Elizabeth Johnson
CH 203 Essentials of Organic and Biochemistry
Nutritional and Exercise Portfolio
October 30, 2015

Section 1. Introduction Nutrition and exercise is very important in everyone’s everyday life. Nutrition and exercise have an impact on a persons overall health. It is important to watch calorie intake as well as the expenditure. Other variables such as age, gender, and genetics have a major role in ones health as well.
Part A. Family History On my mothers side there is history of diabetes, and my great grandpa just died recently from it. He did not address his medical problems right away and did not take care of it when it was in full effect. So this being in my family background has an affect on me for sure. My grandmother on my mother’s side has been a smoker for around thirty years now. She hasn’t had any major medical issues because of it. She is a farmer so she is always keeping busy and staying active with driving the tractors and keeping up with the animals. She has always cooked healthy meals, but likes to snack. My uncle on my mother’s side is very healthy and active. He goes to a cross fit gym everyday and runs marathons often. He doesn’t like to say he diets, because it is a way of living. My mother has also been a smoker for as long as I can remember. For most of my life I lived with my mom, and we did a lot of eating out. She never encouraged me to eat healthy or keep active in school sports. My grandmother on my father’s side was an alcoholic for many years, which caused her to end up having a triple bypass heart surgery. Since then she has had control over what she eats, and she no longer drinks. She is a very active person and always has been. My dad was a smoker for a long time, and didn’t always eat healthy means. He just recently stopped smoking and has lost a lot of weight from eating healthier. He always