Cultural Diversity and Diet Jacqueline Jones Week 2 Principles of Sociology Mitchell Swatez Different cultures around the world have their own types of customs that they are used to having. There are many types of diets that different cultures are used to having that unlike those of what we are used to here in the United States. In many cultures people eat toasted ants‚ frog legs‚ puppies‚ kittens‚ or raw monkey brains. I could never find myself eating none of the above‚ but this is natural
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The importance of good diet In addition to regular exercise‚ a healthy well balanced diet is essential for good health. Life or rather the quality of life you have is dependent on having good health. A well balanced diet would contain the three main groups of food as well as important vitamins and minerals. The first group of carbohydrates are found in foods such as bread‚ potatoes and rice. They are essentially energy giving foods which power the muscles and other tissues in our body
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Advantages of a balanced diet #1–More energy Being undernourished makes you feel exhausted‚ weak‚ and sluggish. Having tons of energy and feeling strong is just one of many healthy eating advantages. #2 – Clearer thoughts Have you ever struggled to concentrate? It’s not fun feeling like you can’t quite get your thoughts together‚ especially if you really need to concentrate on something important. A balanced diet is full of nutrients that you brain needs so the great advantage is that your
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An unhealthy lifestyle means more illness and more expense to treat those illnesses. This means a bigger burden on an already challenged healthcare system. Poor health also means more time lost at work‚ less quality recreational time‚ and even shorter lifespan. But the people in this modern day have a mindset that takes good health for granted. One can suffer from years of aches and pains‚ and would just ignore them‚ and then feel so surprised when one finds out one has developed a serious chronic
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The Impact of Diet on Health - A balanced diet is the correct nutrients in the correct quantity to maintain good health. Nutrients – Protein – growth and repair Carbohydrates – energy Fat – energy and warmth Vitamins - protection Minerals – protection Fluids - Hydration Protein – You need protein for your body’s growth‚ maintenance and repair. It helps you to have strong muscles and fight off infections. Protein is one of the most complicated substances within the human body. When you
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A Diet Related Disease—Anaemia Iron deficiency anaemia is a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells. The red blood cells carry oxygen around the body‚ using a particular protein called haemoglobin. Iron is important because it help you to make haemoglobin. Iron deficiency anaemia means that either the level of red blood cells or the level of haemoglobin is lower than normal. When the level of haemoglobin is lower than normal‚ you will feel unwell. Iron deficiency anaemia
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healthier than carnivorous humans in various ways. First‚ medical studies show that a human being’s body was not made to be carnivorous (for example; humans have no fang s or claws) and because are digestive system was not made to digest meat‚ a vegetarian diet is much easier and healthier for our bodies. Secondly‚ as known around the world‚ the most common cause of death is heart attack and the average man is at a 50% risk while a vegetarian man is at a 4% risk. Another fact most don’t think about is that
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free diet is a commercially prepared or homemade diet formulated without the use of any grains. Examples of grains include wheat‚ barley‚ rice‚ oatmeal‚ and cornmeal. Although grains are carbohydrates‚ a grain free diet does not translate to a carbohydrate free diet‚ as most grain free diets contain the same amount of carbohydrates as normal foods. The carbohydrates in grain free diets are from different sources‚ such as potatoes‚ sweet potatoes‚ tapioca‚ or dried chicory root. Grain free diets are
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How it works‚/h3> (-- removed HTML --) The military diet‚ also know as the Army Diet‚ the Navy Diet and the 3 Day Diet‚ is centered around a two phase plan of three days on and four days off. For three days‚ dieters much adhere to a very low calorie diet. During the first three days of the meal plan dieters consume between 1.100 and 1‚400 calories per day. No snacking is allowed during this time. For thsoe who want to lose more weight‚ the diet can be repeated over and over again until the desired
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There Are Dangers in Drinking Diet Soda A new study has found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can cause weight gain‚ metabolic syndrome‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease‚ adding to mounting research about the potential health risks of diet soft drinks. And that’s not all—the study also found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can interfere with your body’s normal response to sugar‚ deregulating normal blood sugar levels even more than regular soda. That’s because the fake sugar
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