Sam Benson

Professor Day
Nutri 1020
8/4/23
Research Paper 2

1. Demonstrate knowledge of human nutritional needs and the role of nutrition in

improving individual health and the societal economic impact of food choices.

Answer: some nutritional needs is balancing out your diet to have a little bit of each item each
day, even if it means trying your best to eat everything from the nutrition pyramid. When it
comes to certain diets/ plant based meals you don’t get the proper nutrients specifically if you
don’t include meat in your diet as well as not taking proper vitamins to help with getting proper
protein.

2. Relate technological advancements in medicine and food production to the

advancement of the science of human nutrition.

Answer: when it comes to technological advancements for food and nutrition we have improved
drastically. With technology currently we have made more food options available to people who
have food allergies or people that are on diets because they don’t agree with certain things. Some
examples of the foods that are popping up more are Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian and Non-
GMO these are just a few examples of how far we have come with improving/providing more
sources to help individuals be able to have access to different food options.

3. Explain the impact that the food industry has on human food choices and the
subsequent relationship to health and disease at the individual, societal, and
environmental level.

Answer: The food Industry has impacted the choices on human food drastically. There are many
pros and cons that the relationships to health and the choices of individuals, societal and
environmental level. The food Industry has impacted humans from food choices, ranging from
very unhealthy greasy food. It has created some healthy people as well as unhealthy overweight
people.

4. Provide examples of past and present nutrient and diet trends in modern society
and the positive and/or negative implications on human health and the earth’s
resources.

Answer: some diet trends from the past and present have changed drastically, before it was an
important topic to teach kids how important it is to eat healthy and stay fit to maintain good
health. Now-a-days society has made it to be more acceptable being obese, the problem with this
is it’s a major contradiction as well as a major health concern. Being overweight causes a lot of
health problems, you cannot be overweight and healthy.
 5. Provide examples of positive and negative interactions of humankind with
microorganisms regarding sickness, health and food production.

Answer: When it comes to some positive and negative interactions regarding sickness, health and
food production. Some positive are that when people are sick they do unfortunately spread it but
the more it spreads and people get exposed to it, your immune system starts building immunity
to it.

The negative is that some people have horrible immune systems and usually those people
unfortunately die.

6. Address diet and nutrient issues and concerns for weight control, disease
prevention, physical activity, food availability, and biotechnology.

Answer: I don’t think that people should be forced to eat healthy or be under ‘supervision’ to
make sure that a person is eating healthy or eating in general, we do need to show people the
health effects and consequences of what happens when we support obesity and allow people to
think that being obese is a good thing.

Reflection:

1. Make connections between what you studied in this nutrition course with what
you’ve learned in other courses at SLCC or before.

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       Make specific references to your work in this class and
in the other courses.
       How did what you learn in the other courses enhance
what you learned in nutrition, and vice versa?

 Answer: based on the two assignments we did in this class, the $10 food challenge and the
Nutritional perspective paper, I learned a lot more about this class as well as nutrition than I
expected going into this class. The food challenge was an interesting assignment, mainly just
because of challenging it was to try to get so much food within that budget.
This class taught me a lot, and with the knowledge that I learned I plan to continue to use it in the
future.
2.  Reflect on how you thought about nutrition before you took this course and how you
think about it now that the course is over.
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        Have any of your assumptions or understandings
changed?
       Why?
        What assignments/activities/readings were influential
in this process?
        How will you approach (course topic) differently in the
future?

Answer: My assumptions have changed drastically, mainly from the assignments we did in the
class, this helped me better understand. I plan to check labels more for ingredients and be more
careful and make a budget for food.