Nutrition Pyramid

Question: explain why information such as DDT affects the organisms, which are highest in nutrition pyramid? not informations but poisons like DDt

Answer: First, DDT is not information it is a chemical toxin. Second, it becomes more of a problem higher in the food chain because it becomes more concentrated as it moves up the food chain. Think of the problem like this: lots of animals low on the chain eat tiny amounts of the toxin each, but the next animal needs to eat lots of the lower animals thus ingesting lots of the toxin, and the next animal in the chain eats lots of those and so on.

Question: Which is the best to follow and helpful, The NUTRITION PYRAMID or The ATKINS DIET? and why..?

Answer: Neither. The pyramid is so heavy on carbohydrates that it makes you fat. The atkins diet is so heavy on protiens that it causes kidney failure. A well balanced diet should include all 3 groups, but the meats need to be at the top of the pyramid instead of the bottom. For any diet to work, you must consume fewer calories than you burn. Atkins works quickly because it throws out all the carbo calories and those are the ones that go to your hips the most efficiently. The protien calories do not go to there efficently so you lose weight quickly. The nutrition pyramid is healty and has been recommended by the federal nutritionists for decades. However, the nation as a whole is substantially overweight. A diet with the pyramid is doomed because you will have to continually drop the amount of food you eat as you lose weight. When you lower your intake and lose some weight, your basic total calorie need will lessen too. Both are doomed because they are not sustainable. You will eventually have to go off the atkins because your blood chemistry goes very high in ketones and your kidneys suffer. When you go back to eating a more balanced diet, the weight will return very quickly. After losing weight off the pyramid, your appetite has not changed and when you go back to eating as you like, the weight will come back with a vengence. To reach your goal and keep there, it requires a sustainable change in diet. You can have that by reducing the efficent carbo calories, not eliminating them, and increasing the inefficient meat calories. Switch to water or diet soda. People average the same number of calories in coke/pepsi per day that can be found in a BK whopper. ( 3 cans ) Cut back on the more pure carbo foods like fries, potatoe, beans and bread. The difference between a backed potatoe and 2 snikers bars is only the amount of time it takes to digest them. Eat more of the leaner meats like chicken, turkey and pork. Eat more of the high fiber/low carbo things like green beans and salads. Most importantly, exercise! Your neanderthal ancestors were hunter/gatherers. Since dinner did not come out of the woods consitently, they had to develop a tolerance for famine. When something eventually came out of the woods, they had to be able to run after it (or from it). That famine tolerance causes an automatic lowering of total calorie need. That is why you quit losing weight even while you're still starving on the pyramid diet. Compensate for that reduction in total calorie need by exercising more.

Question: where is vegemite in the food pyramid? which part of the nutrition pyramid does it sit in?

Answer: I love Vegemite and have it a couple of times a day , however it is very high in salt so it would need to be one of those items that you do not eat tons of, which of course you don't anyway cos you only need to put a small amount on your toast , so therefore I guess it should be at the top of the pyramid. I also spread it on my slices of fruitcake with some butter . Food pyramid pic on the link below. http://gamesdevelopment.gaa.ie/files/nutrition/the_food_pyramid.jpg

Question: Do you follow the "food guide pyramid" suggested nutrition guidelines for each food category each day? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_guide_pyramid (ME NEITHER)

Answer: Heck no. I hardly ever eat anyway.

Question: I am doing a nutrition project on israel and I need to find a food pyramid for israel and I am having a ? difficult time doing this? does anyone know w good site to find one??

Answer: This is a good image of one (from Israel): http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/g-junior/nutrition/art/pyramid.gif This is another: http://www.health.gov.il/units/eduction/catalog/images/map_tri.jpg This is the source for this last image, which is the Health Ministry of Israel: http://images.google.co.il/imgres?imgurl=http://www.health.gov.il/units/eduction/catalog/images/map_tri.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.health.gov.il/units/eduction/catalog/tzuna_necuna.htm&h=288&w=300&sz=13&hl=iw&start=9&um=1&usg=__OHYdgFlxN3N_lCMlzstqrA46LFQ=&tbnid=XyVjQ_Ywx-4MuM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25D7%25A4%25D7%2599%25D7%25A8%25D7%259E%25D7%2599%25D7%2593%25D7%25AA%2B%25D7%2594%25D7%259E%25D7%2596%25D7%2595%25D7%259F%26um%3D1%26hl%3Diw%26cr%3DcountryIL%26sa%3DG I hope this helps!

