Adequate Nutrition Analysis

Nutritional assessment provides quite a lot of goals. Nutritional status is the assessment of condition of health of an individual as determined by the nutrients the body receives and utilizes. Nutritional status expresses the degree, which physiologic needs of nutrients are being met. The balance between nutrient intake and nutrient requirements is influenced many factors like food intake, economics condition, eating behaviour, emotional environment, disease, culture pattern, absorption, infection, fever or physiologic stress, growth, body maintenance and well being psychological stress etc (Seres, 2003).

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to track your food for 14 days? I did just that. I believe most of us live on a day to day basis tracking what we eat, how many calories we intake, and so forth. However, sometimes the reward is not at the end of each day; sometimes the reward it is at the end of a lengthened period. Using the My Fitness Pal app on my phone and computer I could effortlessly track what food and nutrients I ate during a 14 day stretch. The app did all the work for me and I highly recommend trying it out. It is very accurate in the amount of each measurement it lists. At the end of 14 days I observed specifically but not restricted to total number of calories, sodium, sugar, and protein and compared each number to the DRI recommended daily intake

Jackie’s diet is pretty much the same so l picked the last day. On the first day, she consumed 1374 calories out of 1600 calories depending on her target weight. She did not meet the daily requirement for carbohydrates being the largest class of nutrients, including sugars, starch, and fibers, that function as the body’s primary source of energy. Jackie’s carbohydrate intake was 140.9 grams out of the 300 grams needed, which was 321.9 calories and 23.9 % calories came from carbohydrate. 46% of her diet was fat, 36% being saturated fat, 44% monounsaturated fat and 20% polyunsaturated fat.

By making a three-day food log I could see that I am eating very well. Like we have discussed in class most of us are getting more than enough of our fair share of calorie intake. Taking this into account I knew that my calorie count was going to be high but I was a bit surprise that I averaged 3,700 a day. I am not worried about this because I am training for the Chicago Marathon so eating good is part of my preparation. When it comes to vegetables I do need to eat a few more servings per day but other than that I eat more than enough to satisfy the recommended amounts from the food guide pyramid. What I do need to lower my extra sugar and fat intake. Sugar has always been a problem for me, I just love it too much. However about six years

Recorded Protein, Carbohydrates, and Lipid Intake On the three consecutive recorded days, my respective breakfast intake of Protein was 29 grams, 3 grams, and 21 grams; my respective breakfast intake of Carbohydrates was 80 grams, 11 grams, and 12 grams; and my respective breakfast intake of total Lipids was 53 grams, 36 grams, and 21 grams (Rinzler, 2004). On the three consecutive recorded days, my respective lunch intake of Protein was 17 grams, 28 grams, and 31 grams; my respective lunch intake of Carbohydrates was 27 grams, 38 grams, and 49 grams; and my respective lunch intake of total Lipids was 33 grams, 56 grams, and 22 grams (Rinzler, 2004). On the three consecutive recorded days, my respective dinner intake of Protein was 30 grams, 26 grams, and 31 grams; my respective dinner intake of Carbohydrates was 57 grams, 14 grams, and 32 grams; and my respective dinner intake of total Lipids was 32 grams, 23 grams, and 16 grams (Rinzler, 2004).

The nutrition report at the super tracker shows that I have eaten more refined grains than whole gain that I should have. I have eaten about 50 % more than target number by the food tracker.

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.

Starting with Calcium I only consumed 46/125%. Moving on to Potassium, I was currently consuming 46/125%. Then for Copper, I consumed 117/125%. For Iron I was only a couple of mg under 104/125%, and finally for Magnesium, I consumed 88/125%. As for fiber, I was consuming 10 grams less than my recommended intake, which was 60% of what was recommended.

Overall, my nutrition is quality is not terrible. Although I surpass all my intake goals, I might’ve been due to the calorie calculator I used. I was somewhat in a limbo between two levels of exercise so I am not shocked at all. After all, swimmers are known for a large appetite. However, this doesn’t stop that fact that I had double the daily recommended dose of sugar and high consumption of some of the 5 avoidables. In the upcoming weeks, I will try to eat more vegetables instead of empty calorie foods in hopes to see that I feel more energized throughout my

During my undergraduate studies, I took a nutrition and dietetics course. This course was designed to teach students the importance of proper nutrition, which foods were considered healthy and which foods were unhealthy. We learned how to make meal plans, grocery list, meal preparation, which foods were good for certain health issues and which foods to avoid. During this course, I learned principals to promote healthy eating and the prevention of diet related disease conditions. I have always been interested in having a healthy lifestyle and staying healthy. This course helped to give me the foundation that I needed to begin the journey to becoming healthy and maintaining it. I feel the instructor and the lessons that we were taught were very well planned and organized. Thanks to a great instructor, my peers and I were able to leave the class knowing so much more about nutrition than we did before the course.

My weaknesses in my One-Day Nutrition came in the evening when it was my dinner time. On this day I went out to eat at a restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings, and had an unhealthy meal. I had some chicken drumsticks and wings with mango habanero, asian zing, lemon pepper and ranch as

Mini Nutritional Assessment. This scale is selected as the patient has an unintentional weight loss of 18. At the age of 65, the nutritional intake is an important aspect of the self-care. The specific screening scale selected is the Mini Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA-SF). This scale was designed for individuals that are at risk for malnutrition by screening for food intake, weight, mobility, psychological stress, neurological problems, BMI, and calf circumference (Simsek et al., 2014). With this, the rationale is to identify the problematic areas for interventions.

Overall, from doing this project I found that I consume way too much sodium (181% of my daily recommendation) and way too much sugar (328.7% of my daily recommendation). Also I have realized how much I eat out each week, which isn’t the best for my overall health. Eating out multiple times a week greatly affects my sugar and sodium intake because typically fast food or restaurant food contains more salt, sugar, and fat compared to if someone were to cook at home. I have also found that I eat a lot of protein for my body weight, which I was not aware of (278.3% of my daily recommended intake based on my body weight).

My age is 22. My weight is 150 pound. I consume large amount of calorie on daily basic. Based on super Tracker the amount of calories I need per day IS 2000. According to BMI calculator 28.3 I m overweight .I As far as food I intake everyday, I am not sure how much energy I need to consume to maintain fit and fine and healthy body weight because it been few years since I gain overweight. Since couple of day I make great efforts to achieve or obtain 50% of my calories from carbohydrates, 20% of my calories from fats and proteins. I also need approximately 30g of fiber each day. Based on the food I consume everyday. Over the tracker of the three days my protein, carbohydrate and fat that I was consuming was excessive and way too high. I probably eat out couple in fast food restaurant every weekend I guess that

The percent of calories in my diet that come from carbohydrates is 44%. This is beneath the AMDR recommendation of 45-65% of calories. The percent of sugar calories in my diet is 8.07%. Most of the sugar in my diet comes from naturally occurring sources rather than added sugar sources. There are however some sources of added sugar in my diet. One of the top three sources of sugar in my diet are fruits like apples and oranges, and these have naturally occurring sugars. The next top source are sauces like tomato sauce, and this has both naturally occurring sugar and added sugar. There is some sugar naturally present in the tomatoes, but a great deal of the sugar is added sugar to give the sauce more sweetness and flavor. The last top