Design and make a special diet product, which could be sold in a major food retail outlet.

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Assignment 2003 - 2004 " Sport Diet"

BRIEF

Design and make a special diet product, which could be sold in a major food retail outlet.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIETS

* Sport Diet - High Carbohydrate/ Low (medium) Fat

* Diabetic

* Cultural/Religious

* Allergies milk, wheat, eggs, nuts

* Vegetarians vegans/semi

* Calorie Controlled

* Diets for ill people heart problems - low in cholesterol

* Control Nutrient Levels low fat/high fibre/high vitamin/minerals

* Non - Alcoholic

Keywords

* Design

* Special Diet

* Product

* Major Food Retail Outlet

Points to Consider

* Ease of preparation

* Price

* Time

* Taste

* Nutritional value

* Presentation

* Ingredients

* Suitable for Brief

* Healthy

* Target Group

ANALYSIS

WHO FOR? People who are doing a lot of sport and need to stay in shape as well as have lots of energy.

WHAT? It will be a special diet product that will be suitable for athletic people.

WHERE? It will be sold in a major food retail outlet.

WHY? It is being done for a GCSE project.

WHEN? It will be finished in the next 6 months.

RESEARCH

Many more people are now aware and concerned about their own health and this has brought about a change of attitude to exercise. It is not just the sporting elite who enjoy and seek fitness. Ordinary people also want the benefits that go with fitness and some go to extraordinary lengths to achieve high levels of performance. With this diet it would make it easier for them to exercise and keep up with it.

Body composition is important to both the top sports people and to ordinary people. The elite athletes have a good body build for their sport and one reason for taking part in sport is that it improves body shape. The first thing that would spring to mind for most people is their weight, that's why this diet is especially good as it makes you lose weight without being totally exhausted. Weight loss can be brought about in one of 3 ways, but each is concerned with the energy balance. We need energy to produce muscle contractions, and for the growth and repair of tissues. People who want to lose weight usually do so by using one of the 3 possible methods:

. Decreasing kilocalorie energy intake

2. Increasing kcal energy expenditure

3. Using a combination of both

The body needs fuel to provide energy for all of its activities. An adult body needs 46 nutrients to remain fit and healthy. A nutrient is a substance essential for the well being of the human body. All 46 nutrients are found in the seven compositions of a normal diet: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water and roughage. Although not a nutrient, water is essential for life. Dietary fibre is also needed to keep the digestive system in good working order. No single food provides all the nutrients a body needs, so it is important to eat a variety of foods. Most foods can be divided into four main groups and a smaller fifth group, based on the nutrients provided.

. Bread, other cereals and potatoes

2. Fruit and vegetables

3. Milk and dairy foods

4. Meat, fish and alternatives + Fatty and sugary foods

It is important to achieve a balanced diet as all the nutrients needed by the body can be obtained by eating a wide range of foods from each of the four main groups shown above.

In my diet the most important thing is ENERGY because you need it to be able to do all the exercise. Because you are exercising you are also getting rid of any calories that settle on your body as fat, but you don't exercise so obsessively as to become really thin, but healthily. Even when a person is resting, energy is needed to keep the body ticking over. The amount of energy needed for important processes such as breathing and keeping the heart beating, is called the basal metabolic rate (BMR).

Activity levels also affect a person's energy requirements. A person who has an active job involving lots of walking is likely to need more energy than someone who sits at a desk each day. Physical activities such as football, cycling, swimming, tennis and hockey also increase the need for energy.

To keep body weight constant, the amount of energy provided by food needs to match the amount provided by food needs to match the amount of energy used by the body. If the diet provides more energy than it is needed, the extra is stored as adipose tissue (or fat) and weight gain occurs. In the long term, a person may become overweight or obese. In contrast if the diet supplies less energy than is required, stores of adipose tissue are used to provide the extra energy needed and weight loss occurs.

The best way to lose excess body fat is to reduce the amount of energy provided by food whilst increasing the amount of energy used by the body.

The components of diet which provide energy are: fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Most foods contain a mixture of these nutrients. The amount of energy provided by a particular food (sometimes called the energy value), depends upon the combined amount of energy provided by each of the nutrients. The energy value of a food is usually expressed in kilojoules (kJ) or kilocalories (kcal). In everyday language, most people refer to kilocalories as calories.

INITIAL SPECIFICATION

Because my product is made ideally for people who need the right type of food to help them get fit or for those who already do a lot of sport it would have to include all of the nutrients but in the right measures to achieve the wanted result. My product will be for people of any age, gender and any fitness. The foods that I want to make wouldn't be too expensive and it doesn't matter on their size either. Preferably I would try to make a product that you can store for a while so that it is more useful.
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CARBOHYDRATES

Carbohydrates are important because they maintain our body's energy stores. There are 2 types of carbohydrate:

* Sugar

* Starch

Multiple sugars called polysaccharides occur as starch or fibre. Starch is found in bread, pasta, potatoes and rice, which should form about 47% of our daily energy. Foods that have been highly processed, such as confectionary and chocolate are often referred to as simple carbohydrates and also contain fat, so shouldn't be eaten too often. Carbohydrates give us energy as they provide the sugar needed for muscular contraction. Muscles can obtain energy from ...

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