Plants Here, Plants There, Plants Everywhere (Lockdown Edition)

Hi people!! How are you? Me, again

Well,  I spent last weekend with the Master on Neuroscience online classes. (Yeah, I DO get bored, too!)

 But on Saturday morning we talked a lot about... FOOD and BRAIN. The nutritionist that was delivering the class talked a lot about DIETS so I remembered you!!!

We also discussed how a misunderstood study (or a totally prepared marketing campaign) made us believe (and use and teach) the benefits of the FOOD PYRAMID for a long time.

but...



So, which balanced meal plan should we use???

I'm also leaving here two great TED talks:

1) my favourite chef JAMIE OLIVER. Although it's a bit old, his concepts are absolutely correct!!


 

2) How healthy would we be if we could have a green urban farm?

    

 
As Jamie Oliver says, the problem with young people and vegetables/fuits is that they don't know where veggies come from and the enormous work it takes to keep them alive. So, we are going to grow our own plants!!
For Monday, August 31st , I would like to see all your CD germination (one per person) photos !!!
These are the instructions:

  But I don't want everybody to use the same kind of seeds, so  people in

*  GROUP 1
Castro Neto- Verruno- Frizza- Padula- Ghio-Rodriguez- Allocati- Korec- Elliff- Mendoza-Galli- Guerrero will be using VEGETABLE SEEDS (the ones you have at home such as pumpkin, bellpepper, tomato) (no Beans, please!)

*  GROUP 2
 Giustinian- Guerreiro- Gomez Abritta- Cracogna- Lopez Marquez- Cabral- Mininni- Coccaro- Montero- Calderón-Prola- Bortayro will be using FRUIT SEEDS (the ones you have at home such as lemon, apple, orange)

* GROUP 3
Santi- Arias- Wainer- Aquilani- Zalazar- Montes- Barbará- Pappalardo- Arrua- Prieto Duro- Amettler will be using potatoes, onions, carrots, lettuce or sweet potatoes to obtain a plant. You will have to check your fridge to find a potato, an onion or a carrot that already has roots or sprouts.(like the ones in the picture)

I'd like you to send me pictures of your CD boxes every 15 days!!!

It will be a kind of HUNGER GAMES. Instead of districts, each of you will represent your plant group. The students who take care of their plants properly and whose plant makes it to November 30th will get a 10. The ones who don't...  The plant group with the most survivors will get an extra 10! #MayTheOddsBeEverInYourFavour

Let's become #UrbanFarmers!!

 XXX

Andrea 

PS: This is an old picture of me with my grand uncle for you to see how much I have always loved plants (up to the point of trying to eat a tree hahaha)

It's (not) all about the diet

Hi, my beloved students!!! How are you doing? How is this quarantine treating you? How many kilos have you gained so far??? XD
 Well, the title of my post is connected to a very famous song by Meghan Trainor. Do you know remember it? What is it about?



 Yes!! Food, diets, stereotypes and all the concepts we have been discussing in class lately.

 First of all, we discussed our distorted models. Sometimes, Photoshopping is not the best solution!!!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/the-most-wtf-celebrity-photoshop-fails-of-all-time

 I'll post a million super interesting videos for us to discuss in upcoming classess!! ( In the same groups you formed for the "Origin of life"  I would like to see a summary on these videos before Thursday August 27th)

1) This is Sandra's Amodt's video.



2) This is a great video on the Psychology of food based on the article written by Diego Golombek



3) Now, Let's discover why we are hungry!

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4) Do you want to lose weight (but scientifically)??



5) Can I be a celiac?




Lat class, we also discussed the two meanings of the word DIET

noun: diet; plural noun: diets

1.

the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.--> WESTERN/EASTERN DIETS

 

2.a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons

  

 

I would like to discuss with you some of the TRENDY DIETS people follow these days. For each diet, I would like to know:

*The notion behind it
*The restrictions they apply
*Creator of the diet
*Positive and negative points
*Calory consumption per day

Let's divide this into 8 groups

VEGAN DIET: Allocati- Elliff (Intensivo 2) Castro Neto- Frizza  (Intensivo 1)
VEGETARIAN DIET: Giustinian- Lopez Marquez (Intensivo 2) Ghio-Mininni (Intensivo 1)
DETOX DIET: Gomez Abritta- Montes (Intensivo 2) Montero- Prola (Intensivo 1)
KETO DIET: Pappalardo- Galli (Intensivo 2) Santi- Wainer (Intensivo 1)
FASTING Prieto Duro- Amettler (Intensivo 2) Zalazar- Aquilani (Intensivo 1)
DR RAVENNA'S DIET Arrua- Barbará- Cabral (Intensivo 2) Arias- Bortayro- Calderón (Intensivo 1)
PALEO DIET: Cracogna- Guerreiro (Intensivo 2) Cóccaro- Mendoza (Intensivo 1)
ALKALINE DIET: Guerrero- Korec- Rodriguez (Intensivo 2) Padula- Verruno (Intensivo 1)

  With the collaboration of all the groups, you will make a chart  for THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th comparing them.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OHEAV1wXEO7QD37FugUSzsx9AS8wiZGQ/view?usp=sharing

As a part of this unit is about food and diet, I'm posting the questionnaire on the Scientific Chef for you to start working.

( you can download it from the link blow)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Az9VoTeL5xq_eFcpEbCtyipQ2E0qPkJO

The deadline will be Monday September 14th

  Each group will have to answer ten assigned questions as a COOKING SHOW VIDEO (Gourmet, or Utilisima) no longer than 10 minutes, prepare a written menu and a digital chart with the content of sugar or salt in a certain group of food.(there are two examples in the questionnaire)


GROUP 1
Allocati- Elliff - Lopez Marquez - Castro Neto- Frizza

Questions 1-11/ Menu: Healthy breakfast for a student/ Chart: sugar content of common sweets we eat

GROUP 2
Giustinian- Ghio- Mininni-Gomez Abritta- Montes

Questions 12-22/ Menu: Healthy lunch for sportsman for the day of the competition/ Chart: sugar content of beverages

GROUP 3
Montero- Prola- Pappalardo- Galli-Aquilani

Questions 23-32/ Menu: Healthy dinner for a diabetic person/ Chart: fat content of the dressings we use

GROUP 4
Wainer- Prieto Duro- Amettler-  Zalazar- Santi

Questions 33-42/ Menu: Healthy breakfast for a pregnant woman/ Chart: fat content of the different kinds of potatoes we eat

GROUP 5
Arrua- Barbará- Cabral- Arias- Calderón

Questions 43-52/ Menu: Healthy dinner for a man with a heart condition/ Chart: salt content of the beverages we drink

GROUP 6
Cracogna- Guerreiro- Cóccaro- Mendoza- Bortayro

Questions 53-62/ Menu: Healthy lunch for a student like you/ Chart: fat and calories content of common fast food we eat

GROUP 7
Guerrero- Korec- Rodriguez- Padula- Verruno

Questions 63-71/ Menu: Healthy dinner for a woman with a kidney condition/ Chart: salt content of common processed food

*QUESTIONNAIRE

 













For Group 4, which has to cover meat, I found a very helpful link with info for you to include in your presentation: the link is the following:

http://carnebellingham.com/beef/

Are we really what we eat????  Regarding the information on chapter 10, here you have a video to review your concepts




 In case of doubts, please, remember, you can contact me in different ways:

sdelrio_andrea@yahoo.com

Andrea Bio-logics

                        

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                         Andrea