I need your help with my next assignment in my Holistic Nutrition class. I have to interview a person(s) and write a report based on the answers. I am only required to interview one person. But, I thought it would be much more interesting to have answers from a lot of readers. You all have interesting backgrounds and live in different parts of the country so I can get a variety of answer to the questions. They are all pretty easy. You can answer in comments or you can email me: nancyATliveloveread.com.
All your answers will remanin anonymous in my report. THANKS!!!!!
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
9. Do you purchase organic food?
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
16. What state or country are you from?
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I’m from Indonesia, I don’t buy organic food because they’re expensive beyond belief, and I consume coral calsium daily. Happy TT
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Yes
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Less salt
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Most days
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Yes
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Daily
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Dairy some vegtables
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Breads and cereals, raw vegetables fruit
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
about 8
9. Do you purchase organic food?
sometimes
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
both
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
How much is needed
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
Yes
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
Some junk but mostly fruits and vegtables
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Yes
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
I love it …
16. What state or country are you from?
Canada
Hope this helps and happy TT ..
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? NO!
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? Too much fat and sugar.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest? Usually
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food? Yes
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? Learning to … though with veggies I prefer them cooked
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? Cheese and milk
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? Grains and fruit (nowhere near enough vegetables)
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? 2
9. Do you purchase organic food? No
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost? Convenience, or rather, it’s inconvenient. The stores that sell them just aren’t on my way to other stores …
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals? Fat soluble vs. water soluble.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? No kids
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk? —-
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? Yes. Heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis … the older I get, the more I worry about this. I know I have to make changes.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food? Undisciplined. If I want chocolate or a greasy burger, there’s no stopping me.
16. What state or country are you from? Illinois
All your answers will remanin anonymous in my report. THANKS!!!!!
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Sometimes; I go through phases
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
The “going through phases” part!
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No, I have a digestive disorder, cause unknown—it sucks
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Not really
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Every day
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
dark green leafy vegetables, yogurt, milk for the lactose-intolerant
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
oatmeal and sometimes grits (am sensitive to wheat)
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Not enough: 3-4
9. Do you purchase organic food?
sometimes
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
cost
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
all the conflicting info about them
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
no children
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
N/A
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
absolutely
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
hostile
16. What state or country are you from?
Florida
1. Yes
2. Eat less
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Daily
6. Cheese, beans and vegetables
7. Wholemeal bread, fruit, beans and vegetables
8. 4
9. Yes when available
10. Availability
11. Nothing really
12. n/a
13. n/a
14. I’ve seen enought scientific evidence from scurvy onwards to know this is true
15. I like food. I like to enjoy food.
16. United Kingdom
I’d be glad to help! Here are my answers:
1. No. I eat way too many fats and calories. I also love sugar!
2. Less intake of fats, sugars and calories.
3. Sometimes. When I drink plenty of water I feel GREAT!
4. Sometimes. Other times I scarf it down, like it’s a chore.
5. Everyday. I’m a vegetarian.
6. I enjoy cheese, yougart and butter. I also take a multi-vitamin.
7. Bran flakes for breakfast. Beans? Grains?
8. 4-5. Sometimes less. Sometimes more.
9. All my produce is organically gorwn. I try to buy organic whenever I can.
10. see answers above.
11. As I am vegetarian, I find it hard and confusing to find vitamins that provide enough protein for me.
12. We are childless.
13. see #12
14. Yes! low “bad things” equals more good feeling!
15. I LOVE it! A bit to much, I’m afraid.
16. Alabama, USA
Thanks, this was fun!
1) yes
2) no
3)yes
4)usually
5)everyday
6)calcium? In cottage cheese, yogurt, coffee, salmon, tuna
7) something from the cabbage family everyday, either brocoli, cauliflower, kale, which is the superior source of fiber in all foods.
8)I measure the water I drink, atleast three quarts of water a day
9)yes
10) I almost always get organic unless there is no option a store closed or emergency
11)nothing much because I have read and studied about their assimilation and sources all my life.
12)very happy about children diet
13) always ate fruit vegies, seafood all kinds of wholesome and healthy. I have a working class family:Poor kids will eat anything, it’s only rich kids who turn down vegtables and fruits etc
14) absolutely
15) passionate
16) Canada
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Yes. Had my menus checked twice by a nutritionist.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
No. Just need to exercise more.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Not always but that’s a problem with insomnia.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Yes.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
2 or 3x daily.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Milk, cheese, spinach, other leafy greens, kippers, sardines, etc.
