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Food Journal Analysis

Enter your food intake for a full day. Be sure to save this information as directed in the instructions. Write a paper that answers the following questions about your diet for this week's entry.  It is fine to write this food journal in the 1st person perspective.  
a) How do you feel about the dietary intake for the day you recorded?
b) Did you consume the recommended minimum number of servings from each of the food groups of the food pyramid?
c) Which groups of foods are underrepresented or overrepresented in your diet? If you did not consume the number of servings from each group, discuss some reasons why you did not consume the number of servings.
d) Did your diet provide an adequate variety of foods, or were your choices monotonous? See how you met the various food pyramid groups. If you did not eat a variety of foods, how can you expand your field of choices?

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Food Intake



   



Comparison of Your Intake with

MyPyramid Recommendations for krizzy_622

Your Pyramid Stats

  7 oz equivalent

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Pyramid Categories Percent Recommendation

Milk 17%

Meat and Beans 20%

Vegetables 23%

Fruits 10%

Grains 106%



Nutrient Intakes For krizzy_622 on 5/19/2007

A nutrient recommendation is a target or goal for intake of a nutrient.
Your requirement for a particular nutrient is unique to you, but it is
likely to be lower than the recommended number. If your intake is at or
above this number, then it is probably adequate. If your intake is below
this number, that does not necessarily mean an inadequate intake. If
today's intake is typically what you eat, and your intake for a nutrient
is at or above the recommendation, it is likely that your intake of that
nutrient is adequate. To better assess your usual nutrient intake, you
should report foods eaten for two or more days and review HYPERLINK
"http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/heihistory.aspx?fromni=true" your
nutrient intake over time . Click HYPERLINK
"http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/nutrientintakes3.aspx" here if you
want to see your nutrient profile with technical assessment information.



Nutrient Your Intake HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('NRecommendations.htm')" Recommendation or

Acceptable Range

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=FoodEnergy')" Food
Energy/Total Calories (kcals) 981 HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('NutrientEERMsg.htm')" 2113

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Protein')" Protein
(gm) 32 46

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Carbohydrate')"
Carbohydrate (gm) 160 130

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=DietaryFiber')"
Total Fiber (gm) 6 25

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=TotalFat')" Total
Fat (gm) 24.2 21.8 - 38.1

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=SaturatedFats')"
Saturated Fat (gm) 9 < 10.9

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=MonounsaturatedFats')
" Monounsaturated Fat (gm) 8 **

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=PolyunsaturatedFats')
" Polyunsaturated Fat (gm) 4 **

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=LinoleicAcid')"
Linoleic (omega 6) (gm) 4 12

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=AlphaLinolenicAcid')"
Alpha Linolenic (omega 3) (gm) 0.4 1.1

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Cholesterol')"
Cholesterol (mg) 79 < 300

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=VitaminA')" Vitamin
A (mcg RAE) 112.9 700

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=VitaminC')" Vitamin
C (mg) 49 75

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=VitaminE')" Vitamin
E (mg a-TE) 2.3 15

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Thiamin')" Thiamin
(mg) 0.7 1.1

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Riboflavin')"
Riboflavin (mg) 0.7 1.1

HYPERLINK "javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Niacin')"
Niacin (mg) 9 14

HYPERLINK "javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Folate')"
Folate (mcg, DFE) 187.6 400

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=VitaminB6')" Vitamin
B6 (mg) 0.4 1.3

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=VitaminB12')"
Vitamin B12 (mcg) 1.6 2.4

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Calcium')" Calcium
(mg) 327.2 1000

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Phosphorus')"
Phosphorus (mg) 501.2 700

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Magnesium')"
Magnesium (mg) 77.3 310

HYPERLINK "javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Iron')"
Iron (mg) 7.9 18

HYPERLINK "javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Zinc')"
Zinc (mg) 4.5 8

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Selenium')" Selenium
(mcg) 55.9 55

HYPERLINK
"javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Potassium')"
Potassium (mg) 786 4700

HYPERLINK "javascript:openNewWin('Nutrient_Desc.asp?Nutrient=Sodium')"
Sodium (mg) 3298 1500 - 2300







** Nutrient has no established recommendation.



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