Science Digestive Data Report Final [2]

By Glenn Kim In this data report, we will be discussing how different nutrition values contribute and help the human body. Now you might be asking, what about the data? The data will be about how much weight I gained or lost in a one week period, while I measure how much nutrition (calories, carbohydrates, and so on) for each day. I will start with my starting weight at the beginning of the week, and I will compare it to my ending weight. Data will be in data tables and on line graphs. The following types of nutrition will be included in the data: calories, carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein. I got my data from the nutrition facts on a packaged meal (such as a ramen packet) or from a bottle that I drank from or used (such as a milk bottle or a syrup bottle). Since not all of the foods I eat are packaged, I searched up the food I ate (like lasagna) on Google. It gave me all the facts about nutrients I needed for each food. Some nutrients will be graphed separately because of either difference of numbers or different units. Calories will be set on a separate graph because unlike other nutrients, it uses the units “cal.” Cholesterol and sodium will be represented in different graphs because the two nutrients use milligrams, not grams which are what carbohydrates and other nutrients are measured by. Cholesterol and sodium are separated because the difference in numbers between each nutrient is too great to be put together in one graph. Carbohydrates, fats, and protein will be shown in one whole graph. Also, the total number of nutrients I had will be shown as a bar graph. Starting weight on March 7th, 2010 (Sunday): 50.2 kg Ending weight on March 13th, 2010 (Saturday): 50 kg Nutrition Intake by Day Nutrition Intake on Sunday (3/7/10) Calories930 calCarbohydrates109 gFat35.5 gCholesterol97 mg, 0.097 gSodium250 mg, 0.25 gProtein41 g Nutrition Intake on Monday (3/8/10) Calories877 calCarbohydrates98.1 gFat32.1 gCholesterol167 mg, 0.167 gSodium1018 mg, 1.018 gProtein184 g Nutrition Intake on Tuesday (3/9/10) Calories1002 calCarbohydrates102.9 gFat48.7 gCholesterol108 mg, 0.108 gSodium1987 mg, 1.987 gProtein39.2 g Nutrition Intake on Wednesday (3/10/10) Calories788 calCarbohydrates60.5 gFat35 gCholesterol89 mg, 0.089 gSodium63 mg, 0.063 gProtein60.7 g Nutrition Intake on Thursday (3/11/10) Calories903 calCarbohydrates91.5 gFat34 gCholesterol140 mg, 0.14 gSodium1097 mg, 1.097 gProtein53.7 g Nutrition Intake on Friday (3/12/10) Calories432 calCarbohydrates59.7 gFat11.9 gCholesterol50 mg, 0.05 gSodium2385 mg, 2.385 gProtein20.4 g Calories1690 calCarbohydrates164.4 gFat67.8 gCholesterol218 mg, 0.218 gSodium1590 mg, 1.59 gProtein101.4 g Nutrition Intake on Saturday (3/13/10) Line Graphs for Amount of Nutrition Intake by Day Total Nutrition Intake Calories6622 calCarbohydrates686.1 gFat265 gCholesterol869 mg, 0.869 gSodium8390 mg, 8.39 gProtein500.4 g Why are these nutrients helpful to us? All in all, nutrients are helpful to us because they help our body for cell development, growth, and repair. Carbohydrates are important because they are the main source of energy that your body obviously needs. If you did not have energy, nothing in your body would function properly including major organs. In short, we wouldn’t be able to live without energy. Fat is indeed a nutrient. Like carbohydrates, fats also give energy and help your body when it comes to absorbing vitamins, which both energy and vitamins are important to the human body system. Fat can also be stored for later use in the body since it can hold energy inside of them. Calories also provide great amounts of potential energy. Eating too many calories obviously isn’t good for you because the energy provided by the calories is stored away as fat, which is good, unless you have too much fat. Eating too little calories is even more damaging because it can lead to having diseases or conditions that are extremely unhealthy to the human body. Cholesterol is important for a variety of reasons. Cholesterol can act as an antioxidant and can help digest fats. It is also important for the metabolism for some soluble vitamins, such as vitamins A, D, E, and K. It can also regulate membrane fluidity over a wide range of temperatures. Cholesterols are indeed one of the most important nutrients for the body. However, you have high cholesterol levels; you can be affected by heart attacks and other diseases that are harmful for your body. Sodium is also very important for the human body for various reasons. Sodium works with potassium to help balance body water. It’s also important for muscle contraction and nerve impulses, which would mean, if sodium did not exist in the body, not even the normal heart rhythm can be maintained. Last but not least, protein, a valuable nutrient for the human body. Protein is responsible for growth and development because of the different things inside of it. It even produces enzymes, which are extremely important because they fight diseases and other viruses that are also a threat to the body. What about my weight? You might be thinking, “Well, since the starting weight was 50.2 kg and his ending weight was 50 kg that means he lost 0.2 kg. Wait a minute, that doesn’t make sense! He ate a lot!” The reason my starting weight is bigger than my ending weight is because I spent more energy than the amount of nutrients I ate. I spent energy playing sports, running, walking or even when I’m typing this project. Because I spent more energy than the amount of nutrients I ate, I lost 0.2 kg instead of gaining any weight.

Science Digestive Data Report Final [2]

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