HOPSITALITY
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Infancy
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An
infant may develop an allergy towards milk or egg.
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Childhood
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Is
when you are most likely to develop obesity.
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Adolescence
(12-20)
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Can
become overweight from eating too many fatty foods.
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Adulthood
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An
adult can easily develop diabetes at this age and should stay away from foods
containing high amounts of sugar.
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Old
age
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Stay
away form high fatty foods and carbohydrates as their metabolism gets slower
and therefore gain weight faster than most people.
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Explain the difference
between a special food need that an individual may be born with and a special
food need that may develop as a result of illness or the environment in which a
person lives. Give examples to illustrate your ideas. You will need to explain
why special foods are needed.
A special food need that an individual may be born
with would be allergies and intolerance's. An allergy is a damaging immune
response by the body to a substance, to which it has become hypersensitive. A
special food need that an individual may develop as a result of illness or the
environment is diabetes type 2. Type 2 diabetes is when a non-insulin
dependent-persons body does produce insulin but fat cells resist the insulin.
Majority of cases are due to obesity. The differences between these two special
food needs are that one of them you are born with, and the other you will
develop over time. With allergies, you cannot chose to have it or not or
prevent getting it. But with type 2 diabetes you can prevent getting the
illness if you eat well and are not obese.
You will be
allocated a lifestyle disease or choices from the ones studied in class and a
scenario to address. Explain what causes the problem or what motivates a person
to adopt certain eating habits, the risks associated with the choice and the steps
that should be taken to reduce these risks. You will also need to include
information on the foods your group can or cannot eat. (500 words on your blog)
Some people are born being a vegan or a lacto-ovo vegetarian,
or some people adopt these kinds of eating habits. A vegan and a locato-ovo vegetarian
cant eat things such as any eggs, milk and strictly no meats.
Vegetarian
food needs:
Things that vegetarians should include in their diets
are things such as tofu, lentils, beans, nuts, grains, leafy greens, seaweed
and dried fruits.
Vegan food needs:
Veganism is
the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in
diet, as well as an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of sentient animals.
A follower of veganism is known as a vegan.
Vegans
can eat things like, fruit, vegetables, soy, beans and
grains.
Things vegans can’t eat include, anything from an animal. No meat, no
animal by-products like dairy, eggs, certain gelatines, stock, lard, tallow,
bouillon, certain dyes, etc.
Justify your
choices and explain why the items selected are suitable. (500 words from each
partner individually on your blog)
The
items that we chose to cook which we thought were suitable for a lacto-ovo vegetarian
and a vegan were coconut cupcakes and spring rolls. We chose these specific
foods for our two meals because they both fit the category of a lacto-ovo vegetarian
and a vegan. I believe that the two foods we chose to cook fit well into the
afternoon tea catergory and were two completely different types of food which
made it more interesting. The spring rolls were new to me since I’ve never made
them before and it was a bit challenging at first but got better as we all
helped eachother out and got there in the end. I also believe the coconut
cupcakes were a good choose too since they are what you would eat in the
afternoon and they were also an easy make. Both foods turned out brilliant and
very delicious. The both food items we think, very suitable for our specific
food choices.
Evaluate the entire assignment in terms of what you
learnt, the skills you utilized and developed, the success or not of your food
choices, your time management for both practical and research sections, ideas
for improvement. (600-800 words on your blog).
The whole assignment summed up was very enjoyable
and fun. I think we worked out what we were going to do at the very start and
had the assignment well organized which made our time management good and
manageable enough to do in the time frame we got. For our assignment I was
paired with Lily and Maritza and together we got a lacto-ovo vegetarian and a vegan
to research and look up. With this assignment I got to learn many new things
about special food needs and what people with those specific food choices can
consume and what they can’t. I’ve learnt that lacto-ovo vegetarian and a vegan
can’t eat foods such as eggs, milk and strictly no meat. This information was
new to me since I never knew that before this assignment. The actual practical
work of the assignment was my favourite. Cooking the coconut cupcakes and the
spring rolls was a lot of fun and the outcome was great. I was really impressed
especially with the spring rolls seeing as though that was the first time
making them and they turned out so well. The practical cooking was done and
finished in the time frame and was managed well. We had no major difficulties
in making our specific food choices which was a bonus and altogether we really
worked well as a team to help eachother finish in time. I really enjoyed this
assignment and was happy with everything I’ve learnt from it and also now being
able to make a new food which I never knew how to make before.
