Thursday, February 22, 2007

Atkins Diet essay

I want to know when people think of food what do they believe is healthy. To many different people different things are healthy in this world. Everyone has their own system of eating and there own diets that they go by because they believe it works for them. But what truly is the best diet system to go by. And who is the person that says that that is the best one to use. When I look at food and the diets systems that are out on the market today I see what I would like, and what would mainly benefit my body and me. The Atkins diet is the best diet system.

Most people in this world have grown up learning to eat their fruits and vegetables because thoughts food groups are known to be the healthiest for the human body. But what if there was a diet that said that thoughts are the worst of the all and that the best to eat for fast results is meat and cheese. Well the Atkins diet is that diet that says that meat and cheese is the right way to go to see fats results and healthier eating habits. “Because the diet advocates meats, cheeses and other fatty foods and eliminates fruits and vegetables due to the high carbohydrate content, many feel that it is unhealthy and could cause more harm than good. The Diet is broken into four phases in which the goal is to gain “carb control” before slowly reintroducing carbohydrates into the diet.” (www.skinnyondiets.com) What the Atkins diet is trying to do is they are trying to target the carbohydrate system In the human body for they believe that is what will cause you to see that best and fastest results.

The Atkins diet is formed around not eating fruits and vegetables and only eating mats and cheeses. This will target the carbs for the human body making what the Atkins diet to believe is the best way to diet. During the lifestyle of the Atkins diet the people will have to go through an intake of fatty food. “Because of the types of foods allowed on this diet, it appeals to many people – eggs, steak, bacon, cheese, cream and butter are allowed, some of the top foods eliminated in most diets. On this diet, the rich foods should create feelings of fullness for longer periods of time so snack foods containing carbohydrates will rarely be considered.” (www.skinnyondiets.com) For most diets you would never see this on the list of foods to eat but for the Atkins diet this is what they think works. The Diet Also states that the users should eat 3 regular meals or 4-5 smaller meals so that the body can adapt to the feeling of fullness, and there can be no skipped meals.

The Atkins diet is a great diet to go by and helps you to loose the amount of weight that you would like. There are positive things that come out of using the Atkins diet. “ Diet aims to provide a lifelong approach, and
Products do not contain trans fat.” (www.skinnyondiets.com) The diet does not include exercise, which will help to loose the amount of weight that you want. They don’t stress on the exercise and work out plans because the food system is believed to be good enough.

Some people believe that the best form of diet is the vegetarian lifestyle. People believe that it is the best form of diet for a number of reasons. For example some people think that it is bad to kill animals. “More than 27 billion animals are killed for food every year in the U.S. alone. Animals in factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats, including neglect, mutilations, genetic manipulation, drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter.” (http://goveg.com/theissues.asp) Another reason to why people think that a vegetarian diet is the best diet to go with is that it protects us from diseases. “Healthy vegetarian diets support a lifetime of good health and provide protection against numerous diseases, including our country’s three biggest killers: heart disease, cancer, and strokes.” (http://goveg.com/theissues.asp)
Although I do agree with what the vegetarian diet is trying to accomplish with the saving of animals and making the world a better place with less diseases. The main thing that people are trying to get out of diets is weight loss and not helping the planet.

Then there is the most popular diet of them all and the one diet that most people in the world seem to fallow the Normal everyday US diet. The Normal US diet consists of what ever that person wants to eat regardless of heath or weight loss. When looking around everyday I see people consuming everything from vegetables, to fruit, to junk food. The normal US diet was created to be a comfort diet. The comfort of this diet is that you eat what you want and you are happy with how your body is taking in the food. Health and harming anything else isn’t your concern just what do you want to eat and how do you like your food. Why this is a bad diet plan is because it has no control on anything. The diet is free and it can’t target any one area or problem. Making is extremely hard for the person to make any positive changes. The only thing that the diet is good for is giving that person free choice on what he or she wants to eat.

