There is something wrong when salsa passes as a vegetable in the school cafeteria and students can buy soda and candy from vending machines on campus. With this in mind we can only begin to wonder what the future holds for today's adolescents. When students are exposed to a life of poor nutrit...

Nutritional Diet: Journal. Week 1: Day 1: Morning: nothing. Afternoon: pizza, coke, Snapple, Doritos, and one glass of water. Night: fish, green figs, yam, tomatoes, cola greens, strawberry juice, ice cream and a glass of water. Comment: I don't eat right. I will ...

Better Nutrition Mean Better Brain-Power The brain is the central processing unit that is in control of the mind, body, and all of its functions. A person's diet can directly affect the ability for the brain to learn and understand materials. Depending on the brain stimulating chemicals ...

"On Being A Vegetarian" Vegetarians are often misunderstood and considered weird. People think I am foreign when I tell them I don't eat meat. I always get weird looks when my diet is the topic of conversation. I also have to deal with the bewildering attitudes of my friends, t...

The truth on dieting and weight loss The Truth on Dieting and Weight Loss About one-third of Americans are extremely over-weight, which may be why crash dieting is beginning to plague America. It's estimated that Americans alone spend 80-100 billion dollars on weight loss tactics. People go on th...

"I'm looking for Zim, the green kid?" "Oh, the green child. He's right over there, doulbed over in pain." "Ohhhhh!" "He's missing his liver. That's how some kids react to the cafeteria food, the lucky ones." The reputation of school lunches...

Hello. I would like to talk to you about something I knew hardly anything about last week. As you are all sitting here eating these foods, What if I were to tell you that what you are eating can one day potentially kill you? That what you are eating is almost as bad as cyanide and rat poisoning. Now...

Good nutrition is not just for adults; it is essential for children as well. There are many different nutrition guides out there, but one that most people are aware of is the food guide pyramid. It tells you what foods are good and what foods are not so good. It also states how much of one food to h...

Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is more prevalent today than ever before. Our children for the future are being failed. Healthy living needs to be taken more seriously. More and more households have both parents working full-time jobs to provide shelter, food, and clothing for their fam...