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Fresh fruit and veg, bread, rice, beans, etc.
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Eight or more.
9. Do you purchase organic food?
Yes, once a week at the farmer’s market.
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
I don’t trust the marketing gimmicky organic food. It’s just the same stuff at a higher price. The only “organic” I eat is either what I grow myself or I buy from a farmer.
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
This question.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
My son is a picky eater but my daughter is an excellent eater.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
My daughter does well with the fruits and vegs. I’m trying to get my son to do the same. At least he’s not eating junk.
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Yes. See #1.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
?
16. What state or country are you from?
California
Happy TT.
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? Yes
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? No
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest? yes
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food? I sure do, every bit.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? I am not big on veggies, but I love my fruits.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? I do not have enough calcium intake….I do eat cheese, and I do put milk in my cereal but that is about it…I am on a supplement for it though.
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? Oatmeal, fruit (I eat LOTS of fruit)
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? Not enough maybe 5.
9. Do you purchase organic food? No
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost? Both of my grandfather’s were farmers. So I try to purchase fresh veggies and fruits from local farmers. And our family just isn’t really big into organic.
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals? Not really anything.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? Oh yes, but I am also happy that my kids do not sit in front of the television, they excerise and get plenty of outdoor play.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk? I have one extremely picky eater. My other three kids love there fruits and veggies….We do have “junk food” on hand and give it to them in moderation.
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? Absolutely
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
16. What state or country are you from? TN
Yee haw, that’s a lot of questions…
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Nope, but I’m working on it
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
More fruits and veggies; fewer empty wheat-based calories
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Usually
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
when I can, which isn’t often enough, as I have two small kids
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
I try for fruit daily. I think about veggies, but the easiest option — carrots — is something I’m allergic to.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Yogurt, broccoli
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
dried fruit, fresh fruit, veggies, sunflower seeds, granola. I buy bread with 2 or more grams of fiber in it, and I think my energy bars have 2 or 3 grams, too. I like fiber. Fills ya up.
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
As many as I can.
9. Do you purchase organic food?
Yup. A lot of it tastes better. And we get these raisins that cost five bucks a tin but they are the size of cockroaches and juicy as anything. How can you resist??
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
A lot of time, it’s cost.
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
Ummmm…..
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
Mostly, yep.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
I try to stress the fruits and veggies. I think I’m pretty good at it.
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Yep
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
Rocky
16. What state or country are you from?
Pennsylvania
You guys are the best!
Aww, thanks.
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Pretty much.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Probably will have to make it more healthy, and dull, as I get older.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Yes.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Usually.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Fruit sometimes, vegetables never (ugh!)
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Tablets, cheese, chocolate milk
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Not sure, but whatever foods they are, they seem to be working.
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
None.
9. Do you purchase organic food?
No.
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
Never had any interest in it.
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
Nothing. But maybe that’s because I never think about them.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
N/A
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
N/A
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Possibly.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
Satisfactory
16. What state or country are you from?
Florida
Excellent, I love surveys.
1. Quite happy, though that doesn’t mean my diet and food choices are…ehem…good.
2. I need to eat more fruits. I’m not such a fruit eater so I need to find one I’d really like and stick to that.
3. Most of the time.
4. No. I usually eat on the run, and sometimes I even forgot what I had that day.
5. Fruits: hardly. I did eat a lot when strawberry season was in though. For a month or two. Veggies, almost everyday. Raw carrot. I hope that’s veggie.
6. Milk. I drink milk a lot.
7. Carrots, brans.
8. About 6 of 600ml bottle.
9. I’m not sure…I might have at one point.
10. Neither. Ignorance.
11. Well, for a start, now that you mentioned it, I’m not even sure the difference between vitamins and minerals…
12. N/A
13. N/A
14. Yes
15. Chocolates and I are BFF. Carbs and I are soul mates (I’m Asian, we need our rice). Strawberries and I have one night stands whenever they are in season. I’m Malaysian, we love food. Eating is a national past time!
16. I’m from Malaysia originally but I now reside in Australia.
I know!
1. No, it could be much better!
2. LOL oh yeah, lay off the chips!
3. Yes
4. Depends on what I’m eating
5. Not often enough, I’m afraid
6. lots of chicken, eggs
7. raw almonds, flax seed cereal
8. sometimes 2, sometimes none, sometimes more
9. Yes
11. Nothing, really
14. Certainly.
15. It’s a crutch
16. MA
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? Yes
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? Less sugar!
