Introduction Nutrition is the basic process of providing the human body with the necessary food for health and growth. While this might seem to be a simple concept, nutrition is exceedingly complex and affects many areas of an individual’s life. One of these areas is exercise. Diet is considered one of the most influential components in improving athletic performance. Optimal nutrition can enhance (a) physical activity, (b) athletic performance and (c) recovery from exercise (Manroe, M.M., Barr, S.I., & Butterfield, G.E., 2000). Optimal nutrition can be characterized as (1) proper selection of food and liquids, (2) timing of ingestion and (3) selection of supplements for ideal exercise performance (Manroe, M.M., Barr, S.I., & …show more content…
The subject was a 20 year-old female whose height was approximately 5’6” and weight was approximately 160 pounds. The BMI of the subject was 26 and the subject was neither a smoker nor a vegetarian. This allows the software to accurately assess nutrition variables by factoring in the subject’s basic metabolic rate. Next, the food consumed over the three-day time frame was submitted into the software in chronological order and was categorized into (I) breakfast, (II) lunch, (III) dinner and (IV) snacks. Once all three days were submitted into the program, a series of reports were computed. These reports were energy balance, my pyramid analysis and profile DRI goals with a significant importance placed on (i) energy, (ii) fats, (iii) essential fatty acids and (iv) carbohydrates. The reports will be discussed in detail in the Results section of this report.
Data
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Results
The three main reports utilized by the Diet Analysis Plus 9 software for this lab were energy balance, my pyramid analysis and profile DRI goals with an emphasis placed on (a) energy, (b) fats, (c) essential fatty acids and (d) carbohydrates.
The first report generated by the software was energy balance. Within this energy balance report was the (a) kCal consumed each day based on the combined caloric value of each food, (b) the kCal burned based on the fitness level specified and (c) the net kCal for each day. For
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 course of three days, the intake of daily foods was documented in the iProfile food journal tracking system. The iProfile provides information on a nutritional analysis report that examines the macronutrients of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats when measured to the Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) for overall health. The results will provide data to determine if the individual is consuming the recommended nutrients for strength, their metabolism, and to ensure that other body components are functioning.
This worksheet is to be typewritten, saved as a pdf., and uploaded to Canvas under the “Assignment 2: personal diet analysis” assignment. In addition to this worksheet, you are to upload the following to Canvas as part of your assignment: the exact same "Food Groups & Calories Report" that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf; the exact same "Nutrients Report” that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf; the exact same "Physical Activity Report(s)" that you turned in for Assignment 1, uploaded as a pdf.
Hey friends! Anyone interested in getting their diet on track? Are you stuck in a slump or need a kick in the but to eat healthy? Or just unsure if you are meeting all of your nutritional needs? I am here to help, I was assigned a school project and decided to have a little bit of fun with it :D! I am looking for someone who would like to participate in a nutritional project where I will be conducting a nutritional analysis on your diet for just 3 days. I will be providing a lesson to whoever reaches out on tips and tricks for food logging as well as my personal insight to mindful eating. This will take some time and I will need a pretty detailed food log. I will provide you with a detailed dietary analysis of your 3 day diet which will include
In this three-part worksheet, you identify the five components of health-related fitness, critique a recipe for nutritional value, and respond to two short answer questions about nutrition. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness and nutrition.
Even before beginning this nutritional anthropology course, I have been interested in documenting my daily calorie intake so documenting my process was not out of the norm for me regarding this assignment. By doing this, I hope that by seeing that the nutritional balance of the food that I eat is not good for me, I will eventually switch to a healthier diet. Through this assignment, I will reflect on my consumption over a 3-day period, why I ate what I did and compare it to what we have learned throughout the duration of the course.
The goal of my study was easy to measure to the quantitative data set that could give me a definitive marker of my progress in respects to the target. The target caloric intake was set at 2200 calories per day, based upon my research on various health publications and websites. I was able to measure my daily intake with the use of the smartphone application My Fitness Pal. I could put in the food items that I consumed to generate data reports about my daily and weekly intake. This was very convenient for keeping myself accountable to progress.
This activity was to record a detail food log, personal caloric needs and intake and comparing to a standard distribution. The standard distribution percentage given for this activity was 40% carbs, 30% proteins and 30%fats. In this analysis I will compare my personal results of caloric intake and estimate my BMR, TMR and how this impacts my weight management goals.
For this assignment, I was asked to assess my diet, then compare the amount of nutrients I was receiving from my current diet, and compare it to what is recommended of me. I was to do this by using the 24-hour dietary intake form I had previously completed and compared it to the American Heart Association Healthy Heart Recommendations, as well as the Dietary Reference Intakes given to me in class. To begin this assignment, I imported all my data into a table to assess my findings in more detail. My results are shown below in Table 1.
The subject data displayed in table 1 shows the energy intake (EI) and Energy Expenditure (EE) over 2 consecutive weekdays. The mean EI for day 3285kJ/day : mean EE 4200 kj/day. As the mean increases the standard deviation decreases. Figure 1 the pie chart distributes the energy protein, fats and carbohydrates intake mean average over two days. The intake classifies healthy diet intake of macronutrients. This is concluded that the 16% protein, 56% of carbohydrates and 26% of fats.
After going through my DRI reviews for this project to be honest I was not sure what normal level range my DRI should stand within. But reading through the assignment instruction I found out that my DRI % all should be in a level range of 100%. It was shocking to me because most of my nutrients, minerals, and vitamins are in recommended range, in a middle of a standard range, and even some below recommended range. The first one that caught my eye is carbohydrate intake level where I fell below recommended range. Carbohydrate is a very important component in our body it breaks down into glucose, in your blood sugar which helps brain and nervous system supply with energy source, muscles and other elements of the body to function properly. The human body
When looking to open a nutrition consulting office, it is important to choose an effective dietary nutrition analysis program. I have recorded my own dietary intake for 24 hours and have entered the items into two separate programs that give you the nutrient profile for each food item entered. The two programs are the USDA’s Food List, which is a comprehensive list of 13,000 foods and their nutrients, and the CRON-O-Meter which is a daily food diary, activity log, and biometric log ("CRON-O-Meter User Guide", 2016).
When I was choosing the days to record the food, I tried to pick the days during which I was eating typically and physical activity was the same as it is during the most days. Of course, on some days I eat more or less than this lab shows maybe because of birthdays and different holidays and my physical activity varies as well. However, I tried these 2 days to be like what I do most frequently. Therefore, I believe that this lab report was an accurate assessment of my typical eating. Even though this report assesses my eating accurately, its analysis is not accurate. A lot of determinants can affect its accuracy. The first, I couldn’t always find exactly the same food I was eating in the database and I was choosing the most similar one. This
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Although the investigation was able to provide more knowledge and understanding regarding the relationships between energy, activity levels and carbohydrate intake in order to contribute towards a solution to the problem of obesity, there were many limitations to this experiment that needed to be considered. For the personal data, the dietary observations collected over the two experimental days were not substantial to represent their lifestyle as a whole. Studies led by Burke et al., (2001) demonstrated that individuals can make inaccurate reports in various ways such as altering their dietary intake during period of recording, omitting or underestimating their intake and quantification errors of their consumption. As the group data was a collation of individual’s two-day dietary records, variability and inaccuracy increased considering the wide range of influences each individual may have been subjected to. There were 359 females and 195 males involved in the