Even though I am not a science major I am very interested in the sciences and the physical world around us. This will be my first biology class I have taken since high school (I won't say how long....yeesh!).
I have enjoyed writing this ePortfilio assignment because it reinforced my position on diet and food choices. Humans are omnivores, we need a wide variety of foods to intake the needed nutrients for a healthy body. We also have large brains that can over think everything we do. This has caused many people to rethink what is a healthy diet. This rethinking can sometimes be taken to the point of obsession causing people to abstain from healthy foods and ultimately cause malnutrition. I have found this assignment to be informative and reassuring that a logical and balanced diet based on realistic standards is the most important principle to use when making dietary choices. I personally have family members that suffer from the noted Orthorexia condition from the articles in the assignment. These individuals have such a limited diet that they have made themselves anemic, sick and drained of all energy. I can see that this is a serious condition that needs to be recognized by the the medical world in order for it to be addressed properly.
