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Brett Rosen
Health 1020
Food, by director Michael Schwarz, based on the book of the same name by Michael Pollan.
Below are outlined the learning outcomes of that assignment (as both my own and Michael
Learning Outcomes:
improving individual health and the societal economic impact of food choices.
Human nutritional needs vary due factors such as age, genetics, developmental stage,
beginning nutritional health and even environment. Proper nutrition is critical to sustain and
improve homeostasis. The current food environment (due in part to sociopolitical factors) is
conductive to good health for those that can afford it and have the knowledge, while poor health
The industrial era allowed food production to increase. More volume more efficiently
produced allowed better nutrition. This is a double-edged sword due to the processing of food,
which strips food of essential nutrients in favor of longer shelf life. Medicine has also been
3. Explain the impact that the food industry has on human food choices and the
environmental level.
The food industry has made great strides in marketing to sell its products. Unhealthy
food, due to laws that only partially regulate claims on packaging, is often made to seem healthy.
There currently are several generations that don’t know healthy food from unhealthy food, as
well as the diseases it can cause to them, the environment and society as a whole. Unsustainable
4. Provide examples of past and present nutrient and diet trends in modern society and
the positive and/or negative implications on human health and the earth’s resources.
Wonder Bread is a great example of how industrialization made a refined food that
provides fewer nutrients than the food in its natural form available to the masses. The shelf life
increased but also the lack of nutrition. This trend has only been magnified in current times.
Refined pastas, soda and candy is now often cheaper than perishable foods. There is an
imbalance of nutrients: too many calories with too little nutrition. The production of these foods
and their packaging also affect negatively the environment, with water pollution, as an example.
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Industrialized food production is efficient, but when things go wrong, they can go wrong
in massive volumes. In the recent years there have been meat and produce recalls, due to bacteria
and virus contamination that either could cause or did cause disease, and even deaths.
6. Address diet and nutrient issues and concerns for weight control, disease prevention,
Michael Pollan identifies processed food as “food-like substances,” due to the above
weight, chronic conditions and decreases in access to healthy food. Marketing encourages
consumption of nutritionally deficient food, which paired with the overwhelming lack of
Reflection points:
1. Make connections between what you studied in this nutrition course with what
you’ve learned in other courses at SLCC or before. Make specific references to your
work in this class and in the other courses. How did what you learn in the other
Being a business major, this nutrition course is an elective one to meet a general class
requirement. None of my previous courses touched on this subject, so I do not have much to
compare. I enjoyed the $10 Challenge assignment, attempting to buy the most nutritional food
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with $10. We could say that it related to my business major, but I am a very good budget grocery
shopper naturally and enjoy it, so it did not feel like homework.
I did have an example reading in an English class last semester that explored a famous
personal trainer. The research the author cited concluded that a balanced approach to exercise
and eating was the best choice. That was very strongly supported by what my nutrition class
presented. I did learn how to organize my thoughts much better when writing and how to
improve my MLA citing in that and previous English classes, which definitely influences how
my signature assignment and this current ePortfolio assignment is written. I am quite confident
in my writings required for this class due to that. What I learned from this nutrition class will
2. Reflect on how you thought about nutrition before you took this course and how you
think about it now that the course is over. Have any of your assumptions or
in this process? How will you approach (course topic) differently in the future?
I love to learn and read about nutrition (among various subjects) for fun. Due to that
previous knowledge I did know several of the general concepts of the class, including balanced
eating and exercise, as well as some chemical processes in the body. What I was not aware of
were the many intricate interactions among nutrients and how nuanced those are.
I especially enjoyed learning about what individual vitamins and minerals do for the
body. Everyone in my home has at least one chronic condition that can be (to some extent) be
improved with a healthier diet. The online chapter assignments were especially helpful in helping
me assure I understood concepts as well as facts and could recall them. These will help me
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consume foods rich in nutrients that support the bodily processes that may family specifically
I also came to the realization of just how much undernutrition my mother suffered when
she and my father sought to have my twin sister and me. Learning more deeply what a woman
can do to improve her chances of a healthy pregnancy and fetus has strengthened my resolve to
be healthy for not just myself, but the child I hope to someday carry. I chose to get the printed
copy of the textbook, so I can use it as a reference and reminder of how to live my life in a
healthier manner.