Reflections on Nutrition
SCI/241
4/4/2011
Summer Groff

Week 9 Checkpoint

Reflecting on what I have studied so far on nutrition, using my assignments completed up until this point is that I have come to the knowledge of how the human body works from the moment food enters the mouth through digestion and coming out as waste. I have also obtained knowledge about how the body changes through aging, and how diet and exercise can actually help the body’s digestion and growth process.
I have learned through doing research throughout my course on nutrition, which has helped me gained understanding on what to do to stay healthy as I age. The assignment that I enjoyed throughout this class is the three day activity analysis. After completing the analysis I became aware of what I was eating and made me aware that food is the body’s main source of fuel, which means that nutrients in food gives the body cells energy to function. I am now cautious and made changes of what I eat. Making healthy decisions and adding daily exercise to my life style has improved my health. Another assignment I enjoyed was week 5 on dehydration. I learned much about the importance of water and how the body needs water to function adequately. Water washes away and cleanse out toxins, it also assists the cell functioning, and is the primary aid of the ear, nose and throat functioning. Water also bathes the cells in the body and serves as a lubricant; it cleanses both external and internal surface of the body. I have benefitted from this assignment because I make sure I drink water before and after exercising and known that I need about 8 glasses of water daily to avoid dehydration.
Finally the Food Pyramid Tracker Assessment is the assignment I have completed that has actually affected my life in the aspects of health and nutrition. Knowing the food groups; and breaking them down in categories, when to eat and how much, following the recommended daily serving has shown me how to eat healthy all day without getting worried of gaining weight.

My Pyramid Tracker. (2005). Retrieved from http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/Default.aspx?Module=16