The topic of the assignment- "How what we eat defines who we are."
I have attached the 2 page instructions and the page with the annotated bibliography that provides the 5 main sources the research should be based on. (the last reference in the bibliography, or source is from my textbook,but it does not have to be included. Just sources 1-4)Please contact me at:
[email protected]Stankova 1 Stankova 2 Trayana Stankova Rachel Jasiczek Fi ENG 112 21 PR 04/07/2019 Annotated Bibliography 1. Blatt, Harvey. America's Food: What You Don't Know About What You Eat. MIT Press, 2008. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjs21. Harvey Blatt writes about the food industry and what is in the food the American population consumes daily. He touches on topics such as the health of Americans, the food industry and its production and distribution. The contents of this book provide detailed insights on what we ingest living in America and how that affects every single physiological process within us. Seemingly, this might not directly connect to my topic, however food production and where it comes from plays a huge role in what gets into our stomachs. 2. Hoerr, Fogel., “Ecological correlations of dietary food intake and mental health disorders”, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (2017) 7, Chicago, IL., Elsevier Ltd., 2016, open access article; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ , 18 December 2016, p.81-89 The paper examines the impact of dietary food intake on people throughout 17 countries. Data from the World Mental Health Survey were presented and used to compare the prevalence of four categories of mental health disorders amongst different populations. Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, impulse control disorders, and substance use disorders were observed and associated to country’s sugar/sweetener and fish/seafood supply using the Spearman rank correlation. According to the data gathered, sugar and sweetener being present in the diet is highly associated with all four disorders mentioned above. This source is helpful, because it provides data on how the food we eat today, impacts our health tomorrow. 3. Parletta, Natalie., “Can diet and nutrition affect our learning, behavior and mental health?”, NUTRIDATE (2013), Australia, Fitzroy Warringal Publications 2013, University of South Australia Dr. Natalle Parletta, a nutritionist and dietitian, conducted a study amongst children with ADHD on how omega-3 affects learning and behavior. She elaborates on nutrition and brain function, learning behavior and mental health, behavioral food reactions, and the connection between the gut and the brain. This wonderful article provides easily comprehendible information on the topic I am researching, and it supports my thesis on how the food we eat today affects our mental and physical health. 4. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz. How do your eating habits differ from your grandparents? Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2019 Very detailed information on how the food we consume has changed in the last hundred years. That is a good example of how fast the food we eat is changing and most importantly how much and in what way. I wanted to use the date provided by the United States Department of Agriculture to discuss the changes in our eating habits which directly affects our well- being. 5. Selhub, Eva., “Nutritional Psychiatry: your brain on food”, Harvard Medical School, November 2015, https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/nutritional-psychiatry-your-brain-on-food-201511168626 This Harvard Medical School article is concentrated on how our brain and bodies get affected by the different nutrients we provide to our bodies through dietary intake. It discusses how the foods we consume have a direct connection to our thoughts, emotions and feelings. This article is rich in information about the physiological processes that occur in our bodies when consuming different foods. The insights provided in it will aid me in conducting a better presented research and a more comprehendible information for the audience I am hoping to reach.