Learning Journal Unit 6
The Learning Journal allows you to step back and reflect on the concepts you studied in this unit.
In the Learning Journal, imagine you work for a community health organization. What dietary changes would you recommend to promote better nutritional health in your community? What practices do you feel are important to emphasize and why? What anatomic and/or physiologic changes can you promote through dietary changes?
Be sure that your Learning Journal entry is a minimum of 500 words.
The choices of food we make each day have a lot to point out about our health. We don't
solely need a change in diet to continue to be healthy, however addition way to attain and
maintain it and in addition to knowing when to switch diets and also exercise. There are
many foods with no health for the body or rather excessive amount of it can make the body
unhealthy. A number of these foods are basically ones with plenty of fat, which can cause a
lot of heart disease or cancer (HHS, 2011).
The dietary changes I would suggest to promote better nutritional health in my community
are balance diet. What we eat in regards to nutrition and diet has an impression on our
metabolism. The breaking down of food with fats, carbohydrate and protein requires a lot of
energy due to the fact of the excessive calories that are stored as fat within the body. An
individual demands an average of 2000 calories so as to have a normal daily activity and
when a less energy is stored, the body will be exhausted (OpenStax, 2018). The food we eat
can have an effect on our overall health as well the metabolism with regards to the quantity
and quality. When we eat an immoderate quantity of or too less, there can be a medical
condition that can come up as a result and have an effect on the health in general such as
cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Few ways on how a healthy sys1sstem can be
maintained are;
Instead of frying meat, try eating fish at least once a week.
By reducing extra fat and using low-fat your foods.
:Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables with your meals and as snacks.
.By reading the labels on foods before buying them.
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Maintaining a maximum portion size (HHS, 2011)
Combining balanced diet with exercise and staying hydrated with water or tea is additionally
good for the health, which can assist in maintaining as well as losing weight. Individuals, who
are concerned about reducing their weight, are advised to set some eating goals and
additionally to keep away from some eating habits so as to focus on portions, more fruits
and vegetables. The metabolic pathway within the body functions properly with the help of
vitamins and minerals which is essential with regards to our diet. The Minerals are stored
particularly within the