FOOD JOURNAL
Day one of week four
Breakfast: Hot coffee, deep-fried potatoes, and strawberry. The potatoes help in providing carbohydrates needed for energy production in the body. The strawberry helps boost the body’s immunity. The hot coffee aids in burning excess fats in the body, reducing the chances of getting obsessed. Lunch: Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Caesar. Supper: Fish, Cooked Vegetables, and grapes: Grapes mainly help maintain good eyesight. Cooked Vegetables contain many nutrients essential in maintaining blood pressure, while the Fish is a source of protein (Harriet V.Kuhnlein 2012). Carbohydrates always result in 40% of waste.
Day one of week six
Breakfast: Two to three Sausages and a glass of apple juice: Sausages helps in good muscle development. Apple juice is a component of apple that aids in cleansing the heart. Lunch: Poutine; A simple meal comprising of French fries and cheese curds topped with brown gravy. It’s healthy when eaten in the right amount. Excessive consumption results in high cholesterol amounts in the body, leading to heart problems and stomach complications (Jarvis 2018). Dinner: Fish and brewis served with steamed vegetables; Fish contains omega -3 fatty acids, which helps brain and body development. The steamed vegetables help in retaining soluble minerals like zinc, potassium, and phosphorous.
Day one of week eight.
Breakfast: Toasted bread and a coffee cup alongside one or two oranges; Toasted bread is good since it contains less sugar and fat. Lunch: Peameal bacon and a lemonade. Peameal bacon includes less fat, making it useful for the body. Dinner: Ground beef and rice alongside two to three bananas: Ground beef contains protein and minerals that help muscle growth. It also contains iron, which helps reduce the risk of contracting anemia. Rice contains fiber, which reduces heart diseases and maintains a healthy weight. Bananas aids in digestion and helps keep the skin while maintaining heart health (Theodore . Cohn 2014).
Day one of week ten
Breakfast: Tea served with hot pancakes; Pancakes contain iron, which helps in oxygenating the tissues to produce the needed fuel. Iron also improves the function of individual immune cells, thereby fighting off diseases. Lunch: Canadian pizza and lemon; Pizza contains ingredients like tomatoes, which contain lycopene, which is beneficial to the skin and bones. Apart from being a source of vitamin c, lemon juice also helps in hydration- Dinner: Chicken breast and rice alongside peaches. Chicken breast provides zinc, iron, and its also a good source of lean protein. Peaches help in digestion and also reduces allergy symptoms.
The mentioned foodstuffs are available locally. For instance, the vegetables are produced locally in greenhouses in agricultural farms, and others are imported from the United States and Mexico. Chicken, on the other hand, is the most farmed animal in Canada. Cows are also among the most farmed animals in Canada. Small scale farms also rear chicken and vegetables, which local markets sell for consumption. (Kalman, Canada: The people, 2010).
References
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Cooke, Nathalie. 2010. Whats to Eat?: Entrees in Canada Food History. London: McGill-Queen’s Press-MQUP.
Franca Lacovetta, Valerie J Korinek, Marlene Epp. 2012. Edible Histories, Cultural Politics: Towards a Canadian Food History. Scotland: University of Toronto.
Harriet V.Kuhnlein, Nancy J. Turner, Professor of Environmental Studies Nancy J. 2012. Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous People. Scotland: Taylor & Francis.
Jarvis, Carolyn. 2018. Physical Examination and Health Assessment-Canadian E-Book. Wales: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Kalman, Bobbie. 2010. Canada: The people. Wales: Crabtree Publishing Company.
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Theodore H. Cohn, University of Denver. Graduate School of International Studies. 2014. Canadian Food Aid: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications. Northern Ireland: University of Denver Graduate school of International Studies.