Introduction: As labeled on the estimated daily calorie needs for adults chart, I am an active man under the group age of 19-30 years old. As per mentioned on the chart I need 3000 calories per day to remain healthy. After looking at Canada’s food guide, I became aware about the recommended number of food guide servings per day for various age groups. Part-A For this part of assignment, I kept record of two consecutive days of what I ate for that days and how much calories I got from that food and drinks. Every day I usually start routine with drinking water which I think is the most important thing for a healthy lifestyle. Apart from this, I learned some following main points to help me by comparing my food chart with the recommendations …show more content…
According to Canada’s food guide, recommended servings for grain products per day is 8. My consumption of grain foods is labeled as 8 and 5 servings for two days. In my daily life, I gained most of my calories (1816 and 1784 calories) from grain products only. Specially from Indian products. III. Another section that I labeled for that two days is fruit and vegetables section. I realized that I am getting lower amount of calories from fruits (462 and 197 calories) that is not beneficial for my healthy life-style. 8-10 servings are needed for my age group as recommended by Canada’s food guide. IV. For meat and alternatives products I need 3 servings in a day. I got 156 and 260 calories from eggs and egg curry. I am an egg lover and I think it is a good source of protein and calories. V. Finally, by comparing my diet chart with Canada’s food guide I realized that I am getting good consumption of calories from my daily diet (3004 and 2808 calories for that two days), but my daily servings are unbalanced, I need to fix that in my diet chart. For instance, there is more consumption of milk and alternatives as compared to other products. …show more content…
Which is including all the necessary servings of various food groups. The main areas or points that I focused in my healthy lifestyle diet plan as compared to my two regular day diet intake are as follows: a) Firstly, I decreased my consumption of milk products. For a healthy diet, I brought down the serving to meet the standard serving as prefer by Canada’s food guide. 2 servings of skim milk (500 ml), which contains 366 calories in total. b) Secondly, as recommended by Canada’s food guide I need 8 servings of grain products daily. I tried to make variation between products. For instance, I added whole wheat pasta, which contains 348 calories of total. These products are the main source of getting calories in my healthy diet plan. c) Thirdly, I focused mainly on fruits and vegetables products. I introduced some new vegetables and fruits as compared to my regular diet. For instance, I added broccoli, carrots and grapes. This section contains 687 calories from total of my
My goal is to consume 1500 calories per day. According to the Super Tracker website, for breakfast I should have 1 ounce of grains, ½ cup of fruit and ½ cup of dairy. I will be able to have a midmorning snack that can include 1 ounce of grains and ½ of fruit. For lunch, I can have 1 ounce of grains, ½ cup of vegetables, ½ cup of fruits, and 2 ½ ounce of protein foods. This meal plans also allows me to have an Afternoon snack, that can include ½ cup of vegetables and ½ cup of dairy. Finally for dinner, I can consume 2 ounces of grains, 1 cup of vegetables, and 1 cup of dairy, and 2 ½ ounces of protein food.
According to the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) website food pyramid, two to three servings of the meats, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts group are recommended. Joe consumed 18 servings. This is six times the recommended amount.
A similarity which can be contradicted as a difference is the generous portion of the Indian food guide being grains. This infographic was depicting that Indians need to have 43% of their meals consist of grains. This was the biggest group in the Indian food guide, while in Canada; it was ranked as the second most needed, with fewer amounts of servings. Despite this fact, for both food guides, grains are one of the more important food groups. Firstly, in India, wheats are used in many
Throughout the Diet Analysis Project, I was able to analyze and inspect my diet to examine what I was eating, what types of nutrients I was getting and how much exercise I was participating in over a week’s period. Through this period, five of the days were back to back and the last two was a weekend day. I then compared all aspects with my recommended levels of nutrients for my dietary recommended intake and the calories burned through exercise versus my calories consumed through what I was eating. I needed to ensure the nutrients I was getting would allow a good fit for staying healthy and reaching, but not overextending, my needed nutrient levels. I found some very interesting facts that pertained to my diet that were good and then some
In the original three day diet analysis, Susanne Coleman found that she was not eating from all of the food groups recommended by the food pyramid. Particularly, she was not eating the amount of fruits, vegetables and grains recommended. While she felt she made wise food decisions, there was room for improvement. When completing another three day diet analysis, Susanne received different results. After completing the original three day diet analysis, Susanne has been more conscientious of her food choices. Since the first analysis, Susanne has begun to plan meals ahead and to pack her meals for the day to stay on track.
These nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, and water. These list values measure the nutrient intakes of healthy people, and their major goal is to help prevent chronic diseases. Dietary Reference Intakes are broken down by gender and age. The daily recommendations for my age, 31-50 are as follows: Calories – 2,403, Carbohydrates – 130 grams, Protein – 46 grams, and Fiber – 25 grams.
The purpose of this paper is to address the macronutrient intake ranges of my daily food intakes and compare and contrast it with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake (DRI). In addition to this I will discuss recommendations to rectify any anomaly, if any, in my three-day food intake, to an appreciable standard in order to maintain a healthy and balance diet. Fiber intake range will be discussed to critically assess my status in terms of the recommended fiber that needs to be consumed to maintain and perform at an optimal level. The last but not the least is the dietary modification that needs to be made in order to perform at an optimal level.
Furthermore, nutritional analysis of recording or reporting food intake data presents a main source of inaccuracy when determining habitual nutrient intake and it does not contain comprehensive information on the interpretation of results from dietary surveys (Macdiarmid, & Blundell, 1997). Therefore, biochemical markers of nutrient intake are now a valuable tool in validating dietary assessment methods (Bingham, 2002). For example, the double labelled water technique and 24-hour urine nitrogen and potassium are routinely used and potentially independent of the errors associated with dietary survey methods (Bingham, 2002).
My demographics suggest that I should consume seventeen hundred calories a day. However, on the twenty-fourth of august I consumed a little over thirty-two hundred calories. Another surprise of mine was the amount of sodium chloride I take in through my diet. The bulk of my sodium intake was due to the processed foods I still eat, one being korma curry. Furthermore, I was delighted to discover that I am getting my daily needs of proteins, lipids, micronutrients, and healthy carbohydrates like fiber and starch. I discovered that I am getting every nutrient that I was concerned about on a vegetarian diet. I learned that I am getting more healthy proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates than I need in my diet. This nutrition assignment ultimately taught me that I need to further cut processed foods out of my diet, and that I need to start watching my meal proportions and calorie intake to reach a rounded vegetarian
Since we have been learning about nutrition in class, our task was to record a food log. Nutrition requires a well-balanced diet containing nutrient and vitamins like amino acids and fatty acids. Over the past seven days I have been recording and have been looking very carefully at my intake of nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and fats. In our task, the objective was to record the basic foods we ate during the period of seven, but it did not require recording every single detail or our intake of food. Doing this food log was a pain and it was disturbing because I never wrote about what I ate like breakfast, lunch, dinner, or additional meals. I found this food log useful because it helped me learn what I can change in my intake of foods to make my diet healthy and to see what about my diet is affecting me from being healthy because I could affect me in the future.
My dietary habits complied with MyPlates Dietary Goals and Guidelines. I was very happy when I noticed the variety
Nutrition is an important key to learn and understand in your life while you get older. Many people do not know the proper diet and exercise to keep their body healthy and strong. Throughout this course, I have learned information on different kinds of vitamins, carbohydrates, amino acids and other helpful diets. After reading and logging my dietary log for a week it has helped me re-organize my diet and health. I have learned about how to personally manage my exercise and diet and I am seeing some good results because of what I learned from this class. I started to see what I was missing in my diet and started to know what quantity and quality was for your diet. I also took a leap into my family health history to see what I need to change
I chose to have the same meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days, not in a row, of course. So day one, two and three will look the same; it is roughly what I consume on a regular basis, I really didn’t have to alter my meals much at all, only to make sure I had the same meals each day.
While I was tracking my eating for these three days, I began to learn about the benefits of the food that I am eating and the nourishment that they provide for my body. I had never realized how big of a role that the food that I eat plays in my everyday life. Eating has never been something that I really think about it is just something that I do. After I looking at the data of what I eat on Choose My Plate, I realized that my eating habits are far from balanced and that I needed to work on bringing my eating habits to a better balance. While there are a lot of things that I have been doing right, there are also many things that I can work on.