My Diet Evaluation

Nutrition, I have learned plays a big part in our life. To be honest I was clueless about how much nutrition affected our everyday lives. I love going to the gym working out, now that I know what should go into my diet I think I will see a lot more improvement. I occasionally follow the latest diet fads because I believed it would be better for my health, but in turn it really hurt more than it helped! This Diet Analysis project has been extremely useful course because I can personally relate to it and can use much of the information learned to my daily routines. The Diet Analysis project was a real eye opener because it let me see what exactly I was putting into my diet.

On my current diet, I consume excessive amounts of refined carbohydrates and added sugars. These types of carbohydrates do not contain the necessary nutrients, needed by the body for optimal health. Also, consuming excessive amounts of these types of carbohydrates may result in obesity.

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.

Over the past four days, I have examined every aspect of my diet ranging from the amount of calories to the amount of fats I take in. As a type one diabetic, I have always been conscious of the amount of carbs I take in as I have to maintain my blood glucose levels within a certain range. However, after closely monitoring my food consumption for the past four days, I am able to see the strengths and weaknesses of my diet. One disclaimer I would like to point out to the readers of this report in advance are that my diet and exercise regimen have been severely cut back to a lot for the fractured vertebrae.

5. Develop two (2) short-term and two (2) long-term goals (SMART Goals) for improving or maintaining your diet, and activity level.

In my Diet Journal, I recorded all the food I ate over the weekend with the best accuracy I could attempt to do. But one of the factors that made my food diary inaccurate was that I couldn’t find every detail and percentage of fat, carbohydrates, and proteins in everything I ate. Also, all of the amounts and servings were approximations, not exact amounts. I was able to record everything I ate, but accuracy may have been affected by estimations and sources. The calorie intake I had over the three day period ranged from 1900-2500 calories. This was over my 1800 BMR, due to the food choices and fluctuation in diet.

For this three day diet analysis project I wanted to eat as I normally would and be honest about all that I ate, to analyze not only what and how much I was eating, but also to see how healthy my diet really is. By doing so I can see if any of my diet choices are putting me at risk for certain health diseases, and what changes can be made to make my diet healthier. After analyzing my diet, I would say I am fairly healthy, though I am out of the target range in a few areas. My profile calculated from my weight and height indicates that I have a BMI of 20.5. This is considered to be healthy; the healthy range is anywhere between 18.5-25. This was reassuring to hear because I am happy at my current weight, and

I was able to download the PDF of the 2010 dietary guidelines and my diet is way off. First of all I do not watch what I eat. I just know that when I am hungry that I eat. And 95% of the time it eat something specific to what I have a taste for. Then I eat alot of it because its so good. But then I wont eat another meal again till the next day. I will a few snacks here and there if I feel hungry through out the rest of the day. I would have to say yes and no to benefiting from tools designed to evaluate and track the quality of your diet over time. I say yes because I need a plan. I need something that would guide me on calorie counting, when to eat, what to eat, how much is too much and how much is enough. I was thinking about getting

My lunches will be foods that give me two ounces of grains, one cup of vegetables, and one cup of dairy. My afternoon break is a perfect time for my afternoon snack that will consist of one ounce of grain, a half cup of vegetables, a half cup of dairy, and two ounces of protein foods. My last meal of the day should contain two ounces of grains, one cup of vegetables, one cup of fruits, and two ounces of protein foods. Seeing the meal plans makes me feel like this diet is going to be something I am able to do.

Chips, cookies, soda, candy bars, cereals, doughnuts, breads and fast foods are all what is in our diets these days. This kind of diet is called the SAD diet, which stands for Standard American Diet. We all crave these foods, and some consider this food. Real food such as good essential fatty acids like olive oils, protein like grass fed beef, and carbohydrates like raw vegetables is what your body needs, not what it craves. We are meant to be fat burners not sugar burners. Our ancestors thrived on using animal fats and growing their own foods without all the chemicals we do today. Watch the Pottenger’s cat study and Weston A. Price’s story on youtube about going all over the world to discover these findings. Not giving what our bodies are meant to have creates health issues. Do you have blood sugar imbalances, inflammation, heart burn or other stomach issues, headaches or migraines, auto-immune disorders, PMS issues, low energy, weight issues, etc.? You might want to see a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.

The critical fixing connected to overeating this can be a weariness and tiredness accompanying the frenzied food ingestion. This response to eating processed foods is similar to /or using the www and a decrease in exercising and viewing television.

For many years in the human race we have always been told that you are what you eat, and to this day it still remains true. Food is essential and is a need in life, but most of the time many take it for granted. junk food can have one of the greatest impacts on the body. Fries, chips, candy bars and sodas are heavily processed and also stabilized with preservatives. When eating those types of foods, the body can’t do anything with the empty calories it is then stored as fat. the main thing that your body needs to function is water. A dehydrated body can leave you with a slowed down metabolism. Also when eating greasy foods, it can cause major changes in your skin, weight and energy.

Eating processed food is bad for your health. Because Junk food is food that is calorie-dense and nutrient poor. Fast food have increased dramatically, with 25 percent of people now consuming predominantly junk food diets.

My diet meets the requirements of the 2010 Regarding the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, which recommends a healthy intake of nutrients and caloric control through cutting down on sodium intake, saturated fatty acids and refined grains that contains sugars or fats. In accordance to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, maintaining the consumption of sodium to less than 2300 milligrams in diet to reduce the risks of hypertension and chronic kidney disease (Willett & Ludwig, 2011). Also, the guidelines recommend the consumption of less than 300 mg of dietary cholesterol per day through the reduction of saturated fatty acids in diet or from refined grains containing fats and replacing these saturated fats with monounsaturated fats (Willett & Ludwig, 2011). Despite reducing the consumption of these sources of nutrients in my stack up diet, my diet meets the recommended nutrients and intake values through increasing variety of fruit and vegetable intake to have an adequate intake of vitamins and mineral salts. During this lifestyle change I try to consume a wide variety of protein sources that is dairy products that include cheese, low-fat milk, poultry, beef and grains such as beans and peas that are all prepared using oil in place of solid fat. I also try to grill my meals using my George Forman grill which limits my intake of oils. The dietary intake of fiber, calcium, potassium and vitamin D is increased in diet thus promoting health and wellbeing through eating right. A healthy eating

Based on the Super Tracker I would improve my diet by including more minerals, protein, and dietary fibers. I also need to reduce the amount of sodium I take in. To improve my mineral intake I will include more vegetables like broccoli and carrots to raise my vitamin C and beta-carotene. To elevate my protein I could try to plan my meals ahead to include more protein for my busy weeks. Adding to go protein yogurts could greatly help raise my protein levels. Lastly just adding 2-3 more apples to my diet can help to raise my dietary fiber levels.