Evaulation of 3 other blogs

Reflection on 3 other blogs

1) Fu Xinyi’s blog (http://21006fandn.blogspot.com/ )

She used the Food Intake Assessment tool to record her 3-day diet, thus having very precise descriptions about the food and portion sizing. She first made use of the Healthy Diet Pyramid and gave her own analysis and comments about her own diet, also providing her own suggestions on how she could improve her own diet. She then used the Food Intake Assessment tool to give her a greater understanding of her own diet. After her analysis, she realized that she was not consuming sufficient dietary fibre and calcium, thus chose a healthy dish that would provide her with these nutrients. She was very detailed when writing about the healthy dish, providing a very clear recipe and even a specific list of the nutritional facts of her dish. I felt that this was very good as she linked the analysis to her dish, wanting to make use of the dish to improve her diet.

2) Isabella Lee’s blog (http://isabella210-foodnnutrition.wikispaces.com/ )

Isabella used the Food Intake Assessment Tool to analyze her diet, which I felt could have been more complete if she had included the full analysis provided, with the nutritional messages given based on the results. This would have given her a greater insight on her own diet, allowing her to better understand what she needs to consume more of and what she should cut down on. Also, she could have included how the nutrients in the healthy dish that she chose would help her to improve her diet, so that she could have a better understanding on how to lead a healthier lifestyle. However, she did provide detailed reflections on the nutritional tools, going to the extent to explain how the tools had their limitations as they were not an accurate calculation of her body’s health status. This shows that she is very aware of her own diet as she is able to provide a clear analysis of the nutritional tools used.

3) Chim Sher Ting’s blog (http://210chimsherting.blogspot.com/ )

Sher Ting has clearly put in a lot of effort into this PT as she has exceeded the expectations for analyzing her diet. I like how she used the Food Intake Assessment tool to analyze each day of her diet separately, instead of combining them all together. This is a fresh perspective compared to everyone else. By comparing all the data from all three days, she would be able to know if it was one meal that caused the results to show that she was either eating too much or too little of something, or if it was the result of her consistently doing so. For example, by comparing the data, she was able to find out that her sodium intake greatly exceeded the recommended amount on all three days, and learnt that she had to cut down on this.