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest? Yes
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food? Yes
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? 2-3 times a day
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? Milk, yogurt, cheese
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? fresh fruits, cereals
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? 4-5
9. Do you purchase organic food? Sometimes
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost? Cost
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals? The amount we are supposed to take if we eat fortified foods.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? Sometimes
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk? Fruits and veggies
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? yes
15. How would you describe your relationship to food? Like a solid marriage, good most of time but on the rocks occasionally
16. What state or country are you from? NC
OOOH! I love stuff like this. Emailed you my answers.
Mine is up too - 13 songs that describe various facets of my personality.
Happy Thursday and LOVE YOU!
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
No, but I’m trying to be better
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
More fruits and veggies
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Most of the time
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Usually
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
I try to eat fruit daily, but I’m really bad about veggies, because I don’t like very many
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Yogurt, cheese, and milk in things (like on cereal)
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Granola, cereal,
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Water is pretty much the only thing I drink, so I drink a lot
9. Do you purchase organic food?
unfortunately we don’t have a lot available around here, but when I can I do
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
both
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
I’m not really confused about them
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
No kids only canines, and don’t even get me started on their diets.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
N/A (my dogs LOVE bananas! LOL)
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Sure
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
Um… well, I’m a very picky eater - I don’t like A LOT of stuff, so I guess I could describe it as difficult
16. What state or country are you from?
Kansas
It is easier to simply refer you to my health and nutrition blog:
Here’s looking at . . .me!
http://www.jhsiess.com/hereslookingatme
In short, yes, I’m happy with my diet, vitamin and fitness routine choices as they are working for me and I’ve lost about 60 pounds & have gotten my asthma and allergies under control. Don’t buy organic because I don’t do the shopping — hubby does and I jsut tell him what I want & he gets it. Also because I have 2 boys, i.e., eating machines, and spend a lot of $ on food.
Great idea for a list and your project.
This is cool, reading all the responses you’ve gotten so far.
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Not always completely, but I am right now.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? Less chocolate, refined sugar and fat - I’m trying my best
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No, but that’s due to medical issues.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Yes, why eat it otherwise..?
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Almost every day
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Mostly milk products
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
dark bread, fruit,
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
about 5 I guess, apart from tea
9. Do you purchase organic food?
yes, if possible
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
not always available everywhere in my neighbourhood
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
nothing really
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
I don’t have kids
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
-
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
yes, I’m sure of that
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
love-hate (severe eating disorders in my past)
16. What state or country are you from?
The Netherlands
Thanks for visiting my geography TT!
I couldn’t live with the guilt if I answered those questions! Sorry! LOL
1.Overall yes. We eat alot less crap then we used to.
2.I need to eat more veggies, besides salad
3.Generally. I find myself needing pick me ups in some afternoons, but I blame the heat for that.
4.Yes. I enjoy cooking it so I try my best to enjoy tasting what I made.
5.Once or twice a week
6.being lactose intolerant, I steer clear of alot of calcium products. Though I do like my ice cream
7.Rice, does that have fiber?
8.One maybe
9.Some organic veggies. I would if I had more fundage coming in.
10.Cost
11.I don’t really find them confusing. I just wish there were more information on fish oils and other vitamins that are outside the norm.
12.Pass
13.pass
14.Yes, some conditions are definetly affected by the saturated fats and junk that we digest
15.Love it, love cooking it love eating it. To stay a fit and trim duck, I find myself only eating once a day
16.Pennsy USA
Happy to help!
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
I am an emotional eater.
99% of the time, yes
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Eliminate bread; while trying to lose weight, it’s a killer for me.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No, I have fibromyalgia which sucks the life force out of you some days. However, I do believe that proper diet and exercise, as well as maintaining a healthy weight, *lessens* the problems FM causes.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Not as much as I should. Many meals are hurried.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Daily.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
dark green leafy vegetables, dairy products, supplement
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
raw fruit/veggies; 1/2 cup ground flax seed daily
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
I strive for 8; average 6
9. Do you purchase organic food?
Rarely
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
Cost and a limited budget
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
Nothing, really
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
My two children are adults — one a vegetarian since her early teens and one who buys organic and eats very healthily
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
Definitely fruits and veggies
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Without doubt!
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
Our relationship is too close.
