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A Sumo Wrestler’s Diet vs. Singaporean Teenager’s Diet

A Sumo Wrestler’s Diet vs. Singaporean Teenager’s Diet. Assignment. Analyze your nutrition and diet pattern by using the info provided by the Health Promotion Board of Singapore. Compare your diet against that of a person with unique, interesting or specialized nutritional diet.

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A Sumo Wrestler’s Diet vs. Singaporean Teenager’s Diet

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  1. A Sumo Wrestler’s Diet vs. Singaporean Teenager’s Diet

  2. Assignment • Analyze your nutrition and diet pattern by using the info provided by the Health Promotion Board of Singapore. • Compare your diet against that of a person with unique, interesting or specialized nutritional diet

  3. Sumo Wrestler’s diet: Chanko-nabe • The caloric staple of the sumo diet of sumo • Nutritious, hearty one-pot meal consisting of broth, vegetables, meat or seafood

  4. Chanko-nabe: Trivia • The word chanko is derived from chan, the intimate family form of address • Sumo wrestlers live and work together at their coach's gym. They eat only twice a day: after their morning practice at 11:00 a.m. and again at 7:00 p.m.

  5. Chanko-nabe variation • 1 large chicken • 1 large Chinese cabbage • 1/2 daikon radish • 1 large eggplant • 3 large leeks • 4 large onions • 5 large carrots • 12 shiitake mushrooms • 2 cakes fresh tofu • 1/2 cup soy sauce • 1 cup sake • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 packages udon noodles *Note: this is a vegetable based meal

  6. 1 serving of chanko-nabe

  7. How do sumo wrestlers get fat? • Skip breakfast • Exercise on an empty stomach • Take a nap after eating • Eat late in the day • Always eat in a social atmosphere

  8. Singaporean teenager’s diet (per day) • Breakfast consists of Milo and white bread • Recess consists of snacks • Home meals consist of 2 servings of carbohydrates (noodles and rice)

  9. Nutritional info

  10. Comparison

  11. Conclusion • A sumo wrestler’s meal is more than enough for an average Singapore teenager for a day! • A sumo wrester consumes far too much cholesterol and sodium which makes him more liable to heart diseases

  12. Credits • Nicholas Chen (2) • Chermaine Koh (4) • Renee Lim (11) • Shi Yi (18) • Sylvie Tan (19) • M06302

  13. Bibliography • http://www.montrealfood.com/nabe2.html • http://www.slate.com/id/2110026 • http://www.fitness-life.com/48a.htm • http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2005/03/21/sumo_wrestlers_this_is_how_you_get_fat.php • http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/10/1167 • http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=1016

  14. Q&A • Any queries?

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