Nutrition
...cuss poor nutrition and the problems usually associated, and how to prevent it. I. According to wk#3 the three leading cases of death are heart disease, cancer, and strokes, all of which have been linked to poor nutrition. Heart disease and strokes are the first and third leading cases of death are associated with a diet high in saturated fats, and salts. They are involved with the accumulating of lipids and other materials in the arteries, and high blood pressure. Each year cardiovascular disease accounts for about one million deaths, and cost the U.S. approximately two hundred and sixty billion dollars. 23.3 % of the U.S. will die of cancer, a third or more of these deaths will be linked to their diet. Although the average age of these disease are thirty and above, carelessness about food choices from youth on can be a major contributor to many of to-days chronic disease. II. Another problem is Americans are not eating adequate amounts of needed vitamins and minerals due impart to consumption of junk food. Many mature adults, over the years, have forgotten what real food is. Rather then eating healthy home cooked meals they eat high calorie, high fat foods that are easily available, inexpensive, and heavily advertised. According the wk#1 in an average class of 25 like this around 78% will eat junk food an average four times a week. Too much junk food can replace the healthier foods that you body needs. According to a recently published report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 31% of total calories from the average American’s diet comes from snack foods. III. Improving your nutrition is difficult, but not impossible Starting 0ut by immediately trying to eat a perfect diet will only result in failure. Successfully improving your nutrition takes patience. One way to moti...