In conclusion the best diet that is on the market today is the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet has a steady system that targets every point that you need to loose the amount of weight that you want. The Atkins diet is god for you and helps to make you stronger and healthier. I think that it is important for people to know what they are eating because it will help them to make better desiccations and live a happier and healthier life. By knowing what your eating people can pick out what they are suppose to eat and what will work for there body and what will work against there body. Also by when people know what they’re eating they can get stronger and loose more weight, which is the main point to why people are on a diet in the first place.

Friday, February 9, 2007

Question B: If I had unlimited time, skill and money to make type of food that I wanted for breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days I would make these foods for my meals. For the first day I would make cereal for breakfast with milk and orange juice for a drink. For lunch I would have a burger and soda. For dinner I would make stake and have soda for a drink. The second day that I could make food with all the unlimited time that I had I would make eggs and bacon for breakfast with orange juice. For lunch I would have tacos and soda. For dinner I would have seafood and soda. The third and last day I would have toaster strudel and orange juice. For lunch I would have pizza and soda. And for dinner I would have lamb because that’s my favorite dish in the world and soda.

Question C: What I believe people should eat every day of their lives is vegetarian foods and meals because that is the healthiest type of food that you can eat. It would be salads, other vegetables, and fruits. That’s the best way to keep everyone in the world healthy.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

pasta


I decided to cook pasta for the homework. I cooked Fettuccine Alfredo. It was really good. When I started I had to add water, milk, and butter and the sauce was really thin so I thought I might have messed up. I went on and continued cooking anyway. When I put the pasta and the seasoning in the sauce remained to be thin. I stirred the pot for another 6-8 minuets and the sauce started to get thicker. I continued stirring the pot for another 2 minutes and the pasta was finally done. When I put the pasta in the bowl it looked better then ever and when I ate the pasta it was really good. That was the first time I ever had cooked Fettuccine Alfredo and it came out great I really enjoyed making it. When I took a bite from the pasta it went on my lips and the sauce stayed because it was so thick. The sauce went on my tongue and it had a very heavy cream taste like a milk but cheesy. It went down my throat and it kind of had a dry feeling. That was the sensation that I had when I had the pasta that I made.

Monday, February 5, 2007


The food item that I ate this time was a bag of Doritos Salsa chips. When I first put the chips into my mouth they hit all my teeth and all inside my mouth. The went up and down my checks and down into my gums where they would get mushy and get stuck. The chips were dry and getting stuck in my teeth as they grouped together. When the chips finally hit my tongue I had a sensation that took me by surprise. I found the chips to be very tomato based and very natural favored. I felt like the chip was really dipped in salsa dip. The taste really made me feel like I was eating the real thing it was delicious. When it was going down my thought it was really dry and also very pointy because of the sharp corners that were not fully chewed yet. After I had the chip I really wanted to get a drink but the taste was so good and natural that it made me want to keep eating the chips no matter what the circumstance. The feeling of the chips was really good and made me want to keep having more. It was almost like the chips were naturally sweet or something it was weird and shocking but very appetizing. These are really good chips and I re commend them to everyone to try at least once in your life.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

dinner summary


What is in this picture is my dinner for tonight containing chicken cutlet, eggplant Parmesan, meatballs, and cheesecake for desert. While I was eating the chicken cutlet I found it to be very chewy. It was soft and moist packed a lot of flavor in every bite. You could taste the tomato sauce slot and it added a strong taste that was almost on the salty side but not over powering the chicken. The next piece of food that I had been the eggplant Parmesan. The eggplant was very good. It was soft and chewy and had a really good taste. It matched the meal very well because it followed with the theme of tomato sauce and cheese. The sauce again added a very salty but not over powering taste. The cheese did the same thing and was a perfect item to use to complete the dish. The meatballs were good when u didn’t get a burnt one. They were chewy but not chewy to the point were your munching on them forever. They had a very meat taste, which is normal for meatballs, and they were again on the salty side. I guess salt is the main theme for the meal. Until we got to the desert which was cheesecake. It was sweet and sugary. It was thick but smooth. It was light and fluffy and buttery. It was really good and one of my favorite deserts.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

My Food

Soda
milk
eggs
oj
grapes
cold cuts
cheeses
fruit
salad
ice pops
pizza rolls
burgers
frozen meats