Essays on Spinach

Generally, I try to eat quite healthily, which means that I spend a lot of time preparing and planning for meals. Over the course of the three days that I recorded my food, I ate a macronutrient balance that was low on carbohydrates on purpose. I am quite precise with my diet, and I try not to deviate from my daily routine too much. The following chart shows my daily intake for three days—there is not much deviation on a day to day basis of the things that I eat and the way that I prepare my meals ...

IRON SUPPLEMENTATION DURING PREGNANCY

Iron Supplementation during Pregnancy Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy is a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal care. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 56 million pregnant women globally get affected with anemia, which is associated with iron deficiency. The large group of pregnant women affected with iron deficiency are mostly the poor and most vulnerable, especially those living in developing countries like South-east Asia. They have insufficient iron to meet the increased iron needs both for them and the foetus. According to Staff (2013), approximately 29% of the pregnant women experience iron depletion. Iron is vital ...

Abstract

Color and texture are important attributes related to vegetable quality. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in quality characteristics, caused by cooking time, and pH (alkali and acid addition) in some vegetables. Four different vegetables — carrots, spinach, red cabbage and cauliflower — were analyzed for changes in color and texture associated to time of boiling, the effect of alkali (baking soda), and the effect of acid (vinegar and cream of tartar). Samples of each vegetable were prepared and treated for five minutes. Color change was measured visually and using the L*a*b* technique. Color and ...

Business Plan for Super Green Smoothies

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Health is an important factor in everyone’s life, and people in the United Kingdom are moving towards healthy eating and drinking options with increased awareness of health related issues. However, it is determined that after having a boost in juices and smoothies market, now both of the markets are facing a decline in sales because of the negative publicity of smoothies. Smoothies faced negative publicity that they contain ingredients that damage teeth and high calories. Other smoothies those are famous with the label of green (organic) use sugar in their smoothies. There is no product in ...

Abstract

In the current health scenario, the old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is outdated ("A New Vision of Wellness", 2011). Health costs are increasing day by day, but diseases have become more prevalent than before. Incidences of impaired mental health are on the rise. Isn’t it high time that we stop and take a look at the current medical scenario? People are suffering from chronic diseases like asthma, depression, diabetes, heart disease, pain, and even attention and learning problems. Moreover, the pharmaceutical companies are always introducing newer and better medicines and expensive ones too, but still, there ...

Manganese

What function does it perform, in critical metabolic events in human biology? Manganese acts as a co-factor to nearly all classes of enzymes such as hydrolases (phosphohydrolase), transferases (phosphotransferase), ligases, lyases, oxido-reductases, kinases and decarboxylase. It also helps in the synthesis of mucopolysaccharides, proteoglycans and glycoproteins. It can also mediate reactions as a metalloenzyme (Medeiros & Wildman, 2015; Gropper & Smith, 2013). While manganese can be replaced by magnesium in some of the catalytic reactions, two reactions in the synthesis of connective tissue pathway, namely, the activation of xylosyl transferase and glycosyl transferase or galactosyl transferase, are specifically manganese–dependent. These ...

Abstract

Color and texture are important attributes related to vegetable quality. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in quality characteristics, caused by cooking time, and pH (alkali and acid addition) in some vegetables. Four different vegetables — carrots, spinach, red cabbage and cauliflower — were analyzed for changes in color and texture associated to time of boiling, the effect of alkali (baking soda), and the effect of acid (vinegar and cream of tartar). Samples of each vegetable were prepared and treated for five minutes. Color change was measured visually and using the L*a*b* technique. Color and ...

Most families are nowadays dining out, either in restaurant or having their food delivered from restaurants to their houses. In spite of this trend, parents still conscious of their children’s health and make sure that while eating out, their children have foods that they can enjoy and are nutritious. This essay therefore presents an analysis of a meal that is appealing to both parents and children. The meal I chose is; Spaghetti with tomato sauce and meatballs with spinach noodles (1 cup), passion fruit juice (1 Cup) and chocolate pudding, dry mix, with reduced fat (2%) milk (1 ...

Investigating how light intensity will affect the rate of photosynthesis, with the help of DCPIP, in Spinach leaves.

The aim of this experiment is to find out how the rate of change of light intensity affect the photosynthesis in spinach leaves. Successful farming of food crops is very essential for both the nutritional and financial health of a nation. Governments of almost every nation invest land and labour to crop farming, as much as is possible, keeping in mind the other needs of a country. But, however, due to many reasons the maximum crop yield possible is not always achieved. For the production of a healthy crop certain conditions are necessary. The primary among these conditions are ...

