am usually walking around or doing something outside after school.
3) The concept of "Go, slow, and whoa" is pretty self-explanitory. The "go" foods, are foods that are typically good for you, not to caloric, and you can eat at almost any time. Slow are foods that aren't the BEST for you, but they are okay in moderation. The "WHOA" foods are the foods that you can enjoy, but it's not wise to eat them all the time, nor is it healthy. I LOVE spinach, I have a spinach salad probably about 3 times a week, and have it on something at least every other day.. Call me popeye. I love fresh apple slices. I like any kind of pita sandwich. Low-fat yogurt is very yummy. Boiled chicken is good on salads, and over all on anything. Ketchup is just a staple, we are Americans :) all the drinks on the list are really good to me I love diet lipton lemon iced tea.
4) I chose to look at the creamy cottage cheese and there is 420mg of sodium! In one serving of pop tarts there is 36g of carbs. 21.5g of fat in 1 avocado! Holy cow! My favorite food is Orange Chicken, there is 420 calories in the orange chicken at Panda express. The numbers that surprised me were the Avacado.