Essays on Fat

The Suzanne Somers Diet: Great Way to Lose Weight? “Get Skinny On Fabulous Food”? “Somersizing!”  For years now, for TV sitcom star Suzanne Somers has propagated a diet plan with this catchy tag.  On the face of it, the diet plan caters to the propensity of glamour-struck Americans for convenient and scientific-sounding self-help regimens, a…

Weight Obesity is one of the highest leading causes of death in the world. Most people struggle with disappointment and frustration with weight loss. Commonly, we are impatient, and want our fat melted away now. Americans spend millions of dollars a year on useless, so called miracle pills, or fat burning, movie star sponsored, elixirs….

In simpler form triglycerides are the natural fat in tissue. Cholesterol is a compound of the stereo type found in most body tissues, including the blood and the nerves. Cholesterol and its derivatives are important constituents of cell membranes and precursors of other steroid compounds, but high concentrations in the blood (mainly derived from animal…

One exercise we did in class was the Fat Burning Walk. It can be done daily or on the days your body needs to recover from a more intense exercise. For this work out you are walking at a pace that uses 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. First you start off at an easy…

Fat has qualities that formulate food taste better, carries taste from foods and supplies aroma and also gives an even, creamy touch to many foods like chocolate, ice cream and peanut butter. Fat in addition makes foods for instance, meat and baked commodities moist and tender or brown and crunchy. Fat is vital for slowing…

Fad diets today continue to increase in popularity all America. They are popular due to the fact that they work in the short-term, meaning the results of one’s weight loss show immediately in abundant amounts. However, the diets do not work long-term because they are hard to follow, and once an individual stops the fad…

Analysis of Personal Nutrient Intake Part 3 b) Food energy is important for providing energy for one’s daily activities and body function. However, there should be a balance between the amounts of energy you consume through foods with the energy you expend during the day. According to the DRIs Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges for adolescences,…

A panel convened last week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. , to determine whether obesity is a cosmetic burden or a medical hazard has come up with bad news for 34 million people in the United States: Obesity is a health-threatening condition. “We want the averaged American to know that…

COURSEWORK TASK 1 1. Eggs are an important food for different people. Show how eggs can be included in different ways in a variety of dishes. Eggs as an important food The types of eggs? – Hen eggs, quail eggs, duck eggs Traditional value of eggs? – Used in Easter’s celebration Nutritional value of eggs?…

Bread is eaten all over the world by almost every culture. It was the most important and essential food many years ago and it is said that More than 12,000 years ago, primitive people made flat breads by mixing flour and water and placing these “cakes” in the sun to bake. Later, bread was baked…