This week your blog assignment is to post your responses to this weeks in class assignment. You can post these responses as a group, but you must identify each of the individuals in the group. By sharing these cultural patterns with the class we can develop a bigger perspective on nutrition and food distribution and consumption around the world. These responses may provide to be a good reference for the upcoming exam.
1. How does your chosen culture's style of eating and nutrition differ from nutritional patterns in the United States?
2. Identify social and cultural factors which give rise to these differing patterns.
3. How is the health of your cultural group impacted by their nutritional preferences?
15 comments:
Entry for: Amy Lucas, Jackie Foskitt, Megan Norton and Holly Beaulac
The Diet of Italy:
Italy's style of eating and nutrition differ greatly from that of the United States. First of all they eat much slower than Americans (2-3 hrs. vs. 30 min-1 hr.). The portion size is also much smaller than in America. The nutrition is different in that they consume a lot of heart-healthy foods such as olive oil and fish. They have more wholesome ingredients and consume a lot of olives, artichokes and leeks. Red wine is the primary alcoholic beverage and is not limited to those only over the age of 21. This allows families to monitor their members' drinking habits from a young age and dissuades dangerous binge drinking behavior. The social and cultural factors that give rise to these different patterns is the concept that eating is a social event and therefore goes much slower. As a result of people eating slower, they also eat less. The culture also contributes to what they are eating because they have many traditional recipes that are passed down from several generations. These recipes require them to use more natural foods (organic meats, cheeses, grains, vegetables, fruits, and fish) because those are the foods that existed when the recipe was made.
The health of the cultural group is positively effected by their diet because they are eating small amounts of more heart-healthy natural foods.
In the mediterranean...
1.) the food pyramid recommends 4 servings of meat per month. Fresh fruit is a typical dessert. A glass of red wine and water consumption is on the pyramid. The diet is high in fruit, vegetables, nuts, oils and seafood.
2.) the diet is based on the natural resources available in the area. They utilize the ocean for a lot of their food as well as the tropical climate for the fruits and nuts.
3.) There are claims that the mediterranean diet prevents depression, heart disease, and cancer.
I am part of the Mediterranean group :-)
Entry for: Brittany Miller, Josh Paradis, Michaela Franey, Whitney Paul, Tracy Connors, Kailie Morrissey
*Seventh-Day Adventist*
1)-Vegetarian not mandatory, but recommended.
-If not vegetarian, you are still expected to live a healthy life
-Lifestyle consist of daily exercise, sunshine and rest
-No drugs, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco
2)-True prophet of God
-Dancing/rhythms of drums and motion pictures (very popular)
-No romance novels
-Strict dating and marriage guidelines
3)-Very healthy compared to the USA. On average, males live 7.3 more years and females live 4.42 more years than people in the United States.
I'm also in the Mediterranean group.
I am in the mediterranean group as well!
Entry for : Mike, Mark, Dan, Jen, Ashley, Sarah, Maggie
Nothing quite like a little southern comfort food! Foods containing high fat and salt content and that are traditionally fried are what we think of when we think of food from the southern US states. Recipes that are passed down are not altered and still contain these high amounts of fat and salt. The results are that 10 out of the 10 fattest US states are below the mason dixon line. This could also be a result of slower lifestyle and hotter climate that does not support a lot of exercise.
Our Group decided to look at different diets in Asia, particularly focusing on South Korea, India, and China.
1.) In her article Bethany found that India practices more vegitarianism than the US. There is also more use of spices, particularly tumeric, which is a potent antioxidant. Scott's article concerned a research study in South Korea about horse as a major livestock and meat production. The study compared horse meat to pork and beef and found horse to be 6% lower in saturated fats; thus horse is proven healthier than pork and beef consumed in the US. My article on China shows how diet relies centrally on the equal balance of vegetables and meat, where as America uses meat as the staple item for a meal and bases the rest of the meal around it.