Question: Nutrition Question: Food Pyramid....? The potato, is it still a vegetable????

Answer: It is a bit Starchy and has been moved to the other category in the pyramid.Still think it is a veggie...

Question: Vegetables Daily Eating Habits, which are healthier? Food Pyramid carbs dinner dietary nutrition? Please list the order of popular vegetables in order of healthiness: carrots, celery, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, etc. etc. (because lettuce i read is 95% water, very little nutritional content etc.)

Answer: I can't locate the information but I think garlic, paprika, kale, greens, avocado are some of the most nutritionally high vegetables.

Question: need help with food pyramid in health promotion and health development? The essay question is as follows: Explain the role of food nutrition and the food pyramid in health promotion and health development. Any one there can help or direct me to a site that helps can’t seem to find anything on internet

Answer: It's basically asking you how food nutrition and the food pyramid tie in with health promotion and health development - i.e. health promotion is about educating people to eat a healthy diet, and the food pyramid shows pictorially the proportions of different food groups you should be eating to have a healthy and balanced diet, and the nutrition and nutritional value of food has a direct relationship to the food pyramid and why some foods should be eaten in greater quantities than others (i.e. healthy eating). I've just finished a website for a voluntary organisation on cancer, and as part of the research for that and causes of cancer (with certain cancers being linked to diet and obesity etc.) I did a load of research on healthy eating and the food pyramid etc. - there's LOADS of sites looking at healthy eating etc. and the food pyramid: - NHS Direct in the UK has a section on healthy eating - Cancer Research UK has a section on healthy eating - Wikipedia has information on the food pyramid etc. You probably won't find a site that answers the whole of the essay question all in one go, but if you piece together the information from various sites on healthy eating, the food pyramid and nutrition, along with information on what health promotion and health development is (which again you'll find websites on), you'll have all the pieces for a hopefully comprehensive essay.

Question: My pyramid tracker is contradicting itself, can someone who knows nutrition help me? Ok I've been using mypyramidtracker.gov to help see if I'm eating well. It tells me "I'm at risk of being overweight" eat I'm eating 800 less calories than is recommended? Today i ate 1325 calories and my recommendation is 2116. How does this make any sense? MPT does not have a lot of things I eat so I usually find other things that are the same nutrient-wise so I know it's not exactly correct, but this is just contradicting itself. *** I'm putting this here because a lot of people in this section know a good deal about nutrition and the diet and fitness section is moving really quickly. Plus I'm a vegan, so it all works ;) I probably eat more than 1325 calories, I just can't find most of the food I eat on MPT.

Answer: "i'm also not an idiot"---your view is unique. Over 2000 calories is absurd. 1325 is on the low end of average. Even the troll knows 1500-1600 is recommended. Does the pyramid website factor in more than food consumption? If you're sitting on your arse all day even 1325 calories per day will make you fat. I'm sure you're familiar with my name, but maybe not what I say. Food info. is all tainted. The food industry sectors dictate what is told to the public. Considering the government's close-knit ties with lobbyists, they're the LAST entity to use as a nutritional guide.

Question: What is a creative, hands-on way to teach nutrition to fourth grade? I may have the class cut pictures of food from the local grocery ads and make a food pyramid, but I would also like to have another activity or lesson. Any suggestions?

Answer: Your idea for cutting up ads is very good and I found another idea: Students work in small groups to complete a grid (that can be printed using the link below) in which they name foods that meet two criteria required for each box of a puzzle. Encourage them to be creative with their answers because more points are awarded to teams with unique answers. Read more on the link below. Read the entire description for better comprehension. The explanation on the link is quite helpful and below I included the activity objectives. Activity Objectives - Students will be able to: •Identify foods with two attributes for each of the Five Food Groups •Generate as many solutions as possible for the two attributes •Develop skills for working in small groups Have fun!