Vitamin C and calcium: daily needs and food sources

Vitamin C: daily needs and food sources The daily need of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), depending on the labor intensity and the age is 64-108 mg for men and 55-79 mg for women. Scientists have concluded that 1200 mg of vitamin C per day helps to prevent falling ill during flu epidemics. It is actually sufficient to take only 100 mg, but after an appearance of the first signs of the disease, the dose should be increased up to 1 g. For those who smoke a pack of cigarettes per day (20 pieces) the dose should be increased by ...

Abstract

Different factors led to worsening of Carla’s condition. Communication lapses contributed to the adverse events as Ana did not call the physician at the dialysis unit to inform him of the importance to monitor Carla’s INR. In addition, the inflexible scheduling hindered Carla from getting the ultrasound test done at the right time and receiving timely care. Another factor is the patient’s failure to follow the discharge instructions. All parts such as the hospital, dialysis center and laboratory should communicate effectively by mailing discharge summaries and calling respective parts to ensure patients are receiving recommended care ...

Marketing Plan

Marketing Strategy: “FAST food doesn’t have to be FAT food!” Soupe Café offers Montreal’s urban professionals, and even busy moms, an alternative to home-cooked meal that is healthy, tasty and affordable. It guarantees nutritious and high quality food despite being considered a fast food. Its soup and meal menu changes daily so customers would have a variety to choose from every day. For customers’ convenience, it serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, either as dine-in or take-out. It even delivers within the vicinity of Montreal for individuals or large group catering with a minimum delivery charge and at amount of ...

Before the establishment of the food safety agencies the food industry was largely self regulated. This led to problems where some manufacturers did not provide the minimum safety leading to cases of food borne illness. After dealing with these problems, laws were enacted which led to the establishment of the food safety agencies. After the establishment of the agencies that monitor food safety, the situation on the ground has improved dramatically. The United States has one of the strictest food safety policies, which has resulted in very high standards of food safety. The United States is a global leader in ...

Is Organic Produce Worth the Cost?

Organic produce is food that is produced on organic farms through environmental friend and animal friendly methods. It is food raised in safe soils without the use of synthetic fertilizers and additives. Organic produce is viewed as the most healthiest and safe food available even though this has been disputed by some studies. Many Americans spend their money on organic produce more than how they spend it on conventional foods. The question here is that is organic produce worthy the cost? Is it worthy spending more on organic produce? The answer to these questions is yes and no. This ...

Applebee’s and Chili’s Grill and Bar are among the most popular casual dining foods establishments in America. They have a causal dinner experience for workers who have no time to cook. Applebee’s and Chili’s Grill and Bar offer similar services and are almost similar in all aspects. However, a few unique differences are what make each exceptional hence attracting thousands of customers throughout the United States. This paper compares and contrasts the two food establishments.

Applebee's

Applebee’s has a massive number of distribution outlets in approximately 2000 locations. Dine Equity incorporation is the parent company that owns the ...

Nutrient-based questions

1. Looking at your Nutrient Reports, which three (3) foods contributed most to your protein intake? The food that contributed most to my protein intake was meat, poultry and eggs. The intake on the first, second and the third day were 18 ounces, 6 ounces and 8 ounces respectively. The total intake of proteins exceeded the target. 2. Looking at your Nutrient Reports, which three (3) foods contributed most to your total fat intake? The food that contributed most to my fat intake was milk and yoghurt. I averaged 2 cups in the three days. Cheese ...

The Globalization has transformed our world in more ways than one. To describe it in a single sentence, one can say Globalization to be cultural, economical and political phenomena that promotes international integration through exchange of products, ideas and technology. The definition seems as if the phenomenon is a healthy one and with such an activity, a country or a region can learn new technology and skills and append its worldview. One cannot deny that it has many a times had a positive effect on our lives. However at other times it has mutated our lifestyle in ways that we could never have imagined. The ...

Abstract Chromatographic techniques are used to separate different components in a mixture based on their solubility in the mobile phase and adsorption on the stationary phase. The most soluble components move further with the mobile the components that adsorb more on the stationary phase move a shorter distance. The main component of green leaves is chlorophyll. However more information can be obtained on the content of leaf extracts by separating a homogenate made from a leaf sample. In this experimental report, spinach leaves were used to obtain a homogenate that was separated on paper chromatography to obtain the various leaf pigments. Isopropanol was ...