About Me

My name is Amber Peters and I am a graduating senior from East High School. The topic I have chosen to do my Capstone Project on is Healthy Nutrition Decisions. I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with information that has helped to make me the person that I am today. I lived in Faribault, MN for my first nine years of life. When I first moved to Memphis in the year 2000 I felt like an outsider that spoke unlike the other children at my school and in my neighborhood. When I first started attending East High School I felt like an outsider because of my ethnicity as well as my accent, but after a while I got use to it and grew into the environment and the people in it. When I first got into AJROTC I was just in the class so that I didn't have to take a gymnasium class but in the end my AJROTC class influenced me to have leadership, be self disciplined, have respect for teachers and others, and have courage.
As I started to put some of the things that I have been influenced to do I started earning honorable rewards throughout my high school years. I have remained on the honor roll throughout most of my high school years and have been rewarded some awards and certificates from my teachers and principle. I learned how to work well with others, give a productional speech about topics that you may know nothing about, and writing poetry about your school and what it means to you by being in Future Teachers of America. I am currently in the National Honor Society and in order to remain in it I must keep atleast a 3.0 grade average.

Abstract

Many people do not understand what a healthy nutrition decision can do for oneself, loved ones, and close friends, to their bodies and life. Amber Peters did her Capstone Project on Healthy Nutrition Decisions. When it comes to choices dealing with food such as vegetables, fruits, and meals a variety of options are available and you should select those in your best interest. Fast food can cause an increase in your health problems, but surprisingly dark chocolate can help some of your health problems to improve. Although everyone does not love to eat their fruits and vegetables, what they do not know is that by eating fruits and vegetables many of their health problems can decrease. The benefits or purpose of consuming fruits and vegetables is that the risk of heart disease, stroke and many cancers can be reduced, it can also create a lower blood pressure, a healthier immune system and help you lose weight. By not grocery shopping on an empty stomach you can take the time to read the Nutrition Facts Label to find out the amounts of fat, sodium, and fiber in specific products. Because fast food has plenty of calories from refined sugar and fats, has very high sodium, and comes from common salt and other additives, plenty of fast food places use the word free with food as an incentive.

Annotated Bibliography

"Better Nutrition, Better Health and Better Living." 1HealthyforLife. Unfranchise Business Developer, web. http://1healthyforlife.com/
I think that this is a good website because it has so much to offer a reader on better nutrition, health, and better living. It lets you know that health and nutrition is the most fundamental thing you do in order to get healthy.

Dr. Jennifer Shu, "healthy children." Powered by Pediatricians. Trusted by parents. American Academy of Pediatrics, web.http://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/nutrition/Pages/default.aspx
I chose this website because it is a health food guide website and it gives important information on making healthy nutrition decisions. On the homepage it says that making healthy nutrition decisions is the best thing you can do for yourself and your family.

Food for a healthy lifestyle." Healthy Nutrition Guide. Terry, web. 3 Feb 2010. http://healthfood-guide.com/healthynutrition.aspx%22Health
I feel that I can trust this website because it gives many different pages for different options a person may want for healthy eating. This website has healthy eating pages for parents, kids, as well as teens.

"K-State HD." K-State Healthy Decisions, web. http://k-state.edu/hd/
I feel that I can trust this website because it doesn't show any type of information that doesn't deal with making healthy nutrition decisions. There is a wellness wheel that gives the personal goals you can achieve in by making healthy nutrition decisions.

"Wellness Choices Made Easy." Well-ness Decisions.com. web. http://wellness-decisions.com/keeping-children-healthy.html
I feel that I can trust this website because it gives so many ways to keep your children healthy and how to do it. It gives the information that I need on how to make healthy nutrition decisions, but on this website it is how to make healthy nutrition decisions for your children.

Relection

When growing up my family always told me that I should eat healthy and make smart decisions when it comes to food because if not I will gain weight and/or health problems. I never believed them until I was sixteen and started gaining a little weight from all of the junk food I was eating and the unhealthy nutrition decisions I was making. During my Capstone journey I learned a variety of facts that I can use now and in the future when it comes to making healthy nutrition decisions. I’ve learned that it’s not good to go grocery shopping on an empty stomach and that eating fast food isn’t as bad for you if you eat it once or twice a week verses eating it four-six times a week. Making smart healthy nutrition decisions are a big impact in my life because if I always make unhealthy decisions I can obtain health problems.

I learned many things when my research paper was completed. Such as, by eating fruits and vegetables many health problems can be decreased. I love eating chocolate candy bars and learned that dark chocolate is healthy for you. Also, eating fast food every once in a while is not as bad as eating it various times a week, and breastfeeding is healthier than formula, but if you must, you can make formula just as healthy. The part of my project that I am most proud of is my research paper because it took some time to put the best information I found together. Also, it took several of times to get my words and sentences correct, as well as, my paragraphs and topics. For some of my sentences I didn’t know how to word everything correctly and properly the first couple of times.

The life-long learning that I will take away from this Capstone Project journey is to not only make healthy nutrition decisions for myself, but also for my family. Also, that eating fast food is alright as long as it’s not being eaten a variety of times a week. This Capstone Project has influenced me as a person because now I will not go to the grocery store on an empty stomach and will start reading the Nutrition Facts Label. I will also start taking better care of my body by eating more fruits and vegetables. In the future when I have children I will make the best healthy nutrition decision when they are born, which will be to breastfeed.

http://www.aicardisyndrome.org/survey/figures/newborn-feeding.jpg

This graph shows the percentages of breastfeeding, bottle formula, and both formula and breastfeeding.

http://www.pharmaton.com/com/com/images/Evidence/Charts_Matruelle/chart_matr_iron.png

This graph shows the iron requirements for girls before their pregnancy and during it as well as after their pregnancy.

http://www.treehugger.com/food-pyramid-and-subsidies-chart.jpg

This is a graph showing what a person should eat for good health.
The graph on the bottom is showing what your tax dollars have subsidized from 1995 to 2005.