Category: Health and Wellness
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Optimism

Optimism is something that most adults should try to obtain throughout their lives. Instead of focusing on the negatives and what potentially could go wrong, I feel as though they should think about how it is all going to go right and how it will all be okay. If a person focuses on the negatives…
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Dietary Trends and Nutrition

Table of Contents Introduction Unit 1 Dietary Trends and Nutrition Information to Remember Resource Unit 2 Food Choices Information to Remember ResourceUnit 3 Food ChoiceS: Economics Information to Remember ResourceUnit 4 Food ChoiceS: fOODBORNE iLLNESSES Information to Remember ResourceUnit 5 gENETICALLY eNGINEERED fOOD Information to Remember ResourceUnit 6 tHE oRGANIC fOOD moVEMENT Information to…
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Client OTC Dietary Supplement

Our country is one of the most overweight countries in the entire world. It isn’t a great trait to have as a country since we want to claim to be a healthy society. A lot of it stems from the number of fast-food chains we have, and the lack of physical activity. Overweight people attempt…
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Vitamins, Herbs, and Nutritional Supplements.

Please take a time to listen to this while you are going through your day. I will admit, this is my first speaker presentation that I have done with this new Mic setup. So please, ignore the couple slip ups. Also, on one of the slides, you will hear my youngest (Aurora Grace) trying to…
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Preview of Upcoming Presentation Vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements

This a short little teaser about the upcoming presentation that will be posted this week. I am going to focus on Turmeric for the interest of all its medicinal properties. Turmeric has been used in India for years and is what gives curry its yellowish color. It has been used as a spice for food…
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Organic Versus Conventional Produce Cost Comparison

The following is a comparison chart between Organic Produce, and conventional produce. Of course, there are all different kinds of comparisons that can vary from store to store, but this is centered around the local Wal-Mart. We have a Natural Grocers store here, however, it wouldn’t have been an accurate comparison since they don’t typically…
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Globalization of Fast Food Restaurants

The globalization of fast food has been making its claim for the last few decades. With McDonalds being one of the main surpluses of fast food throughout the entire world. According to Salisbury (2016), McDonald’s has 32,000 different restaurants within 117 separate countries, which is the main company that has branched out. There are a…
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Foodborne Illnesses

Foodborne illnesses are something that have become more and more prevalent in today’s society. FDA’s CORE (Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation) Response team has been tracking outbreaks within the Unites states for years. There have been different outbreaks that have started in certain areas and spread outwards throughout the nation. In order for the FDA…
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Lobbyists Impacts on Nutritional Guidelines

Lobbying for certain topics within our society can have both a positive and negative effects on national guidelines. Guidelines like physical activity and nutrition in different stages of life. Of course, there are lobbyists that shoot for their own personal gain, or the company they are lobbying. However, there are lobbyists that strive for positive…
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Holistic Client and Self-Physicality Assessment

The following is an assessment for a client scenario that was described before writing. The way I would apply these holistic approaches to a diverse population, is through continuous testing. Being able to assess our clients before and during a workout regimen can be used diversely between all demographics. Taking “Whole-istic” approaches to almost every…