QUANTIFIED SELF PROJECT MOTIVATION:
The Project Motivation was to derive a meaningful inference from the perspective of analysis, a better understanding and parameters fluctuations, and positive or negative impact on my health-related parameters and in sync and coordination with the famous saying “Health is Wealth,” leveraging the data transfer capabilities driven wearables, smart digital medical devices, and power of analytics and especially after deploying in parallel some of the lifestyle-related changes from the perspective of different adopted diet pattern during this project for the precise, accurate assessment of the evaluation and impact of diet on the overall quality of my health-related crucial parameters.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE BRIEF OVERVIEW:
The Project‘s main objective was to have a better, accurate, and precise understanding of the magnitude of the impact of different forms of diet patterns, such as Keto, Vegan, High-Carb (Complex Healthy Carbs mostly), and my Regular Veg-Non Veg diets, on the overall quality of my crucial health parameters conditions and to derive meaningful inferences from the perspective of analysis, a better understanding of any of the significant fluctuations or impacts on my health-related critical parameters such a blood glucose levels, Systolic & Diastolic Blood Pressure levels, Weight gain or lost variations, Body energy level impacts following different formats of diets, sleep variations, and body mass index variations, adapting the diverse and specific structure of diet’s to a more significant proportion for the set of various planned durations of this approximately four months Quantified Self project.
DATA COLLECTION STRATEGY & APPROACH:
For the Quantified-Self Project, the data collection activity strategy included the collection of my health data from a range of innovative and data transfer functionality-driven medical devices such as intelligent blood pressure monitoring device, blood glucose monitor, with data transfer capability, and smart Bluetooth digital weighing scale with the ability of even measuring BMI and data transfer.
In addition to leveraging some of the intelligent medical devices for data extraction for this project, the data accumulated from my smart-watch to capture and retain the fitness activity and sleep pattern count levels related data in the form of sleep hours, calories burnt, miles and steps walked in a day were also leveraged in conjunction with the medical health devices data.
The data collection and tracking activity commenced from Jan-15 till April 20th. During different monthly phases, other formats of diets were also strictly consumed to a more significant proportion, and following the extraction and collection of various health and activity level data from varied data sources, they were carefully merged in the CSV file format file for data processing and analysis activities execution, and following the data merge and acquisition activity, my health and fitness data file was also thoroughly scanned for any data inaccuracy errors, such as missing value evaluation, assignment of incorrect variable types, and those deficiencies were also taken care where ever necessary in my health project file before proceeding towards the crucial data processing and analysis activity.
PROJECT VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES:
As in-scope of my Quantified-Self Project, I deployed various visualization techniques by the mechanism of developing a varied range of gg plots such as bar plots, Box plots, multiple scatter plots with facets, multiple Interactive Plots, Density-Plot, Histogram plots, q-plots, Time series plots, and Correlation Scatter Plots, and to derive a concrete and meaningful inference from the perspective of analysis, a better understanding and parameters fluctuations, and positive or negative impact on my health-related parameters by the process of carefully examining and analyzing the various range of derived visual data plots. Some outliers were also present in the data set, although they were not eliminated because those were actual readings.
The central objectivity of the developed plots is to primarily assess whether any patterns of deviations are observed significantly in the various developed visual elements for some of my health-related and fitness energy levels related variables; during the project, different phases durations when another format of diets was adopted in my lifestyle as referenced below:
PROJECT PHASES AND DIFFERENT DIET ADOPTED OVERVIEW:
PROJECT PHASE- 1: JAN 15th – JAN 31st : REGULAR VEG-NON-VEG DIET FOLLOWED
PROJECT PHASE- 2: FEB 1st – FEB 28th : VEGAN DIET FOLLOWED TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION.
PROJECT PHASE- 3: MAR 1st -MAR 31st : CARB-RICH DIET (HEALTHY COMPLEX CARB ORIENTED) FOLLOWED TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION.
PROJECT PHASE- 4: APR 1st – APR 20th : KETO DIET (HEALTHY FAT-LOW CARB DIET) FOLLOWED TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION.
DATA VISUALS RELATED QUESTIONS:
RESEARCH QUESTION-1 (RQ-1):
Does consuming different formats of Diet or any of the specifically adapted diet formats have any significant impact or no impact on my body’s Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure values?
RESEARCH QUESTION-2 (RQ-2):
Does consumption of any specific format-based Diets to a more significant proportion significantly impact the quantity of the average sleeping hours per day?
