State one topic in nutrition that interests you and one that you would like to learn more about.
One topic in nutrition that interests me are diseases. I am interested in learning about diseases because I feel in today’s society, diseases and health issues are a rising concern now and there should be a way to prevent them. Diseases can come from poor health, lack of nutrition, and even genetics play a role. Previous family members may have a certain health issue and can be passed down to generations. Moreover, I am curious as to how each major common disease can affect a person’s daily life and what obstacles and challenges they face. Another reason for choosing diseases is because I once was sick, and now am more conscious about my own health.
Do you feel, currently and in the future, nutrition will play a more important role in the culinary industry? Explain why or why not?
Yes, I feel nutrition will play a big and important role in the culinary industry now and in the future because I think in today’s society, many people are being more cautious as to what they put in their body. Although eating at home may be more healthier as you know the process of cooking it and what is being put in, however it is time consuming, therefore people tend to opt for fast food or food deliveries. These are all made without knowing what and how it is being cooked. After people realize what is being put in their meals they slowly back away from eating outside and may start to cook for themselves. Because of this, new restaurants are opening and offering a healthier take on food for people who have no time to cook. Usually these restaurants are opened by people who are also health conscious about what they consume and they want to provide the same experience to customers, at the same time encourage customers to eat healthier.
Choose a credible nutrition website and a website that may not be credible and compare 2 ways how you can determine the credibility of the website.
Credible: Canada’s Food Guide
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-food-guides.html
Canada’s Food Guide is a food and nutrition website provided and written by the Government of Canada. They provide nutritional information about what and how much food each person or child should be consuming on a daily basis in order to stay healthier and lowering the risk of health diseases. This site is considered a credible nutritional website because first of all, it is provided by the Government of Canada which we know is reliable and trustworthy as the government would not provide false information to residents. As well, this site is listed as secure, as shown beside the URL address. The Government of Canada logo is also very clear and big as it is pictured on the top left and bottom right corner of each site page. The site also lists and links to other reliable sources such as Health Canada, which is another food and nutritional website provided by the government.
Non-credible: Livestrong
Livestrong.com is a website made by a group of people who are passionate about their health and lifestyle. The group is made up of athletes, foodies, and gamers. Each person has a specific role in the company such as photographer, editor or manager. The information that they provide to readers may not be accurate as they do not source where they get the information from, as well each article is written by different people so the viewpoints will be different in articles that may seem to have a similar topic. Browsing through the website, on almost every page there will be an ad either for a new car or weight loss transformations. Sometimes there will be subscription pop ups for newsletters. Comparing to the credible website, Canada’s Food Guide is free of ads and pop ups. On Livestrong, you are also able to share the page or article onto any social media, however, on Canada’s Food Guide there is no option for sharing as the government takes things more seriously.
References
Canada, Health. “Canada’s Food Guides.” Canada.ca, 1 Sept. 2016,
http://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-food-guides.html
“Simple Healthy Living.” LIVESTRONG.COM, Leaf Group, http://www.livestrong.com
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