Example Of My Plate Evaluation

Based on a 24 Hour Recall of my diet, results using NutriCalc Plus report that my food intake lacked a healthy balance of all food groups. My Grain intake reached only 60% of the My Plate daily recommendations. My Vegetable intake was a mere 50% of the recommended servings. Additionally, I consumed 84% of the daily recommendations for the Dairy Group. Nonetheless, I did exceed the recommendations for the Fruit Group and Protein Group with intakes of 155% and 107%, respectively.

My data could be more accurate if I had used only one source for food data, and find the exact measurements for what I ate. Also, my record of fruits and vegetables may not have been accurate because I do not usually eat them alone, so they may have been in my food and I did not take account of them. On the third day, I ate Jack in the Box the whole day, which is a rare event to occur in my diet. On the weekends I am less active, but

Day 1 of recording my food intake that Moring I had a small bowl of frosted flakes cereal with 2 percent milk. For lunch, just a glass of water with lemons and bad of hot fries. Throughout the day, I had a few snacks blue raspberry snow cone, ice-cream cone from dairy queen and four-piece chicken nuggets from Wendy’s for dinner I had fully loaded nachos with chicken and beef, lettuce, sour cream, beans, guacamole, tomatoes and shredded cheese and later that night I had a hot dog without the wiener and just chili and cheese.

Protein is responsible 18% of my calories, where fats make up 35% and carbohydrates are 47%. To better evenly distribute my calories, I can lower my fat intake by about 10% to be in the range of 20-25%. By doing so I would decrease the amount of fat I eat by about 25-26 grams which make about 25% of my calories from fat. With the decrease of those calories, I could increase my carbohydrate intake by about 57-58 grams, this would leave me at the same caloric intake. By increasing the amount of carbohydrates consumed by 57 grams this would raise the percentage that carbohydrates are adding to my calories by 10% putting my total percent to 57%. This would be more in the middle of the AMDR, which is 45-65% of my total calories. While looking at the break down of my fat intake, it shows that my percent of unsaturated to saturated fats is almost equal with saturated fats being 40%, and a combination of all the unsaturated fats equalling to 37%. From the bar chart I already recognized that my saturated fat intake is higher than it should be, and evidence from this report only backs up this fact. Optimally I would like to have my unsaturated fats be higher than my saturated fats. However, within unsaturated fats, I would like to change the ratio of mono and poly unsaturated fats. The change I would like to see would be a lowering the amount of mono and increasing the amounts of poly unsaturated that I consume. From the bar report as well my results showed

My goal for fruits was 2 cups and I only consumed 0.3 cups. My goals for vegetables and dairy was 3 cup and I only consumed 0.5 cups of veggies and 0.9 cups of dairy. As for vitamins and minerals, my vitamin C (86%), D (50%), and E (21%) levels were quite low and my magnesium (75%), potassium (38%), and calcium (84%) levels were low as well. My recommended carbohydrate intake was not even within range. It should have been within 280.46-405.11g

The fiber intakes meet the recommendation calculated by I Profile. Since the recommendation was met, I believe that the fiber intake was just right. However, I do not believe that my diet met the minimum number of servings of food from each of the fiber containing groups. I believe that the both groups for fruits and vegetables fell short of the minimum number of servings. The specific foods that provided the most fiber were pasta, and a bagel. Whereas, the foods that provided the least were the BBQ chips, Croissant, sausage. It appears that the trend in my food choices is that there are not enough fruits and vegetables, which affects my fiber intake.

I have learned a lot from this two-day diet analysis assignment. In my two day assessment, I recorded my food intake, quantities, drinks, snacks, condiments, where and who I was with during the meal, the time of day, and the amount of time I spent eating. I was able to analyze my diet to examine what I was eating and what types of nutrients I was getting. I then compared all aspects with my recommended levels of nutrients for my dietary recommended intake. I learned that my eating habits are not the best and could lead to serious health problems in the future that may be detrimental.