16. What state or country are you from?
Nova Scotia, Canada
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? Yep
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? Add more desserts heehee
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest? Are you kidding me?! I am a Mom of 7 children.. never have enough energy.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food? Yep, every last bite of it.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? Daily
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? Sour Cream, Yogurt, Milk, Cheese
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? Beans, Oatmeal, Fiber cereal, Whole Wheat items
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? 8 most days.. sometimes more.
9. Do you purchase organic food? yep
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost? don’t buy a lot because of the availability here and when it is available.. the cost is outrageous
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals? which ones are for what
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? Yep
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk? fruits and veggies
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? Most definitely.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food? Love it!
16. What state or country are you from? TN
1. Yes
2. Less impulse eating.
3. Yes
4. Not usually
5. Daily
6. Milk and cheese
7. Breads, cereal
8. 6-8
9. No
10. No actual desire and cost
11. Nothing
12. N/A
13. N/A
14. Of course!
15. I love it, though I’m extremely picky.
16. Indiana
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Yes.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
No.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food? Yes, but I eat too fast.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? Fruit is almost too sugary for me. I eat cooked vegetables everyday and a salad a few time s a week.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? Cheese, sesame seeds.
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? Vegetables. Half of sprouted wheat bagel every day. Dried prunes if I need them.
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? Full glasses? I drink about 8 ounces a day.
9. Do you purchase organic food? Yes, but not exclusively. Mostly I grow organic.
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost? Cost is sometimes a factor. Also I don’t like it shipped from the other side of the country because of fuel and lack of freshness.
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals? Not much. I studied nutrition via Adelle Davis and others pretty thoroughly when I was young.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? I wasn’t when they were little for one. He was fussy and had a sweet tooth.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk? From what I can tell my sons have healthy diets as adults.
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? Yes.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food? Great. I’m not afraid of anything in moderation as long as it comes from nature. But it wasn’t always so. I had a compulsive eating food disorder for a time, nearly 30 years ago.
16. What state or country are you from? Virginia.
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
No, I eat too much junk food but I love pizza, chocolate, etc.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
I need to eat less crap and drink more water.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No, I feel tired a lot and get a lot of headaches.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Not as much as I should.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Not enough– maybe 1-2x a day?
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
skim milk, cheese, ice cream!!
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Shredded wheat, wheat bread
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
5
9. Do you purchase organic food?
not usually
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
It is expensive!!
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
How much I really need of each.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
no kids
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
no kids
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
I think it would help…. but I think I also need stress management!
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
I look forward to eating and definitely attribute good food to happy times.
16. What state or country are you from?
Delaware
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Always trying to eat better, but fast food and poor planning gets the better of me!
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Working to eat whole foods, low sodium, low fat, low sugar to lose weight.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
When I’m eating healthy and on plan, yes.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Yes, as much as possible.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Salad and fruit nearly every day.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
yogurt and broccoli
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Fiber One and legumes
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
many
9. Do you purchase organic food?
some–quantities are limited in my area
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
Availability
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
Mixing, some don’t work with others, some need to be taken in combo; and then I hear horror stories about them not even getting absorbed at all
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet? They eat fruit, yogurt fairly well, but I have to keep vegetables rather boring and safe.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
When we eat at home, yes; eating out, not so much
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
Absolutely
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
Stressed, trying to stay “on plan” in a sea of bad choices!
16. What state or country are you from?
Missouri
1. YES
2. Too many Carbs
3. No
4. Not always
5. 4 times a day
6. None, I’m really bad for it.
7. Multigrain breads and crackers now
8. 8 glasses
9. No
10. Cost and Availability. Though in summer I tend to buy from farmers markets.
11. What the heck do I take? it confuses me.
12. Yes, overall I am. Would like daughter to have more fiber to ease constipation but she’s PICKY.
13. My kids prefer more fruits than junk or veggies.
14. Yes
15. Was an emotional eater. Fixed that, I have lost 30lbs.
16. Ontario, Canada
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? They’re not bad. We try to buy organic stuff but it can be expensive.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Less carbs, more veggies
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
No problem there.
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
We always enjoy eating. It’s a great family thing.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Daily
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Yogurt, milk, cheese, broccoli
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
Fruit, veggies, whole grains
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
2 liters
9. Do you purchase organic food?
We try to but it’s expensive
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
Knowing if what you are buying and eating is actually helping.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
Yes, we limit sugar and they eat lots of fruit, veggies, and grains.
