"Meals on Wheels"- Team Red

We were assigned to analyze the three menus given to us, as nutritionists, and classify them, say which ones had the most nutrients, which menu we thought was long-term and short-term, etc.

After being assigned our project, our group from the “Meals on Wheel” project had the idea to classify each day from each menu. We were going to say the nutrients that had a lot in each menu and the ones who had barely any. Although, Ms. Silva told us that we had to make it broader, so we classified the entire menus, instead of classifying each day.

We were told to make a presentation, so I was in charge of making the powerpoint presentation(I was as well in charge of helping my group classify the menus and getting all the work together) while the other three members from my group were assigned to classify the menus. Luis Esteve classified Menu 1, Beatriz Jacob classified Menu 2, while Rodrigo Ussier classified Menu 3.

We ended up realizing that Menu 1 was the short-term diet, because it wasn´t very varied, and it didn´t have as much carbohydrates, lipids and proteins one needs. Menu 2 ended up being the long-term diet because it was very healthy and had enough nutrients for a long-term diet. While Menu 3 had lots of lipids, and none carbohydrates. The carbohydrates are the “first burn”(first source of energy you use when you exercise), and the lipids are the “second burn”, therefore the lipids substituted the carbs. Menu 3 is a very unusual diet, although still one. But it isn't very healthy beause it has way too many lipids and it can clog vessels, giving one a heart attack or a stroke, etc.

I learned a lot from this science project. I learned how to classify a Menu-something I had never done before-, I learned how to classify if a diet is short-term, or long-term, etc. This project really added to my science knowledge, I now know more much more about nutrients, and I didn't even know I could learn so much in such a "broad project". 

Referring to my other skills, such as teamwork, it helped a lot, our team was very efficient and all of us worked, we communicated with each other, and divided the jobs equally. When we started this project, we weren't very organized, therefore we wasted two classes, however later, we realized that we needed to be more and made it. As for time management we were a little bit behind, but we eventually caught up, we worked very fast and very efficiently. 


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