Exercises:

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Fidgeting: 175 Fidgeting: 175 Texting: 40 Texting: 40 Texting: 40

Calories Calories Calories Calories Calories

Walk: 120 Walk: 120 Running: 164 Running: 228 Running: 164
Calories Calories Calories Calories Calories

Laughing: 30 Laughing: 30 Walk: 60 Walk: 90 Walk: 90

Calories Calories Calories Calories Calories

Sleep: 378 Sleep: 378 Sleep: 252 Sleep: 315 Sleep: 315
Calories Calories Calories Calories Calories

Calories Burned: Calories Burned: Calories Burned: Calories Burned: Calories Burned:
703 Calories 703 Calories 516 Calories 673 Calories 609 Calories

CDC Recommended:
Fruits 2 cups

Vegetables 3 cups

Grains 8 ounce
equivalents

Dairy 3 cups

Proteins 6 ounce
equivalents

Oils 6 teaspoons

My Food Pyramid:
Recommended:

Evaluate recommended servings to your actual servings and why your body only
needs the recommended. Connect intake of food to the significance of molecules
(biomolecules and enzymes) in metabolic processes and energy conversions that
occur in living organisms to support homoeostasis.

This is not the essay for the last question, just the
answers to the above questions
Typically, I ate more than the recommended amount. Your body only needs
the reccomended to maintain a healthy life. Each different food group has
something special in it that your body means. For example, vegetables and fruits
give us sugar and special minerals that help our body. Our bodies cannot single
handedly produce enough of the following 4 biomolecules so it needs to get it
from somewhere else. That somewhere else is food. Without these your body
wont be able to maintain homeostasis and you will die.
The intake of food is significant for many reasons. Proteins are significant
because when we intake proteins we get amino acids and polypeptides (which is
multiple amino acids). Amino acids are important because they basic building
blocks of enzymes, hormones, proteins, and body tissues. There are 2 different
types of proteins. Fibrous proteins form many structural parts of cells and body
tissues while some globular proteins are hormones, antibodies, hemoglobin, etc.
Globular proteins are most proteins and provide us with necessary functions that
are needed in the human body. Without these 2 things, a body would not be able
to maintain homeostasis and would die. It is needed that a body fight off germs,
has tissue, builds enzymes, etc. or else the body would not be able to stay
balanced.
The carbohydrates we get from food are important too. Carbohydrates give
us simple sugars (monosaccharides) and complex starch (polysaccharides).
Carbohydrates are important to the human body because they store energy in
both plants and animals. They give us energy so we can operate in our day-to-
day lives. Plants and animals store complex carbohydrates as a reservoir of
energy for future use. Monosaccharides are our primary use of energy. If it wasnt
for energy, our body would not be able to function. We need energy for
homeostasis so every other part can do there job. If it wasnt for energy, nothing
would do anything and we would just die.
Also, lipids are extremely important too. Lipids give us fatty acids, oils,
steroids (like glissorone) and triacylglycerols. Fats are essential to give your body
energy and to support cell growth. They also help protect your organs and help keep
your body warm. Fats help your body absorb some nutrients and produce important
hormones, too. Vegetable oils and fats do not contain cholesterol as such but can
help maintain or reduce blood cholesterol levels. They are important to maintain
homeostasis because bodies need to have energy, maintain the right body heat,
protect its organs, grow new cells, and maintain cholesterol. Without this you will
die since your body wont be balanced.
Finally, nucleic acid is important. Nucleic acid gives us nucleotides and
polynucleotides. These are crucial to maintain homeostasis. Nucleic acid is what
makes up DNA and RNA. DNA and RNA are essential to the continuation of life.
Information to create proteins is stored within DNA as configurations of the 4
nitrogenous bases. Offspring need this DNA. Also, during protein synthesis, RNA
is used as a messenger to translate the DNA into proteins. Without DNA and
RNA we would have no proteins. Proteins are crucial to life as explained in
paragraphs above. They are needed to maintain homeostasis.
In conclusion, enzymes break down all of these biomolecules so our own
bodies can use them. Our bodies cannot make enough by themselves so they
get them from other things. Proteins, lipids, nucleic acid, and carbohydrates all
serve important functions to maintain homeostasis. Without them, we would be
dead.

Choose one of the 4 macromolecules and explain how to complete this sentence:
How a molecule (nucleic acid, protein, lipid, or carbohydrate) is *_______ to
maintain homeostasis.
*transported
*converted
*synthesized
*metabolized

How a molecule of protein is synthesized to maintain homeostasis.

A molecule of protein is synthesized to maintain homeostasis (which is

simply balance) because when when a cell synthesizes a polypeptide (which is a
protein polymer), the chain generally folds spontaneously to assume the
functional conformation for that protein. The folding is reinforced by a variety of
bonds between parts of the chain, which in turn depends on the sequence of
amino acids. These different forms have different functions. There are numerous
functions of proteins inside of a cell to maintain homeostasis. Some of these
include structural support, storage, transport, cellular signaling, movement, and
defense against foreign substances, but most importantly, protein enzymes
function as catalysts in cells, regulating metabolism by selectively accelerating
chemical reactions without being consumed. Structural support is needed for
homeostasis because without it we would just be a blob and would not be able to
obtain the energy we need. Storage is needed for homeostasis because
otherwise if we ran out of food/water and didnt have any around us, our body
would have nothing to work on and would die. We need energy in order to move
and keep active. If it wasnt for protein we would have to continuously eat food.
Transport is needed because things need to go around for homeostasis.
Transport is important because without it necessities like oxygen wouldnt be able
to get throughout our body and everything would die. Cellular signaling is
important because without it our cells would not work together and we would die.
It is crucial that our cells work together otherwise they wont know what to do.
Defence is one of the most important because it is what protects us from
viruses/bacteria/etc. Without proteins, we would get sick extremely easily causing
us all to die. Finally, regulating metabolism is important because without it, we
wouldnt produce enzymes that are crucial for digestion. Things would just sit in
our stomach and we wouldn't be able to get the nutrients we need from it.
Without this cell synthesizing, we wouldnt have all the functions that proteins
provide us with, which would make us not achieve homeostasis. As humans, if
we dont have homeostasis we die. Thats why it is crucial we get all of these
functions in order to live.

A concluding statement about how reflecting on the food journal either

confirmed personal choices or helped to inform the student to make better
choices.

In my food journal it confirmed my personal choices about eating except for 1

thing. My current eating habits are supplying me with a healthy life. I need to eat
more grains. I am only eating about the recommended amount grain at 4 cups.
I need to eat 6-11 cups daily. I also ate 3x the amount of protein that is
recommended. On dairy, fruits, vegetables, and fats, I ate the recommended
each day. My personal food choices were reflected well. High cholesterol runs on
my dad's side of my family. When I was 11 I had to give up unhealthy eating. My
food table showed me that I am on track with my diet. I am mainly eating
proteins, fruits, and vegetables. My goal is to eat more healthy food then fatty
food. My goals were well reflected throughout this journal. The one thing I need
to eat more of is grains. I predict if I eat more grains, I can be even healthier. I
need to eat grains to get necessary carbs. I know am empowered to make the
decision to eat more carbs in my diet.

Hypothesis: If I continue my current eating habits, then I will have a healthy

lifestyle.