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
We are strick about junk food. They can have some, but it has to be balanced with healthy food.
1. Yup, I am. We’ve eliminated white sugar and flour and prepackaged foods from our diet and eat tons of veggies and fruit.
2. Not really.
3. Nope, but I think it’s because I have a baby that nurses every three hours =) But I do still enjoy life.
4. Yup, for the most part.
5. Daily.
6. Milk, yoghurt,
7. Fruit, veggies, whole grains
8. Hmm - a lot!! Maybe close to a gallon
9. No
10. it is too expensive
11. Not a whole lot, my husband knows a lot about them.
12. Yup - he’s getting breastmilk and homemade baby food.
13. N/A
14. Yes
15. Healthy
16. Georgia
Please come visit my TT!
Ok!! here we go!
1. No. Who is really?
2. Can I start with breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks?
3. I don’t know. Too sleepy to tell.
4. Only if the kids finish before me
5. Almost everyday. Easiest way to eat and run!
6. Yogurt and cheese because my kids drink all the milk
7. Fruits, veggies and that god-send: Benefiber
8. Never enough
9. Sometimes, when the stars align properly and my wallet is full!
10. (see #9). Also, it seems that unless you eat it while standing in line at the checkout, it goes bad before you even get it home.
11. Absolutely everything, because all manufacturers are trying to tell you that you need absolutely everything!
12. No. But they are.
13. My kids will eat almost anything unless it’s green.
Hope that helps — and thanks for visiting mine!
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
– no
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
– less junk food, less sweets, watch carbs
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
– no
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
–sometimes
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
–rarely
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
milk (on cereal), cheese, yogurt
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
–High fiber (11 gram/serving) cereal, salads, and fiber substitute
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
–4 water
9. Do you purchase organic food?
– not usually
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
– lazy - it would mean going to a separate grocery store
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
– what you truly need
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
– no kids
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
– no kids
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
– definately
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
– love/hate
16. What state or country are you from?
– FLorida
Great TT - hope you do well on your assignment
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices?
Nope.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet?
Yep.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Does anybody?
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
Yeah
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables?
Usually, daily
6. What sources of calcium do you eat?
Daily Vitamin & milk
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber?
hmmmmm… does whole wheat bread count?
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
3-4
9. Do you purchase organic food?
Nope. I could eat regular food for a month or afford to eat organic for two weeks. not a hard choice.
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
big time cost
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
nothing
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
fairly so. I make sure they eat better than me
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
fruits, veggies, granola bars, candy only on occassion
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions?
yes
15. How would you describe your relationship to food?
it’s a love hate thing
16. What state or country are you from?
midwest US
Hola! I’m 26, African-American, married and living in Atlanta, GA.
1. Are you happy overall with your diet and food choices? Not really, I could be doing better.
2. Is there anything you think you need to change about your diet? I’ve severely reduce my intake of white foods (i.e. white potatoes, white flour, white rice). I need to get it down to zero. Right now it’s a serving or two once or twice a week.
3. Do you feel that you have enough energy to enjoy life to the fullest?
Yes
4. Do you take time to enjoy your food?
We cook more now and because of that we get exactly what we want, yummy.
5. How often do you eat raw fruits and vegetables? Every day.
6. What sources of calcium do you eat? I love cheese. I’m a little lactose intolerant so I drink rice milk with my cereal.
7. What foods do you eat to provide fiber? All of our bread is whole wheat and I eat shredded wheat in the mornings.
8. How many glasses of water do you drink a day? Maybe 4-5
9. Do you purchase organic food? We have a fabulous farmer’s market here in Decatur, GA and it’s really inexpensive so we shop there and get organic fruits mostly.
10. If you don’t why? Availibility? Cost?
11. What do you find most confusing about vitamins and minerals?
At one time I was taking 6-7 supplements a day and I didn’t feel any better so I just cut them all out and ate more raw fruits and veggies. Now I take a children’s vitamin every now and then. There really is just too much conflicting information out there.
12. If you have kids in your life: Are you happy with their diet?
13. Do your kids eat fruits and vegetables or lots of junk?
14. Do you think that a good diet could help prevent some medical conditions? Yes. I read a fabulous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, that touches on how our diet and spirit can effect our health.
15. How would you describe your relationship to food? It’s good. I eat what I want and don’t indulge. If it makes me feel bad I don’t eat it.
16. What state or country are you from?
Georgia