Diet Analysis: Eating Habits

The diet analysis assignment has brought to my attention some concerns about my diet. I have discovered my diet is not healthy. Even though the analysis was only for three days, I believe that it was a good representation of my eating habits. There were many areas I already knew I was lacking in, such as water and fruits and vegetables intake. There were also areas I didn’t know I was lacking in, such as carbohydrates, dairy, Vitamin K, Magnesium, and Potassium. However, a surplus in a certain nutrient can also be a problem. As per my diet analysis I consumed too much saturated fat, protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Folate, Vitamin C, Iron, Zinc, and Sodium. I believe all of these can be fixed to help me achieve a healthier diet, and I plan on doing so.

The deficiency that is most concerning is carbohydrates. This can be seen in Day 1 where I had only consumed two meals, breakfast and dinner. It can also be seen in MyPlate, as it shows I only consumed 68.3 percent of recommend grains. I believe this can lead to malnutrition. Therefore, I need to work on eating on three meals each day along with

This can be observed from my intake of 68 percent of the DRI. I can fix this by simply adding foods such as yogurt to my diet. There were also vitamins and minerals I have not been consuming enough of such as vitamin K, magnesium, and potassium. I can add more vitamin K to my diet by consuming more green vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, and broccoli. An effective way to help me achieve this would be to eat salads. Instead of fries with a meal per say, I could have a salad. To get more magnesium I can eat beans and rice. This is also easy to achieve as I can add these to meals such as stir fry and wraps. I can consume more potassium by eating more spinach and sweet potato. For example, instead of having steak and baked potato for supper, I can have steak and sweet potato