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posted : Saturday, June 18, 2011
title : YAP LI YIN(36)'s diet

For Li Yin, it is commendable that she consumes breakfast everyday. She consumes milo everyday which is good as milo is an energy booster. However, only consuming milo(Day 3) is not as good. She should eat more in the morning so that she has sufficient energy for the day. She also consumes little unhealthy snacks e.g. Ferrero Rocher and Oreo. Other than that she consumes fruits and vegetables regularly and this is very commendable. Li Yin made use of various HPB health tools to analyse her diet. her suggested one-dish meal contains a lot of vegetables, and thus fibre which helps her digestive system. In all, Li yin has healthy eating habits which are commendable.
1:48 AM

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title : ANGELIA LAU(1)'s diet
ANGELIA LAU(1)'s blog: http://cook-ey.blogspot.com/

Angelia's blog is very informative and her analysis of her three-day diet is very well done. However, I think her diet is unhealthy. She consumes chocolate on all three days. Also, there is little to no consumption of vegetables or fruits. Chocolates are high in fats ans sugar. Thus, she should not consume so much chocolate, especially on 3 consecutive days. vegetables and fruits help in digesting of food. Thus, she should consume more of them. Also, her dinner is very unbalanced. She only had egg flower soup for Day 2, and two packets of Mamee ricesticks for Day 3, which are not sufficient for a growing teenage girl. All in all, her eating habits have both pros and cons.
1:25 AM

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title : GILLIAN LIM(13)'s diet
GILLIAN LIM(14)'s blog: http://allfudgedup.blogspot.com/

Gillian has very regular and consistent eating times. Her breakfasts are packed with energy. It is good that she often drinks Milo in the morning as it provides her with energy for the day. However, she lacks the uses of HPB's health tools and there is little analysis of her meals. e.g. She only used one tool-'Energy and Nutrition composition of foods'. Also, I think that her suggested one-dish meal is not very healthy, considering that it has high amounts of sodium and cholesterol. Although it is healthier than the two curry puffs, steamed chicken rice may not be very healthy too. However, for supper, she consumes fruits, which is very healthy as fruits contain large amounts of fibre. In all, she has very good and organised eating timings and habits.
1:07 AM

posted : Wednesday, June 15, 2011
title : Reflection
Through this PT, I found out that I snacked a lot. But I usually snack on fruits like apples and watermelon. And I really like to drink soya milk. But I should try to reduce my consumption of soya milk as although it is relatively healthy, it still contains quite large amounts of sugar. There are more than 140 reasons why sugar is bad for your health. http://www.rheumatic.org/sugar.htm Sugar can cause heart diseases and can also cause copper deficiency. Thus, I think it is better to control my consumption of soya milk as well as sugar.
I consider my diet a little unhealthy. I consume large amounts of starch(rice). When you digest the starch, amylase breaks the starch molecule down into many sugar molecules. Thus, too much starch is not good for the body. But I consume fruits regularly. Fruits contain fibre, which helps our digestive system to process food and absorb nutrients. It also helps to lower blood cholesterol. Fruits are also 100% bad cholesterol-free. Thus, fruits make my diet healthier.
The suggested nutritional tools are very useful. Firstly, the Energy and Nutritient Composition of foods tool calculates the amount of energy, protein, fats, dietary fibre, carbohydrates, cholesterol, sodium, sugar etc of the foods you consume. This gives you an estimate of how much of each nutrients you receive from respective foods, and thus you can decide whether to increase a decrease intake of a particular food to make your diet healthier. Secondly, the Recipe Analysis tool gives you an estimate of how much of each nutrients you receive from respective foods. And you can also, from the results, alter your recipe and make it healthier for consumption. Lastly, the Healthy Diet Pyramid is the most simple and easy to analyse tool. It is very useful to help little kids understand their diet. However, it is not as specific as the other tools in calculating the amount of specific nutrients.
4:16 AM

posted : Saturday, June 11, 2011
title : A healthy one-dish meal




BROWN RICE PORRIDGE



Brown rice is a better alternative for white rice as the health benefits of brown rice are legion. Brown rice is an excellent source of magnesium, iron, selenium, manganese, and the vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B6. Brown rice is a good source of dietary fiber, protein, and gamma-oryzanol. White rice is brown rice that has had essential nutrients removed when processed in order to make it easier and faster to cook, and to give it a longer shelf life. This is accomplished by removing the bran, and with it, minerals and vitamins that are necessary in our diet.



Also, this meal contains mostly vegetables so it is very healthy for consuming. It is cooked entirely by boiling.
8:38 PM

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title : Healthy Diet Pyramid

Using the Healthy Diet Pyramid, I analysed Day 3's diet. It is generally quite healthy as I fulfilled the number of servings needed for 'Meat and alternatives' and 'Fruits and vegetables'. But I did not fulfill the number of servings for 'Rice and alternatives'(maybe because I was quite busy that day)
8:19 PM

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title : Recipe Analysis
Using HPB's Recipe Analysis, I analysed my Day 1's breakfast.
IngredientEnergy (kcal)Protein (g)Total Fat (g)Saturated Fat (g)Cholesterol (mg)Carbohydrate
(g)		Dietary Fibre (g)Sodium (mg)
Cabbage, Chinese, salted, raw3010N.AN.A61.01,379
Char siew38343198.114690.0714
BEEHOON, DRY, PACKAGED1,0832041.202433.861
Total (per serving)1,49564239.31462584.82,154
From this, I can deduce that my breakfast for Day 1 is not very healthy. It provides a lot of energy for the day. But it contains too much fats(and saturated fats), cholesterol, carbohydrates and sodium. Especially sodium as 2.154g of sodium is more than 3/4 of what our sodium intake should be. Thus, I know that it is not very healthy.
8:06 PM