1. Data Report: All about Weight Gain<br />By Glenn Kim<br />In this data report, we will be discussing how different nutrition values contribute and add to weight gain. Now you might be asking, what about the data? There is data of course. It will be about how much weight I gained 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 bar graphs. The following types of nutrition will be included in the data: calories, carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein. (Calories will be not included in graphs, but only in data table because calories have a different unit than the other nutrition, which are measured in g, or mg. Graphs will be based on grams)<br />Starting weight on March 7th, 2010 (Sunday): 50.2 kg <br />Ending weight on March 13th, 2010 (Saturday): 50 kg<br />Nutrition Intake on Sunday<br />Calories930 calCarbohydrates109 gFat35.5 gCholesterol0.097 gSodium0.25 gProtein41 g<br /> <br />Nutrition Intake on Monday<br />Calories877 calCarbohydrates98.1 gFat32.1 gCholesterol0.167 gSodium1.018 gProtein184 g<br /> <br />838200227965<br />Nutrition Intake on Tuesday<br />Calories1002 calCarbohydrates102.9 gFat48.7 gCholesterol0.108 gSodium1.987 gProtein39.2 g<br />Nutrition Intake on Wednesday<br />Calories788 calCarbohydrates60.5 gFat35 gCholesterol0.089 gSodium0.063 gProtein60.7 g<br />Nutrition Intake on Thursday<br />Calories903 calCarbohydrates91.5 gFat34 gCholesterol0.14 gSodium1.097 gProtein53.7 g<br />Nutrition Intake on Friday<br />Calories432 calCarbohydrates59.7 gFat11.9 gCholesterol0.05 gSodium2.385 gProtein20.4 g<br />Nutrition Intake on Saturday<br />Calories1690 calCarbohydrates164.4 gFat67.8 gCholesterol0.218 gSodium1.59 gProtein101.4 g<br />Total Nutrition Intake<br />Calories6622 calCarbohydrates686.1 gFat265 gCholesterol0.869 gSodium8.39 gProtein500.4 g<br />5524501187450<br />Why are these nutrients helpful to us?<br /> All in all, nutrients are helpful to us because they help our body for cell development, growth, and repair. <br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br /> <br />