SCI/220 SCI220 SCI 220 Week 2 Individual Assignment Human Nutrition Food Intake
Resources: Ch. 4–6 of Contemporary Nutrition, WileyPLUS®, iProfile
Enteryour food intake for 3 full days. Save this information.
Analyze your food intake by answering the following in complete sentences. Please change either the color of your text or your font for your answers. Please leave the questions present in your final assignment. You may type on this page. Please include a title page for your project.
- Recorded intake of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids (each bullet point worth 1 point)
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o Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrate? Which provide lipids?
o Review how your recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the DRI.
o If your recorded protein-carbohydrate-fat intake was too high or too low, which foods might you add or remove to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?
o Is the protein in each of the foods you ate complete or incomplete, thus combining to become complementary? Why is this important?
o How much of your daily-recommended protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake did you achieve? Were you surprised by the number? If your macronutrient intake is insufficient, what might you do to bring it into the recommended range? Provide specific recommendations.
- Macronutrient intake ranges
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o What are the effects of too much or too little of a macronutrient?
- Fiber intake ranges (each bullet point worth 1 point)
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o Does your fiber total meet 100% of the recommendation for you as calculated at the iProfile website?
o Does your diet meet the minimum number of servings of foods from each fiber-containing group? If not, which of the fiber-containing groups—fruits and vegetables—fell short of the recommended intake?
o Which specific foods provide the most fiber in your days’ meals? Which provide the least? Identify trends in your food choices that might affect your fiber intakes.
- Dietary modifications (each bullet point worth 1 point)
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o What changes might you make among your vegetables, fruits, meat and meat alternatives, or grain choices to increase the fiber in your diet?
o Do your meals include fiber-rich bean dishes, such as chili, beans in a salad, or split-pea soup?
o If you drink fruit juice instead of eating whole fruit, what might happen to the fiber content and calorie content in your diet?
o How might insufficient or excessive amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, or fiber contribute to health or illness? Provide examples.
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