Nutrition in Different Cultures
(Canadian VS China)
What you prefer to eat that not only depend on what your eat habit are, but also it related to where do you inhabit.
Based on the different geographical conditions and cultures, different countries have their own nutrition needs. According to high latitude that means less sunshine and low absorbed from real foods, the nutrition of Vitamin D which is highly demand in Canadian food market. Literally, all milk and cereal which most Canadian eat everyday that have been added Vitamin D. Before I came to Canada, I have no clue about it because in China milk and cereal are not the mainstream breakfast. Not like in Canada, all milks are produced in China that are whole milk without extra Vitamin nutrition added.
(Figure 1. Canadian Milk) (Figure 2. Chinese Milk)
Secondly, the concepts of nutrition facts that people need also reflected by different background people. In China,people think vegetables should be cooked because after cooking all nutrition will be generated. However, Canadian prefer to eat fresh vegetables without cooking, because they believe the cooked vegetables would lose calories and nutrition.
(Figure 3. Canadian Salad) (Figure 4. Chinese Fried Tomato and Broccoli)
Whether what your cultural background are , it is widely acknowledged that nutrition become more important globally which means more and more people start to take care their physical conditions. Health is always the basic capital to revolution. Although people maintain their health by going to the gym, it is not enough. At the same time, nutrition plays a important role in culinary to ensure human body’s daily needs, such as custom-made meal plan. I believe that’s how the trends goes on, people don’t only eat to eliminate the hunger, they choose what they eat which has nutrition that they need in priority.
Sources:
Figure 1. Saputo Dairy Products. (2017). [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.neilsondairy.com/en/products/milk
Figure 2. Mengniu Dairy Products. (2017). [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.mengniu.com.cn/product/brand/tls
Figure 3. Lee Holmes. (2017). [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.wellbeing.com.au/body/recipes/beauty-simple-salads.html
Figure 4. Chacha. (2011). [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6bf8cea50100tgyx.html
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