...3-Day Diet Analysis The 3-day diet analysis was very interesting to me, and has given me some very useful and challenging information pertaining to my health. I know I do not have the healthiest eating habits, and after using the SuperTracker I plan to do my best at changing my diet. My current eating habits are not very bad, but not very good or healthy. I do not eat breakfast, but when I do I eat breakfast I eat food that is for lunch or dinner. I know that is not good, but eating some breakfast food makes me feel sick. Honestly, I like to eat breakfast food at night. Lately, I have not wanted to eat breakfast at all. So when lunch time comes around I am starving and I sometimes eat more than I should. I also stuff myself when I am eating. I have this mentality that I should eat everything on my plate, even when I am full. The recommendations I received from the SuperTracker pertaining to my servings from each food group were mostly under the serving size. I received a good report in the protein category. I love to eat meat. The vegetable category was okay in some areas, but needs improvement. I also need to improve in the calorie area. Apparently, I was under my 1800 calories, but the empty calories I was over the limit. As I mentioned before my eating habits are not good at all. I can adjust my diet by eating the appropriate nutrients. I need to eat more fruits because my results were not good in that category. I can add...
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...bodies every day. Throughout the Diet Analysis Project, I was able to look into my diet and examine what I was eating, what types of nutrients I was getting and how much . I did an eating log for three days, one weekend and two weekdays to really look into my diet and see if I was eating healthy or filling my body with unwanted bad foods. I then compared my recommended levels of nutrients for my DRI and the actual amounts I was receiving throughout the day. I needed to see if the nutrients I was getting would allow for my full DRI values but not overdue my nutrient levels. I found some very interesting numbers that pertained to my diet that were good and then some that were pretty bad. Some nutrients that are close to deficiency include: carbohydrates, vitamin A, Vitamine C, and saturated fat. These outlines of foods that I have recorded, is pretty close to my daily routine, and therefore are pretty accurate. In my diet I was under average in vegetables and fruits mainly and way over average in grains, protein, and empty calories. For instance an empty calorie would include added sugars and fats mainly. When we break down my diet we see a couple things, I am low in my colaric intake by about 300 kcal, and in protein I overshoot by about 60g. In a lot of places in my diet I very sufficient in foods: fat, cholesterol, omega 3, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, B12, folate, iron, zinc, and sodium. Some of that is a goo sign while others are a red flag. When looking at my diet I would...
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...Kimintang Sidibeh BI 213 Three Day Diet Analysis According to the food pyramid, my diet is horrible considering what I have consumed in these 3 days. It shows that I need to start eating more, and better quality foods. My sugar intake is too high and should be reconsidered. Possibly I could swap out processed sugars for natural sugars; such as in fruit. It is obvious from the records I have provided that I do not take in as much (if any) fruit that one should be consuming on a daily basis. Thus, not only am I depriving myself of vitamins, I am also depriving myself of the fiber needed in order for my digestive system and metabolism to work as necessary. I will have to incorporate more whole grains with fruit and vegetables to act as roughage, as going to the bathroom proves difficult for me- most likely this is why. I was astonished by how many carbohydrates I take in too. Eating a lot of carbs can add to the blockage/ movement in the bowels so I need to consider decreasing the TYPE of carbohydrates that I eat, cutting out white and processed breads and grains, replacing them for whole grains and wheat products. The only milk I intake is with my coffee and tea. Although I have four hot beverages a day with around 2 tablespoons of dairy, I am aware that this is no-where near the recommended 2 cups a day. On a good note however, I do not drink many sugary drinks at all- if any. Coffee, tea and water are my staple liquids therefore the sugar that I eat equals out...
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...Super Tracker to track my food for the last 3 days and comparing it to what should be eaten was an eye opening experience. My eating habits at this time include eating quite a bit of fast food and Haitian food. I skip breakfast most mornings and have only a cup of orange juice. I may eat a piece of fruit and then I work 3 or 4 hours before I get a snack of maybe a piece of fried chicken from Mc Donald and ice cream. Later, I may drink a cup of tea and by the time I make it home after 6 p.m., I usually eat until I go to bed. I eat chips and dip, candy, cookies, and more fruit, if I have it. I know this is not a healthy diet and I plan to use the food tracker to continue to track my meals and make healthier choices. The recommendations I received from the Super Tracker included a diet of no more than 2000 calories a day. My plan included less than 258 calories from empty calories ounces a day of grains, including substituted whole grains for refined grains at least half the time. I am to eat 2.5 cups of vegetables a day, including dark green, red, and orange vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and carrots. Two cups of fruit a day are included in my meal plans. The Super Tracker recommends using a wide variety of fruit, by adapting my choices to seasonal fruits. Three cups of fat free or low fat milk is recommended as well as low fat or fat free cheese and yogurt. Protein foods are recommended at 5.5 ounces a day or 8 ounces a week. Seafood should be used...
