The potato
The potato was first found in the region of south America, exactlly in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia. The potato has been used of the incas way before the Spanish kingdom found them. More...
Nashi-Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta) also called Apple-Pear or Asian-Pear originate from the Rosaceae family (Rosengewächs) and was raised in China. Its name is japanese as "nashi" means pear (fun fact: We call it "pear-pear" 😄). In Japan there are 1'000 to 1'200 different sorts. They are mainly cultivated in East-Asia but in todays time also in Europe, South America and other parts of the world. This is because this species is able to abide temperatures up to minus 20 degrees celsius, therefore this plant also survives the cold swiss winters outside. The more sun and the less wind the better and profitable the harvest. The bountiful crop can be gathered in August/September. The nashi-pear consist more water than pears originated in Europe but the nutritional values are about the same. The trees don't have a gender, they are all hybrids and nontoxic. More...
Pumpkin (Cucurbita)
A pumpkin is a cultivar of a Squash plant.
Most of the pumpkins are round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin and mostly deep orange and yellow.More...
I’m my opinion it was hard to always think about the task during a stressful day. Sometime I forgot to update the data with my food and I inserted it in the evening. Additionally, it was not always clear in which category the food allocate too.
However, it was interesting to see how much food we are really eating per Day and what the ingredients are.
I‘m looking forward to see the data and work with it.
Loris
Our task was to track the Food we are eating during the last week. Honestly, I forgot it very often. During the first two days I sometimes remembered to track my food but at the Weekend and the days after I totally forgot it. I recognised my unhealthy eating habits. Not that the food which I ate was unhealthy, but mostly I haven't got enough time to eat a complete meal. At the Weekend I had an eventing competition so I just ate some energy supplying snacks between the different disciplines. I know very well what my Body needs in those situations to push my physical Performance. Furthermore I recognised that I never eat a dinner meal, I just grab something out of the fridge after my trainings, which is at 21.00 the earliest. For the future I think I will try to take time for mealtimes. :)
We got the task, to take pictures of every meal we ate during one week and upload it on the food app called "KaBo Toolbox". Now, I want to share with you my experiences of this little project.
In my opinion the app was easy to use and in general it didn't took that long to fill in all the necessarily data. However, it was quite tedious sometimes to notice every time to take a picture before I can eat especially because I don't have 24/7 my cellphone with me. Unfortunately, I am sure that I also forgot to take pictures of some snacks etc. every now and then.
I look forward to analyse and compare the collected data from all students.
Our mission was to track everything we eat during one week and upload pictures to a website.
Despite the fact that I was already familiar with recording my nutrition, training and so on, it was fairly interesting to do it again. It took me a bit longer for the preparation of my meals because I wanted to get nice pictures. I am very interested in seeing the outcome of the class as well as to analyze different reference point across the world.
I was very busy this week because I met a lot of friends and on the weekend, we made a little brunch. We invited over 20 people so there was a lot to do. Therefore it wasn’t easy for me to to make pictures and use the app all the time. All in one I tried my best but to be honest I forgot some things.
Normally I eat only lunch and dinner and it was already challenging for me to remember me twice a day. I think for people who eat a lot of snacks during the day it is really hard to forget nothing. I think the app is a good idea and interesting to analyze in the end but it takes a lot of time. I’m happy that we just have to do it one week.
Claudia Betschart, TZ 19
Hello Together
In the last week we took pictures of our dishes and meals at home or on travel.
In this post I want to highlight what are the diffuculties about this project are.
- To remember myself to take a photo of my dish before every meal wasn`t so easy. Beside them, you smartphone is not always at the same place like you. Sometimes i had to search me smartphone bevore eating the dish.
- You eat normaly two ore three times a day. So you have to take everywhere and always your smartphone with you.
I thought that the app was easy to operate it. If you collect your data`s for the dish (Ingrediants, Packaging), I was always very fast with the feed.
In conclusion I found it an interesting project to see what I exactly eat in one week.
Matthias Bänziger, TZ19
We use so much plastic everyday and are so burning more and more fossil fuels. This is very hurtfull for our planet and we will not have these ressourcers anymore, so we should change our habits now! More...
Hi everyone :)
I want to share my experience with the food app; KoBo Toolbox. We have to document what we eat the whole time and click what is in our food.
I had to reminde myself everytime I ate something that I have to capture a picture of it and to uploade it. Also that I have to know what is in it.
My experience was that when it was during school or during work I always uploaded it. But at the weekend I forgott it. I dont know why exactlly, but I think is because of that my ''eating time'' is not regular. It was also difficult to know exactlly what is in my food or is it local or not. Or if it is seasonal or not. Now I do a little research and learn somthing about the food I eat and I think that is very good! :)
I have to improve myself during the weekend that I also uploade what I eat then. I have to set an reminder on my phone that would help.
Melisa Sylejmani, TZ19 Zurich