Nutritional Site That Is Designed

¶ … nutritional site that is designed to advise readers about the importance of eating healthy foods. The writer explores the website and provides feedback as to its reliability. There was one source used to complete this paper.

This website offers a wide range of advice with regards to eating nutritionally balanced meals. It is does little to explain the scientific elements of why a person should eat well, but does allude to the idea that if one eats well one will be healthier and live a longer life.

This article and research conclusion was originally published by the New York Department of Aging and focuses primarily on the topic of nutrition for those who are aging. While everybody ages when people begin to enter their senior years their health often becomes more fragile than it had been in the past and at the same time their appetite begins to decrease (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles).

This creates a possible climate for deteriorating health that can be exacerbated by not eating properly.

One of the things this site offers is an area for eating tips. Within this area the site provides helpful hints and guidance about how the person can make healthy choices in his or her everyday eating habits (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles).

Here are some tips for healthy eating at home, work and elsewhere. To help you get started, try some of these ideas (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles)."

Some of the hints include adding bananas or berries to breakfast food. This is a good tip for the elderly because it is not unusual for people in this age bracket to become malnutrition and this tip will help them to remember to put some fiber and fruit in their diet each day (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles).

Wouldn't it be easier to eat something if it was right in front of you? An easy way to make fruits and vegetables more accessible to you is to make sure you buy them. Make sense, right? So when you go grocery shopping, hit the produce section first. Then keep bowls of fruit on the kitchen table and counter. Now that you've bought them, eat them (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles)."

The above passage is not a very helpful passage as in today's America most people are already aware of the need for fruits, grains and other natural foods without being reminded of the need. In addition the passage does not advise the reader about which fruits and vegetables might be the best choice to purchase at the store.

The site is somewhat condescending in its communication style until one gets into some of the links provided and then sees the more detailed and higher level information that is provided to them.

This site has several strengths and weaknesses. One of the most important strengths that it has is its reader friendliness. The site is easy to maneuver around and the text is written in easy to understand relatively simple terms so that those who want to gain the information will not have a hard time doing so. Another strength of this site is the fact that it provides recipes for the reader to use that are nutritionally sound.

This is important because many people, including the elderly are aware that they need to eat better but are not sure how to begin. These recipes give them a jump start into the types of meals that they can prepare.

Using these recipes can serve as a foundation to build new recipes using low sodium products and fresh foods as is demonstrated by the recipe section of the site (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles).

This site has one significant weakness and that is in the way the information is presented. It is important to keep things simple and short so that the everyday reader can understand the information however, in this particular site there is little to no information about why it is necessary to eat nutritional meals. A site that explained more about the process and how each type of food benefited the body would give the readers confidence that they needed to comply. In addition they would be able to look up specific foods and their strengths to decide what to do about their own habits. For example, if the site provided information about what beta carotene does and what foods provide it then reader who wanted those health benefits would be able to understand exactly what to get them.

What can we say about fried foods? They taste great, but are not great for you. They're high in fat. We've come up with a few suggestions that will save your arteries. Use oils sparingly (try olive and canola oils). Bake chicken without the skin. Substitute a potato for french fries (Nutrition and Aging Well (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/eatwell/index.htm#articles)."