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...3 Day Diet Plan Kerry Case SCI/241 12/2/2012 William Connor For many years now it has been a struggle to eat healthy, and smoked on regular basis until this past June. When I quit smoking I replaced one bad habit with another and that bad habit was food. When it came to eating my current schedule does not allow me the time to eat like I should. My schedule at work requires me to be at work early so being able to fix something to eat just takes up too much time. I have also found that even if I do eat just a banana it makes me very tired, and with my job being a school bus driver, falling asleep at the wheel is not good. In the morning I usually buy a soda to drink. This usually lasts me from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Then from 9 a.m. to around 12:15 I purchase another soda. Usually around lunch I bring something to eat that I have previously cooked the following night from dinner. Sometimes I just don’t feel like eating so I throw that back into our work refrigerator and leave it for the next day. I clock back in around 1:30 p.m. and purchase another soda that lasts me until I get off work at 5 p.m. I rush home to fix something quick for dinner such as spaghetti with garlic bread, and a soda to drink. After dinner is done I help my children with their homework as I clean up from dinner. When the children have done their homework and gotten ready for bed is when I finally sit down and do my own homework. Finally around midnight I am ready for bed to just turn around and get up at...
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...3 Day Military Diet | Fat Burning Foods Guide People often suffer from illnesses due to poor nutrition, unhealthy lifestyle, and even eating too much without considering the value of vitamins and nutrients that a person must acquire to have a balanced and healthy diet. Nowadays, proper and balance diet is not already observed. People tend to eat foods that they know can satisfy their thirst of hunger. A desired food which is usually eaten for you can just have it instantly. Not enough vitamins and nutrients for our daily intake of foods can harm us and even an excess of it. Obesity can be one of the major problems which a person may encounter for having this poor nutrition. Best fat burning foods such as: Foods that contains high level of...
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...Three Day Diet Analysis Hans, Ronald J. SCI 241 November 11, 2012 Stacey Nagy Three Day Diet Analysis Growing up I have always given my dad a hard time for his weight until about four years ago when he pulled out his wedding tux and I tried it on and could not fit in it. I am currently six foot four inches and weight approximately one hundred and fifty pounds so you can share my amazement when I found out that I couldn’t fit into my two hundred and fifty pound father’s tux. My dad got married when he was twenty two and I just turned twenty two, so I believe that it is about time to start being more a wear of what I eat. Being that I am currently underweight, I haven’t had to discipline myself when it comes to eating too much. My problem is that I do not eat enough of the right stuff. My three day food tracker account has shown me that my eating habits are horrible to say the least. I only managed to meet one daily food group target and that was only for two of the three days. I fell under the recommended calorie allowance on all three days as well. It is obviously that my diet needs help. Super Tracker recommends that I ingest 3200 calories per day. The highest I achieved in the past three days was only 2353 and that was because I almost ate an entire twelve inch pizza for dinner. Of the six classes of nutrients, Super Tracker recommends that I eat ten ounces of grains, four cups of vegetables, two and a half cups of fruit, three cups of dairy, seven ounces of protein...
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...Week One Assignment: 3 Day Diet Analysis SCI241 April 29, 2012 Week One Assignment: 3 Day Diet Analysis My current eating habits are not the greatest, to say the least. Instead of eating healthy for breakfast, such as oatmeal, fruit, and juice, I usually eat a couple of waffles doused with maple syrup and peanut butter. And I have a Pepsi. Lately I have been trying to eat yogurt with granola instead, but I also just realized that the granola is not helping me in the calorie situation. For lunch, if I am at work, I will usually order something from the cafeteria which almost always includes French fries. Sometimes I will order chicken strips, other times a French dip. Lately, I have been trying to bring leftovers from dinner to save money, and I am hoping that helps me a little bit in the calorie department. But again, I always have at least 20 oz. of soda with lunch. I have started bringing a water bottle with me to work so that I am not always relying on soda for my liquid. For dinner, a lot of the time I eat out, which I know the portions are always huge at restaurants, but I still eat it all anyways. I have tried cooking at home more often, which also (hopefully) saves some on calories. With dinner I usually have a couple cans of Pepsi. I have noticed lately that I am gaining weight also, which is very frustrating. I had been at a point that I was losing weight, and I think it is because I was not eating breakfast, and now I make sure that I do. Based...