The overall quality of my diet was extremely poor. Although I was able to stay below my recommended 2200 Calorie consumption both days; the amount of fat, saturated fat, protein, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and sodium exceeded my desired range. I have never taken the amount of cholesterol I ingest into thought because I considered cholesterol an elderly problem. The act of recording all I consumed in a single day informed me of eating problems I have and was formerly unaware of. Another piece of information my food log revealed was, the quality of food I chose when

One of the problems that we discovered when consulting for kid fit was the initial assessment. There were some areas in which we felt could be stronger or removed from the assessment. We felt that the “My Plate” Score sheet should be altered in order to improve the assessment. The “My Plate” score sheet is given to the patients before and after the program. Although the score sheet is a good way to provide information on the patients, but many patients are not fully aware of what a healthy lifestyle consist of. With more information on the daily consumption of vegetables or fruit patients would be better suited to answer these questions. Without information on these topics, this can lead patients to unintentionally lie on the assessment. These

In this report it will be analyzing my personal diet. I analyzed myself over a 3 day period. During this period, I analyzed my eating habits on national holidays versus my day to day life. I am a 20 year old female (not pregnant or lactating) I estimate my weight to be 195 lbs. and my height is 5 foot 6 inches. My daily activity level is sedentary. My job is as a leasing professional and in that profession there is some foot traffic but not much. There is also limited heavy lifting. Out of work I participate in limited physical activity. I rock climb on some occasions and attend the gym occasionally. My personal goals currently is to stay healthy. As I lessen my work load I would like to increase my physical activity with strength training and cardio. Pertaining to my nutrition within the 3 days due to their being a holiday I ate more meat than usual. I try to add more vegetables to my diet. Fruit are not often added to my meals due to how quickly they decompose. I eat mostly organic products and limited dairy. I try to avoid bread and pasta and use vegetables as substitute in recipes that require them.

According to my three day diet analysis it seems like my eating habits are poor. Not necessarily that I am consuming too many bad foods but I am not getting the all around nutrients that I need on a daily basis. Sometimes not eating enough. Or ot finding time to eat at all is a big issue in this. Due to my job and the lack of time I have at home it is hard for me to get the nutrients I need on a daily basis. With the target that is shown of six oz. of grains two and a half cups of vegetables, two cups of fruits, two cups of dairy and five and a half oz. of protein foods I fell short in most of the areas that were targeted for me. My biggest two areas of consumption was refined grains and protein.

The first part of the report I would like to examine is the different food groups taken into my diet over the past four days. There are five major food groups which make up the dietary requirements of the body: Dairy, Grain, Fruits, Vegetables, and proteins. Each brings an essential source of nutrients to the body, which allows the body to function at a normal level of homeostasis. I noticed ever since I have fractured my back there has been a dramatic change in my diet, and physical activity level. Overall, I take in less than the recommended amount of calories of 2000 per day. I on average exceed the amount of fruits needed in a day, hit the level for protein, and dairy, but failed to meet the allocated portion of vegetables everyday. An alarming part of diet that I noticed was I exceeded my sodium intake everyday. This could be attributed to the fact of the

While playing the Blast-Off Game and looking at the food pyramid I realized that I really need to work on what I eat and don't be eat because just playing the game I realized doing something like this for my own meal plan would be very challenging. Overall, I did pretty well on the fruits, vegetables, and grains. However, I struggled on the protein and dairy. Even when I am at home I could eat a bowl of fruit some times it may be to much. Dairy on the other hand not so much. I may have some milk every now in then, but it is with cereal. This game showed me bad habits that I need to work on; especially, if I was to have a meal plan that is going to keep me healthy and have plenty of energy. Therefore, I really need to slow down on my fruits

My total calorie intake was under the recommended ranges for all three days. I believe I am fair on the balance of calorie consumption to each macronutrient. My diet is not perfect, but this project has helped me critique it to my advantage. On September 1st, I only got 39% of my calories from carbohydrates when I should get a minimum of 45%. Since I was under, my body was not getting enough nutrients to support the brain and nervous system. This means that my brain was not functioning to its full potential that day. Carbohydrates are necessary for energy, and without enough carbs, your body will have to feed off of protein - protein sparing action. The range for protein is 10-35% of your daily caloric intake and since I am active, 20-25% is ideal for my body to function off of. For all three days I hit the target ranges. Protein helps my body repair itself after a tough workout, and without adequate amounts of protein, my body won’t have necessary building blocks for enzyme and hormonal production. Out of all three days, my fat intake was higher than it should have been. All the extra fat I ate, turned into

In January, my diet proved to be moderately unhealthy. On several counts, I missed the target levels for a person of my gender and age. I took in slightly more calories than the target 1724 per day versus a target of 1600. I also ate more protein (55g versus 46g) and far more carbohydrates (256g versus 130g). My fiber intake was low (10g versus 25g). My saturated fat was 10% of total calories, whereas the target should be lower than 10%. My cholesterol was within the target range, so was one of the few things that I really did not need to change.