VISUALS RELATED QUESTIONS (CONT-):
RESEARCH QUESTION-3 (RQ-3):
Does my high daily activity level above the average significantly impact the increase or decrease of my body’s blood glucose levels value in Mg/dL?
RESEARCH QUESTION-4 (RQ-4):
Does consuming different formats of Diet or any of the specifically adapted diet formats have any significant impact or no impact on my body’s Blood Glucose level values?
RESEARCH QUESTION-5 (RQ-5):
Does consuming different Diet formats have any significant or no impact on my body’s energy levels or the magnitude of my high or low day activity levels?
RESEARCH QUESTION-6 (RQ-6):
Does my high daily activity level above the average significantly impact the increase or decrease of my body’s Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure levels value in mm Hg?
RESEARCH QUESTION-7 (RQ-7):
Is there any positive, negative, or no correlation between my blood glucose values in Mg/dL and the magnitude of miles covered or high-low daily activity levels?
RESEARCH QUESTION-8 (RQ-8):
Is there any positive, negative, or no correlation between my Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure values in mm Hg and the magnitude of miles covered or high-low daily activity levels?
RESEARCH QUESTION-9 (RQ-9):
Does my body have more tendency to burn calories to a more or less significant proportion while consuming different formats of Diet or any of the specifically adapted diet formats?
RESEARCH QUESTION-10 (RQ-10):
Does consuming different Diet formats impact my tendency to increase my body mass index (BMI) value or gain more body weight in pounds?
DATASET STRUCTURE OVERVIEW
'data.frame': 96 obs. of 15 variables:
$ Date : Date, format: "2023-01-15" "2023-01-16" ...
$ Month : chr "JAN" "JAN" "JAN" "JAN" ...
$ Day : chr "Sun" "Mon" "Tue" "Wed" ...
$ Sleep.Hours : num 6.5 7 7.2 7.5 6.4 6.3 7 7.2 6.8 7.2 ...
$ Diet_Type : Factor w/ 4 levels "Carb_Rich","Keto",..: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ...
$ Body_Weight_Pounds : num 156 156 156 156 156 ...
$ Blood_Sugar_Level_Mg_DL : int 85 87 89 95 94 90 89 85 90 88 ...
$ Steps : int 6791 4912 8308 7968 8516 4391 6706 7100 7039 5491 ...
$ Distance_Walked_In_Miles : num 3.1 2.2 3.8 3.7 4 2.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.5 ...
$ Day_Active : Factor w/ 2 levels "No","Yes": 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 ...
$ Systolic_Blood_Pressure_Value : int 116 112 121 114 119 123 114 110 113 122 ...
$ Diastolic_Blood_Pressure_Value: int 76 72 74 78 73 81 77 74 71 76 ...
$ Calories_Burnt : int 431 289 456 467 544 412 357 449 456 352 ...
$ BMI_Score : num 22.4 22.4 22.4 22.5 22.4 22.4 22.4 22.4 22.4 22.4 ...
$ BMI_Category : chr "Normal" "Normal" "Normal" "Normal" ...Visual Chart -1 Summary:
A. It is evident from the interactive Facet Visual Chart- 1 that consuming different formats of Diet does have an impact on my body’s Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure values, and my average systolic and diastolic blood pressure value is highest following the High-Carbohydrate diet format. While these values are lowest for the Keto diet format, there was not much deviation observed for the average diastolic and systolic BP values for the Keto, Regular Veg-Non Veg, and Vegan Diet Formats.
B. This Visual -1 further provides valuable insights from the perspective of our Research Question (RQ-1) on Summary Page -2 of this Dashboard report answer.
Visual Chart -2 Summary:
A. It is evident from the interactive Facet Box plot Visual -2 that consuming different Diet formats impacts my median or average values of sleeping cycles since my median or average sleeping hours value was found to be highest on average while on a High-Carb diet. While the sleeping hours median or average weighted value was the lowest on the Vegan diet format, however, there were slight or minute differences observed for the sleep hours median and mean values while being on the Keto and Reg Veg-NonVeg Diet Formats.
B. This Visual -2 further provides valuable insights from the perspective of our Research Question (RQ-2) on Summary Page -2 of this Dashboard report answer.