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...journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ybrbi Short exposure to a diet rich in both fat and sugar or sugar alone impairs place, but not object recognition memory in rats Jessica E. Beilharz a, Jayanthi Maniam b, Margaret J. Morris b,⇑ a b School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 10 October 2013 Received in revised form 11 November 2013 Accepted 25 November 2013 Available online 3 December 2013 Keywords: Diet Fat Sugar Obesity Memory Learning Hippocampus Inflammation Oxidative stress a b s t r a c t High energy diets have been shown to impair cognition however, the rapidity of these effects, and the dietary component/s responsible are currently unclear. We conducted two experiments in rats to examine the effects of short-term exposure to a diet rich in sugar and fat or rich in sugar on object (perirhinaldependent) and place (hippocampal-dependent) recognition memory, and the role of inflammatory mediators in these responses. In Experiment 1, rats fed a cafeteria style diet containing chow supplemented with lard, cakes, biscuits, and a 10% sucrose solution performed worse on the place, but not the object recognition task, than chow fed control rats when tested after 5, 11, and 20 days. In Experiment 2, rats fed the cafeteria style diet either with or without sucrose and rats fed chow supplemented with sucrose...
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...minutes a day on the treadmill or stationary bike. I clean house, run errands, do work study and go to school. As compared to 300 minutes of moderate intensity exercise weekly, I execute around 270 minutes. I do not do muscle strengthening activities at all weekly. I consumed 3,371 calories during the 3 day diet study and my DRI was 7,818. This shows that I consumed 4,447 less calories than is recommended. On the 3 days that I did the diet plan, I consumed less than was recommended on all three days. I do not have any health related data for my paternal side of the family. My maternal side of the family has a history of high-blood pressure and heart disease. My mother has both heart disease and blood-pressure. I have high cholesterol which my doctor says is genetic-related. Foods and Food Components to Reduce Sodium My maximum recommended for sodium is 2,300 mg daily. On day one of the diet study, I consumed 1,404 which is 896 less than recommended. On day two, I consumed 2,565 mg which exceeds the 2,300 maximum recommended for sodium by 265 mg. On that day, I ate one item of Maruchan Roman Noodles; beef flavor dry that contained 1,540 mg of sodium. In addition, I ate one taco bell crunchy taco supreme that contained 740 mg of sodium. On day three, I consumed 1,061 mg which is 1,239 less than is the maximum recommended. Saturated Fat My DRI for saturated fats is <29. On day one of the Diet Study, I consumed 12.7g of saturated fat which is 16.3g below the 29g. On day two...
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...Human Nutrition - PERSONAL DIET EVALUATION PROJECT The purpose of this project is to put theory into practice by examining your food intake and making decisions about your eating habits. To begin the project, keep a record of your food and beverage intake for three typical days. Write down what you eat and drink and the quantity of each food or drink consumed. Keep another record of one day of your activities (24 hour period). Write down your activities and the time spent on each throughout your day. Include time sleeping or sitting quietly – all activities, including sedentary ones, burn calories. Use the website: choosemyplate.gov and the “Super Tracker” feature to analyze your diet and physical activity. Create a profile for yourself and enter your foods and beverages (item and quantity consumed) for analysis. Substitute a food of similar nutrient content if you can’t find a match within the database. Or, enter ingredients separately for mixed food items. For example, a taco might have: a corn shell, beef, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes etc. See the last page of this document for more detailed instructions for setting up your profile within Super Tracker. Enter your 24 hours of activity into the “Activity Tracker” portion of the program. Refer to the Rate Your Plate Grading Guidelines Rubric for specific grading information for this project – attached at the end of this document. The time required to complete the diet records, data analysis, and...
