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The Current Recommended Guidelines For Eating Healthy For A Nineteen Year Old Female With Moderate Activity Levels

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The current recommended guidelines for eating healthy for a nineteen-year-old female with moderate activity levels are to consume between 1900 and 2100 calories every day. It is also better to minimize fried and sugary foods, just like for any other age group. This can help avoid health problems. According to the MyFitnessPal app for someone of my same age, condition, and gender, it is recommended that a person consumes around one-hundred grams of protein, two hundred and fifty grams of carbohydrates, twenty-five grams of fiber, seventy-five grams of sugar or less, sixty-five grams of fat or less, three hundred milligrams of cholesterol or less, 2300 milligrams of sodium or less, and various amounts of different vitamins and minerals. During the time that I recorded my diet in the MyFitnessPal app, I only went over on calories one day. On the day that I went over on calories, I could have easily avoided going over if I wouldn’t have ate the Muddy Buddies, or even if I ate it in a much smaller portion. On the days that I consumed lower amounts of calories I ate much less calories for snacks. I also tend to eat a large amount of sodium. For me this is not all bad, I naturally high slightly low blood pressure, and excess amounts of sodium can cause high blood pressure. I also do not typically get the proper amounts of proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Clearly, there are both good and bad things about my current diet. One thing that I need to change is my activity

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