NUR1120 Australian Dietary Guidelines Assessment 2 Answer

Answer :

NUR1120 Assessment  2 

Assessment 2 Task

Section A: 

1. Attached is the Appendix

2. As I am a female falling in the age group of (19-50), daily I consume 2 fruits and also have plenty of vegetables.  As per the Australian Dietary Guidelines, it is recommended to have a maximum of 5 vegetables per day for the age group of (19-50 years) and serving should be 5 per day. 

3. In my opinion, I am daily meeting my necessary diet, show a good body  shape and have a healthy BMI. As per the Australian Dietary Guidelines, apart from the regular quantity of the fruits, vegetables, and the portions, it is necessary to have a combination of the necessary fats and also the adequate portion (NHMRC, 2013). Another way to look at it is to have the necessary quantity; it should not be too large or too small, in proportion, and meeting the calorie intake.

 As per the Australian Dietary Guidelines, infect it shows a more than the intake and the carbohydrates and the protein should be more. The serving of the vegetables and the fruits are adequate, but I should increase more of the protein such as more eggs, cheese, curd, and also more of the whole grains (Zabetiantarghi et al, 2019). Every day, I could experience low energy and even feel sluggish. Due to the low exercises and low energy content, upon checking the Australian Dietary Guidelines, I realized low fat intake and also a combination of the high fiber, fewer carbohydrates, and low proteins. My calorie intake is also less, in comparison to the recommended. Due to this, I often feel dizzy and there is low energy to do things. As per the diets, I should be limiting the pizzas, fast foods, also below sugary contents and the low salt intake, etc.  But, often due to the low energy, I take the high sugar and high fatty food. Increase more of the yogurt, soy milk, and the curds to boost up the diet. Overall, the intake, servings, and the grains should be in per the portion of the diet. It should be consistently being followed.

Section B: 

Due to the adequate fruits and vegetable intakes, it would help in the long term to avoid any unnecessary damages to the body. For example, by having the banana and the apple, it would help to gain more of the nutrients, increase fiber, feeling of fulfillment, and even replenish with the energy levels. Often instead of the fruits, the normal person chooses a high salty and a sugary diet, such as pizzas, muffins, cakes, ice creams, etc. But with the regular use of the fruits and vegetables, not only it helps to feel energized, improve the digestive system, and even help to increase immunity. Overall it helps to gain a better mental and physical balance.

Diabetes

As I regularly eat the bitter gourd in good servings and often, it would help to control diabetes 2 in the long term (Liccardo, 2019).  Apart from this, increase intake of leafy vegetables such as spinach and the beetroot, would help to reduce the sugary levels, improve the nutrients levels, and even help in the overall wellbeing levels. Within the blood flow, such as the use of more garlic, herbs, strawberries consistency, helps to reduce the glucose content and the sucrose levels. Long term borderline instances of falling in diabetic type 2 and type 1 also fall.

Cardiovascular disease

The increased eating of the fruits and venerable such as apples, spinach, broccoli, beans, papaya, carrots, kiwis, and the other types, helps to unclog the arteries and even improve the blood flow connected with the heart. With the increase of vegetables and the fruits, it increases the unsaturated fats and reduces the clogged arteries, thus improving the blood circulation (Schnell, 2019).

 Section C:

As per the article of Martsolf (2019) who emphasis on the social and cultural determinants of health are often described as the environmental conditions, that can create an impact over both physical and social, and can even influence the health outcomes. In a normal scenario, even if the Asians, Aboriginals, Americas are staying in Australia would continue to eat as per their diets, such as Aboriginal people are more into the high fatty diets and regularly eating the red meats, alcohol, and even high sugary and the salty diets. Similarly, the Asians are habitual to eat a balanced diet and have a small portion size. In comparison, the dietary patterns and the types of food choices have high implications for the individuals staying within the given region. For example, the Aboriginals are less aware of the positive and negative dietary patterns of eating certain food types and forging the other. As most of the eating patterns have historically been adopted, therefore they continue to eat in a similar pattern. The other is the physical conditions, for example, the lack of availability of the food, choices of the food as per the lifestyles, community influence, and also the availability of such food items.   Clean drinking water, sanitized ways to cook food, health awareness and the set adopted implications also hold an influential factor (Martsolf, 2019). 

As per the article by Brodie (2019) often where an individual resides, the choices of the food and the implications are directly proportional to it. As we live and eat, similarly the choice of the food and the influences and the cost factors also plays a vital role. The best choices of health, the way it is cooked, and also accessing nutritious food all play a vital role (Brodie, 2019). The Australians who reside within the urban areas have plenty of availably, while the same is a negative impact on the rural and the remote areas, which not only face challenges in accessing the food items but also face the high costs factors and implications towards the health. The awards, social campaigning’s and the free seminars to create the spread of the healthy lifestyles to be adopted, can help to reduce the chronic illness. As observed, among the Australians, there are 60% of the Aboriginals women who have high cardiovascular health problems and the three are 40% Aboriginal men in comparison to the non-Indigenous people (Schnell, 2019). Similarly, the Asian people have a healthier BMI index, due to their body shapes and the awareness to eat the set diet in the moderation limit. The Western people within the Australians tend to eat large portions and also eat plenty of meat, in comparison to the Australian population.

 My main aim social and the cultural determinant is of the Australian diet and as an Australian, one tends to prefer more of the meat and the poultry item, in comparison to the regular food. But due to the family and the community one stay in, being educated and aware, the dietary patterns have changed to eating more of the fruits and vegetables and less of the red meats, alcohol, high salt, and sugary items. It follows in line with the Australian Dietary Godliness.

Appendix

Daily Food & Beverage Diary