Nutrition Analysis

After monitoring my diet, I found out that I need to eat a lot more vegetables, fruits, protein, dairy, and protein, but I am meeting my grain requirements. I also need to exercise more because I am currently not in a sport. Based on the stations in the Falcon Market, I could use more seasonal produce in my diet and when eating foods, I should prioritize protein, produce, and healthy fats. Right now I am not eating enough food because I am not meeting some of my requirements for the food groups, so to fix this I need to start eating more balanced meals because for vegetables I am under.  I also need more variety.

I should eat more during breakfast and lunch, instead of eating a lot during dinner to make my diet more balanced. I could eat eggs, bread, and fruits at breakfast ,and at dinner I can drink milk. These foods will help me balance some of the food groups out. I could eat more whole grain and seafood for protein to add variety in my diet. These foods will add to the specific categories I am lacking in.
To eat healthy, a person needs to have variety in their diet. They should eat from all the food groups at each meal, making sure they have healthy portions. They should eat seasonal fruits and vegetables because they contain more nutrients.They also need to make sure they get enough exercise. They should avoid unhealthy snacks that contain too much fat and fast foods that are filled with excess sodium and fat because these foods will make you body unbalanced.

Health Collage

Health is important because it determines how we feel day to day ,and if we stay healthy, we will live longer and happier lives. I think my strongest pillar is sleep and the rest needs to be worked on. During this unit, I want to learn different ways to keep healthy and what aspects I need to focus on for each pillar.

Unit 1 Reflection

This unit is an introduction to anatomy and physiology and an overview of the basic terms of the body. For this unit it is essential to understand how form fits the function. The anatomy is what it is ,and physiology is the function. This theme also ties in with the molecules and the type of tissues.

During this unit, I learned about the anatomical terms that are used to describe the body. There are four planes, sagittal, frontal, transverse, and oblique. There are also words such as distal and proximal to describe the distance something is from another part of the limb. I also learned about the different systems of the body perform a specific function. For example, the digestive system absorbs food and the respiratory system moves carbon dioxide and oxygen around the body. This unit also covered the four different macro molecules, which are proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. The largest section in this unit was histology. In this section I learned about the different tissue types, muscle, epithelial, connective, and nervous. Everything in this unit was pretty clear ,and I understood everything that we covered.
For next unit, I will go more in depth for each section, so nothing is confusing ,and in the end I will learn more.
In the real world, this unit relates to doctors, a career that I might be interested in. Doctors need to know the different types of systems in the body and understand how they work. They also need to use specific terms to describe the body in order to properly diagnose patients.

Tissue Lab

In this lab we observed different tissue samples through microscopes and categorized them into the different tissue types. I was able to relate some of my observations from my notes. For example, I could see the different cell types in the epithelial tissue and noticed the cross bands in the muscular tissue. I also saw the differences between the types of muscle tissue. The skeletal muscle tissue were packed together while the cardiac muscle was branched and had space in between the strands. I could also see how spindle shaped cells formed the smooth muscles.
I could see differences between the connective tissue and the muscle tissue. The connective tissue seemed to have different types of cells and was not as packed as the muscle cells, most likely because of the matrix and fluids that make up connective tissue. The nerve tissue had neurons and fibers that differed from the cells of the other tissues. The epithelial tissue looked thinner and the layers were more prominent.
By going through the process of observing and drawing what I saw, I learned the characteristics of each tissue and how those characteristics related to the function. For example, the tissue from the human lung was not densely packed, but was filled with gaps and space, making it easier for the lungs to exchange gases. I also observed how the skin had multiple layers, which is important because it is the first line of defense against outside sources for the body.

Lung sample-epithelial tissue