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...Sara Terry Nutrition Diet Paper High blood pressure, hypertension, effects more than 65 million people, or 1 out of every3 people. Another 59 million people are have hypertension which is a slight increase in blood pressure which can lead to serious health problems (Nhibi.nih.gov, 2013). High blood pressure is dangerous because it can harden artery walls, make the heart pump harder and can cause the brain to hemorrhage. If not controlled, the consequences of living a life with high blood pressure can lead to heart and kidney disease, stroke and blindness. The DASH diet is often suggested to people suffering from hypertension and focuses on portion size, eating a variety of foods and getting the right amount of nutrients (Mayoclinic.org, 2013). DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH eating plan has no special foods and hard to follow recipes. The diet follows out a simple daily servings table that is easy to follow. DASH diet is well known and encourages a reduction in sodium intake in a person’s diet and eat foods rich in nutrients that help lower blood pressure such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. The diet is in line with Dietary Recommendations to prevent osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke and diabetes (Mayoclinic.org, 2013). Vegetables, fruit, low-fat dairy with moderate amounts of whole grains, fish, poultry and nuts are the consistency of the diet. This diet is not geared to be a weight loss program, but a healthier way...
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...Analysis overview After a detailed review of my 3 Day diet, I made a small addition, that I did not mention before, and tried to include all Ingredients in my diet sheet. I found all substitutions for food that I ate. 2.Food Review 10/03/2011 -10/05/2011 During these three days, the average number of calories consumed for each day was 1170kcal MyPyramide Tracker recommends for me 1910 kcal The greatest percentage of my total intake is fruits for all three days. The least percentage of my total intake is grains for all three days. Two of the three days I did not eat grain at all. The fruits group exceeds the recommendation level in all three days and it unlikely will affect my health, because it is simple sugar that is metabolized quickly and easily by the body. Simple sugars, like fructose, are not a problem for people who are active and healthy. An average healthy person would have to consume A LOT of fruit for it to get to the point of being unhealthy. Moderate fruit intake is certainly recommended as part of a healthy diet. But the deficiencies of vegetables and especially grains in my diet can increase risk for heart disease. Lack of dietary fiber from whole grains and vegetables can lead to constipation, increase risk of type 2 diabetes and some vitamins and minerals deficiency. 3.Nutrient Analysis Comparing my intake for each nutrient against the “Recommended or Acceptable Range”, the protein in my diet is almost twice exceeding the recommended amount...
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...Abstract This diet debunk will identify one popular fad diet and one popular over-the-counter weight loss product. It will explain how the diet and weight loss product work. The diet and weight loss product marketing techniques will be examined as well as providing examples of these techniques. Pros and cons will be given for the diet and weight loss program. This diet debunk will determine if the diet and weight loss program come from a reputable source. Last but not least, psychological, cultural, and social media influences that may play a role in an individual’s choice of diet and weight loss product will be examined. Diet Debunk: Weight Loss Program vs. Weight Loss Product The Atkins Diet has been a popular weight loss program for many years with numerous people having success losing pounds on the scale. Another way to lose weight is by using a weight loss product such as Xenadrine. The Atkins Diet and Xenadrine will be compared and contrasted in depth in several areas as well as looking at what influences people to use such methods to lose weight. How Do They Work? The Atkins Diet. The Atkins Diet is a low-carbohydrate diet that was developed by Dr. Robert C. Atkins in 1972. While carbohydrates are restricted, this diet stresses protein and fats. The theory behind The Atkins Diet is that when consuming too many carbohydrates, such as white flour and sugar, the body has blood sugar fluctuations that lead to weight gain. By restricting these carbohydrates, the body...
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...Food Intake – 3 Days Edgar Burgos Cruz University of Phoenix SCI/220 Human Nutrition September 12, 2013 Prof. Pierre Edvrard Pharel Food Intake – 3 Days During this week, I Edgar Burgos had to conduct a food intake for 3 consecutive days. This paper will describe my nutritional endeavor for the past three days. I will provide different aspects of my nutritional needs and an in depth analysis on how proteins fats carbohydrates and fiber take part in my everyday diet and what are these functions. This is intended to broaden my views of a healthy lifestyle, and how to achieve it through a variety of food groups. During the 3 days food intake, I ate chicken, steak, beans, eggs and turkey which provided proteins. For carbohydrates I had: wheat bread, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, milk, apples, pasta, and white rice. Finally for lipids I had: vegetable oil, olive oil, regular butter and olives. My recorded protein, carbohydrates and lipids intakes are high compared to the recommendations of the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for my body measurements. The DRIs are recommendations for the amounts of energy, nutrients, and other food components that healthy people should consume in order to stay healthy, reduce the risk of chronic disease, and prevent deficiencies (Grosvenor & Smolin, 2012). Since my carbohydrates, lipids and proteins are high, I recommend eliminating the steak and any parts of the turkey and chicken which produces excess of fat. I would add more organically proteins...
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