2.) Religion as a social and cultural factor plays a large role in nutritional patterns found all over Asia. In India religious practice encourages less meat intake, as well as the drinking of salted tea to counteract the lack of salt from their spiced foods. In South Korea meals are treated as a time to give thanks to family, friends, and the higher powers. Koreans value self-efficiency by taking advantage of home-grown foods from personal gardens and by trading goods in the village. In China nutrition is centralized around the cultural belief of yin and yang to balance their meat and vegetables, hot and cold, soothing and irritating, weakening and strengthening, clearing and contaminating, etc.
3.) Each of our articles give an example for how nutritional preferences effect their health, and in Asia, we found mostly positive impacts. In India, the tendency to drink more tea increases health and prevents illness. However, the practice of eating sun-dried fish in India raises the risk of certain cancers. In the South Korea study, horse meat was proven to be a healthier choice compared to beef and pork eaten in the US. Because horse meat is lower in saturated fats and higher in unsaturated fats and vitamins, their over all health is affected in a positive manner. The Chinese diet is generally regarded as healthy because they are very concerned about eating habits and the way they affect health. Their diet includes many varieties of vegetables, fish and seafood, and cuts out on sugar and desserts.
Alex Jamieson, Scott Harcke, Bethany Latulippe, Neal Wheaton
Entry for Olivia P, Abby S, Brittni C, Garret S, Ben and 2 others.
We chose the Seventh Day Adventists in California as our group.
1. They considered themselves vegetarians or eating meat only once a month or only once a week depending on the person. In the United States meat is incorporated in almost every meal. They also eat lots of veggies, legumes, and whole grain pastas and breads. They avoid foods high in saturated fat and cholesterol, and eat low fat dairy products. This is much different than the United States' high fat and processed food diet. They also avoid alcohol, tea, and coffee. These are all heavily consumed in the United States.
2. They follow a diet based on their beliefs in God. They feel that eating food closer to the earth will bring them closer to God and to preserve their mind, body, and spirit.
3. There has been research done showing their diets compared to other diets in the United States and they are less likely to develop heart disease. Also, those who never eat meat in their religion are less likely to develop heart disease than those who are seventh day adventists and rarely eat meat. They also have a longer life expectancy than those with worse diets.
Entry for: Tanya Lawrence, Kristy McDonald, Lindsay Murphy, Rosalie Trujillo, Caitlin Hutchins, Jen DeRoy, Kyle Draleau, and Matt Levasseur
We did Italy, too!
1. Smaller portion sizes; 2-hour lunch break; buttering their bread is uncommon; having bread with pasta is uncommon; the food is fresher
2. Their culture is more agriculturally focused; they pride themselves on making their own food
3. The US mortality rate is 450/100,000; the Italy mortality rate 372/100,000. In Italy, 55% of men and 40% of women are overweight; 14.4% of men and 13.7% of women are obese.
Group members - feel free to comment if you took any additional notes.
Adrian M. Ashley S. Cami M. Colin. Max G.
Spain!
The Spanish culture style of eating is very different from the United States. Spaniards have a small breakfast that usually consists of some sort of coffee with rolls or toast. After breakfast but before their lunch they have “tapas time” which are small-portioned meals, like potatoes or shrimp. The Spanish culture pride on their lunchtime of eating then sleeping. Lunch is the largest meal of the day, which consists of multiple courses and then a siesta (nap). During this time children are allowed to go home and be with their family, also most of the businesses close down so everyone can go home. It is a time where the world slows down and everyone can have a chance to relax. Before dinner they tend to have a snack of a slice of bread with some sort of topping on it. Dinner isn’t made till between 9pm and midnight and is a smaller meal than lunch.
The Spanish culture of eating has formed in this way because centuries ago many Spanish men would get up early in the morning to start work on their agricultural fields. During the hottest part of the day the men would go inside and have their lunch. They took a few hours off of work to cool down, and relax then went back out to the fields. Years and years of this made for a long big lunch that shut down the town as a tradition.
In Spain as much as they eat, they walk a lot in between their meals. Spaniards are getting their exercise in instead of being lazy all day or sitting at a desk. Their meals also contain a lot of fish, meat and vegetables and not junk food.
I am also in the mediterranean group.
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