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  • Calorie Restriction and Fasting Effects

    Posted on by Sierra Knapp

    People are always trying to lose weight and get into a healthy lifestyle these days and the effects on the body can range from good to bad – depending on what their diet and new lifestyle contains. Calorie restrictions and fasting can have similar effects that can be good or bad, depending on how they do it.

    Calorie restriction is simply reducing the amount of regular calorie intake by 30-60%, while still “maintaining a diet that provides enough nutrients to prevent malnutrition” (Edward). The article also states that “[s]scientists believe calorie restriction stimulates a defensive state designed to help an organism survive environmental and metabolic adversity” (Edward). Continue reading → Post ID 600

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  • Benefits of Going Vegetarian

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    There are many websites, videos, and even people out there that are misinformed about vegetarianism. It’s a quality of life, a diet for many people, and a way to judge someone. But, there is more to it than just that. Being vegetarian has many benefits, as well as disadvantages that everyone should know before embarking on this new ‘quality of life’ and before they judge others.

    What exactly is a vegetarian? Is it someone who doesn’t eat any meat? Is it someone who just eats salads and drinks only water? Look at this definition: “a person who does not eat meat: someone whose diet consists wholly of vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, and sometimes eggs or dairy products” (vegetarian). No meat at all and chooses to have dairy products still. Continue reading → Post ID 600

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  • Food Production Industry and the Waste of It

    Posted on by Sierra Knapp

    Food production is a complex industry that has its positive side, but also a negative side. Understanding where your food comes from is very important and this is one way to understand where it is processes into the food products you know and love. There are various types of jobs in the industry and knowing how they all work makes a wondering mind settle because you will know where most of your food comes from.

    “Food production is the process of transforming raw ingredients into prepared food products” (“What is”). Simply, it “takes fruits, vegetables, and grains in their harvested forms as well as meat directly after the butchering process and processes these into the types of food products that are available for sale in supermarkets” (“What is”). There are also many other forms of descriptions based on what part you are in.

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