Visual Chart -3 Summary:
A. This interactive Time-series Visual-3 depicts the upward or downward trend for the values of my blood glucose levels in mg/dL between the month of Mid January till Mid April. It is evident that my blood glucose levels continuously increased in March, or the period I was following the High-Carb (Complex Carb) Diet Format. However, it is also evident that switching to a different Keto Diet Format in April also changed my blood glucose before continuously increasing value trend gradually in the downward direction and normal non-prediabetic levels.
B. This Visual -3 can provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-4) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -4 Summary:
A. The Visual Chart -4 Correlation Scatter plot between my blood glucose level and the miles walked depicts valuable insights from the perspective of any associations or correlations between my daily activity level and when the miles walked were above average or on the higher end, since it is clear from Visual-4 that perhaps there seems to be a strong positive correlation between my blood glucose levels value and when my daily activity levels were high. However, there also appears to be a weak strength correlation between blood glucose values and when my daily activity level was low or below average.
B. This Visual-4 can provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-7) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -5 Summary:
A. Referring to Facet Visual -5, it seems my high daily activity level above the average did not significantly impact the increase or decrease of my body’s blood glucose levels value in Mg/dL. However, slight variations can be depicted between my blood glucose levels when my activity levels were high and were not on the higher end between Jan and April.
B. This Visual Chart-5 can provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-3) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -6 Summary:
A. This Visual Chart- 6 depicts or represents the distribution of various dataset values of steps covered while following different diet formats. It is also evident from the visual that the peak density was highest for the Vegan format diet. However, the density peaks for all the other diet formats were more or less similar, and besides the distribution for the Regular Veg-NonVeg diet and Carb-Rich format appears to have a normal distribution to a greater extent. In contrast, the Vegan and Keto diets’ distribution seems slightly skewed.
B. This Visual Chart-6 can perhaps provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-5) on Summary page-3 of this dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -7 Summary:
A. This Facet Bar Plot Visual Chart -7 depicts the total active and non-active day counts for the different diet patterns followed. It is evident from the chart that there is perhaps a variation in the complete Active day counts and Non-Active day counts following other pattern diets, and these days’ counts were observed to be highest following the High-Carb Diet, followed by Vegan Diet as the second highest, and lowest for the Regular Veg-NonVeg Diet. However, no vast variations were not found between the count for active and non-active days following the Keto Diet.
B. This Visual Chart-7 can provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-5) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -8 Summary:
A. This Visual Chart -8 depicts some of the monthly observed variations in my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure values in mm Hg, which can be spotted to be following an increasing trend for March and when my Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure values to a significant proportion observed to be above the mean value for these parameters.
B. This Visual -8 can further provide some valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-1) on Summary Page -2 of this Dashboard report answers, although not in a direct manner, but perhaps indirectly, since this Chart depicted variations for a different month but different format diets were also adopted for additional months.
Visual Chart -9 Summary:
A. The Visual Chart -9 Correlation Scatter plot between my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and the miles walked depicts valuable insights from the perspective of any associations or correlations between my daily activity level and when the miles walked were above average or on the higher end since it is clear from Visual-9 that perhaps there seems to be a positive correlation between my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure measurement values when my daily activity levels were high. However, there also appears to be a weak strength or no correlation between blood pressure values and when my daily activity level was low or below average.
B. This Visual Chart-9 can perhaps provide valuable insights from the perspective of two of our Research Questions (RQ-6 & RQ-8) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -10 Summary:
A.. Visual Chart -10 is the faceted histogram plot for the number of calories burnt. It depicts the variations in the total body’s calories-burning tendency or calories burnt while on a range of different adopted diet patterns for specific periods. Also, it is evident from the visual chart that, compared to other adopted diets, a higher proportion of body calories were burned on Keto and Vegan diet formats compared to regular Veg-NonVeg or Carbohydrate Rich diet.
B. This Visual Chart-10 provides valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-9) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -11 Summary:
A. This interactive Facet Visual Chart -11 depicts the magnitude of variations in my Body Mass Index (BMI) Values or my overall trend of increase in my body weight in pounds while adopting different diet formats. It is evident from the Chart that while on a High Carbohydrate diet, there was a significant upward continuously increasing trend for my Body mass Index or Body weight in pounds, and also, to an extent, while adopting the Keto Diet. In contrast, the Regular Veg-NonVeg and Vegan Diets hardly significantly impacted these BMI or Body Weight increase parameters.