Question: What do different types of nutrition do for your body? I'm doing a project for school and I need to look up what the different parts of the new food pyramid (grains, vegetables, fruits, oils, milk, and meat + beans) do for your body? I've been searching for a helpful website and i cant find one. Please Help!

Answer: Grains-your source of carbohydrates and energy Vegetable's of fibers and calcium a lot of different vitamins and some protein Fruits-Mainly for the immune system or Vitamin oils- for the skin, it helps you not have dandruff and healthy skin milk- for calcium! helps bones and teeth meat + beans- protein mostly-protein builds and repairs muscles!

Question: What is a planned diet for a teenager who is an athlete? I am 16 years old and five days a week i swim for 2 hours. I almost never eat breakfast and there is hardly anytime for lunch. I need to get all that pyramid nutrition in my day. But with school and swimming i feel like i have no time to plan out my meals! Does anyone know a diet system not for losing weight but for athletes?

Answer: Nutrition is an essential part of your training as an athlete. Find out about how speed skating star Ono eats. Just before competition, he loads up on starches from whole grains. Otherwise he is a vegetarian with fish as his source of protein. Eat fish in moderation. Egg whites is a good source of protein. Avoid whey protein... It is way oversold and has bad health consequences. Also, dairy and normal beef is very bad for your health. You can eat leafy greens (well chewed) for calcium and other essential minerals and nutrients. Legumes and whole grains provide protein from plants. Avoid commercial foods like fast food restaurant or most canned and packaged foods. Instead eat whole plant based foods. Drink pure water and shun soda pop and other commercial drinks.

Question: Where can I learn about nutrition? To normal people I am healthy. I talked to a nutrition freak and they were talkin about nutrition on a biological level. They said that the knowledge I know is based on rumor and informercials where can I learn about nutrition more in depth? The food pyramid aint cutting it any more

Answer: I will give you a list, and not only will this teach you about nutrition and more, but this will expand your knowledge to losing weight and building muscle. These guys do know what they are talking about. http://bodytransformationinsider.com/access/compound-exercises/ (For the first, you will see a box to enter your Email address and you will then get a lot of helpful nutrition information.) http://www.vincedelmontefitness.com/blog/ Same thing with the Email http://www.ttfatloss.com/nutrition/truth-about-nutrition/ Same thing with the email. You probably will find the most iformation on this guy because thats what you want to learn. But they are all amazing sources. Good luck

Question: I have to write an article about toddlers. Can you give me some ideas about two-year-olds and nutrition Or about feeding them Or about the problems you have with them OR ABOUT ANYTHING? I'm completely running out of ideas. I've already done: Vegetables, Cutting up food Choking on food Food pyramid So, really I need a new angle. Thanks for any help you have to offer Thanks everyone. There are few ideas there that will really help with the article.

Answer: One of the problems that I have with my 2 year old at the moment is that he will not drink milk. I have tried it warm, cold, as a milkshake, hot chocolate but he won't touch it! So I have spoke with my Health Visitor and all that I can do is make sure he has lots of cheese, yogurts, green veg, and add milk to meals.

Question: Disscuss the ways in which the following aids can be used to help individual achieve optimim nutrition? a) Australian Dietary Guidelines b)The healthy Dietary Pyramid c)Five food groups d)Target on healthy eating

Answer: i would try c and d always taking the five food groups and incoporating them into healthy eating will help you...its all about moderation....good luck,,

Question: Is there more than one healthy way to lose weight (in terms of diet and nutrition) ? Besides the one way that is proscribed by the government via the Food Pyramid? Your thoughts?

Answer: You can try all methods, but in order to lose weight you would really, really, really, need to want to. With the "will" and sacrifices you can do anything. I lost weight with just eating chicken breast and vegetables, and salads. l coffee a day, lots of water. Another one I tried that was super easy was counting the points with Weight Watchers. Without trying I would lose 2 lbs weekly (8 lbs a month!). I stopped going because of the weekly meetings, but some people love those meetings-- I think it depends on the instructor.