B. This Visual Chart-11 provides valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-10) on Summary Page -3 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -12 Summary:
A. The Visual Chart -12 Scatter plot between my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure values depicts valuable insights from the perspective of any associations or correlations between my Diastolic and Systolic Blood Pressure values and their variations while adopting different Diet Formats. Further, it is clear from Visual-12 that there was a positive direction correlation between my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure measurement values and the Carbohydrate Rich diet exhibiting the highest reading values for these Blood pressure parameters while adopting different types of Diets.
B. This Visual Chart-12 can perhaps provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-1) on Summary Page -2 of this Dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -13 Summary:
A. This Visual Facet Chart -13 depicts a crucial relationship from the perspective of whether there is any direct relationship between the increase or decrease of my blood glucose values with the rise of my body weight. It is evident from the Chart that with the addition of my body weight in pound values, there is also a clear upward rising trend of my blood glucose levels and to significant proportion when I adopted the High-Carb Formats Diet. In contrast, the blood glucose levels were mainly constant when my body weight was lower and during the consumption of vegan or Regular Veg-NonVeg Diets.
B. This Visual Chart-13 can perhaps provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-4) on Summary page-3 of this dashboard report answers.
Visual Chart -14 Summary:
A. This interactive Visual Facet Chart -14 provides valuable insights from the perspective of the magnitude of high activity levels in terms of miles distances covered while adopting different Diet Formats. Further, it is clear from Visual-14 that the distance covered in miles on average was the highest while adopting the high-carbohydrate format diet and Regular Veg-NonVeg Diet Format. In contrast, they were lower on average while on the Vegan or Keto Diet format.
B. This Facet Visual Chart -14 can perhaps provide valuable insights from the perspective of one of our Research Questions (RQ-5) on Summary page-3 of this dashboard report answers.
• The Data Visuals- 1, 8, and 12 and their summaries from the dashboard provide sufficient evidence to our project research question-1 (RQ-1) that consuming different dietary formats did impact my body’s Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure values and my average systolic and diastolic blood pressure value is highest following the High-Carbohydrate diet format. While these values are lowest for the Keto diet format, there was not much deviation observed for the average blood pressure values for the Keto, Regular Veg-NonVeg, and Vegan Diet Formats.
• Data Visual- 2 and its summary from the dashboard provide sufficient evidence to our project research question-2 (RQ-2) that consuming different Diet formats did impact my median or average values of sleeping cycles since my median or average sleeping hours value, found to be the highest on moderate while on a High-Carb diet. In contrast, the sleeping hours median or average weighted value was the lowest in the Vegan diet format.
• Data Visual- 5 and its associated summaries from the report dashboard provide evidence to our project research question-3 (RQ-3); it seems my high daily activity level above the average did not significantly impact the increase or decrease of my body’s blood glucose levels value in Mg/dL. However, slight variations can be depicted between my blood glucose levels when my activity levels were high and were not on the higher end between Jan and April.
• Data Visual- 5 and its associated summary from this dashboard provide evidence for our project research question-3 (RQ-3). The high daily activity level above the average did not significantly impact the increase or decrease of my body’s blood glucose levels value in Mg/dL. However, slight variations can be depicted between my blood glucose levels when my activity levels were high and were not on the higher end between Jan and April.
• The Data Visuals- 6, 7, and 14 and their associated summaries from the report dashboard provide sufficient evidence for our project research question-5 (RQ-5), and it appears consuming different Diet formats did have an impact on my body’s energy levels or the magnitude of my high or low day activity levels.
• Visual- 9 and its summary from the dashboard provide evidence for our research question-6 (RQ-6) and, when my daily activity levels or when the miles walked were above average, did impact the increase or decrease of my body’s Systolic or Diastolic Blood Pressure levels value in mm Hg.
• Visual- 4 and its summary provide evidence for our research question-7 (RQ-7). There seems to be a strong positive correlation between my blood glucose values and my daily activity levels when they were high.
• Visual- 9 and its summary provide evidence for our research question-8 (RQ-8). There seems to be a positive correlation between my Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure measurement values when my daily activity levels were high.
• Visual- 9 and its summary provide evidence for our research question-9 (RQ-9 ). I burnt more calories on a Keto and Vegan diet format than regular Veg-NonVeg or Carbohydrate Rich Diet.
• Visual- 10 and its summary provide evidence for our research question# 10 (RQ-10 ). There was a significant upward, continuously increasing trend for my Body mass Index or Body weight in pounds, and also, to an extent, while adopting the Keto Diet.