Food Intake
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Food Intake Paper
SCI/220
October 27, 2013
Food Intake
For the three days that I recorded my diet, it consisted of a large quantity of coffee, a minimum amount of vegetables, and my meat and dairy consumption were quite low. Although I did have a few things that contribute to my daily protein requirements such as, hard boiled eggs, peanut butter, and cheeses. According to my nutrition guide I had very low fatty and sugary foods, and my total grams of lipids are fairly high. With that, most of the fat comes from natural food products such as the vegetables that I consumed. According to the DRI my diet is quite high in my proteins and carbohydrates. In all three of the days that I recorded I ate well over the recommended amount in both the proteins and carbohydrates. In order to get them to the areas they need to be, I could limit my coffee intake, since coffee is high in carbohydrates. However I am not sure how to get my proteins lower. I always thought proteins were a good thing and in all actuality, there were not a whole lot of foods I ate that were high in protein; but combined throughout the day they add up to be a pretty high total. I am not really sure what complete and incomplete proteins are. But if my understanding of this is correct, that means complete proteins would be considered a good protein such as nuts, fish, chicken, and certain vegetables and an incomplete protein would be considered a bad protein such as coffee, pork, red meat ETC. Based on my daily food intake my salad that I had for lunch on day two and my three small peanut butter and honey sandwiches I had for dinner on day three are complementary. However my coffee for breakfast on day one and my peanut butter and honey sandwich on day three were not complementary. It is important because if you have an unbalanced protein intake that is not complementary to each other it could get stored as unneeded fat. When looking at my macronutrient intake ranges I find that my intake is very...
SCI/220
October 27, 2013
Food Intake
For the three days that I recorded my diet, it consisted of a large quantity of coffee, a minimum amount of vegetables, and my meat and dairy consumption were quite low. Although I did have a few things that contribute to my daily protein requirements such as, hard boiled eggs, peanut butter, and cheeses. According to my nutrition guide I had very low fatty and sugary foods, and my total grams of lipids are fairly high. With that, most of the fat comes from natural food products such as the vegetables that I consumed. According to the DRI my diet is quite high in my proteins and carbohydrates. In all three of the days that I recorded I ate well over the recommended amount in both the proteins and carbohydrates. In order to get them to the areas they need to be, I could limit my coffee intake, since coffee is high in carbohydrates. However I am not sure how to get my proteins lower. I always thought proteins were a good thing and in all actuality, there were not a whole lot of foods I ate that were high in protein; but combined throughout the day they add up to be a pretty high total. I am not really sure what complete and incomplete proteins are. But if my understanding of this is correct, that means complete proteins would be considered a good protein such as nuts, fish, chicken, and certain vegetables and an incomplete protein would be considered a bad protein such as coffee, pork, red meat ETC. Based on my daily food intake my salad that I had for lunch on day two and my three small peanut butter and honey sandwiches I had for dinner on day three are complementary. However my coffee for breakfast on day one and my peanut butter and honey sandwich on day three were not complementary. It is important because if you have an unbalanced protein intake that is not complementary to each other it could get stored as unneeded fat. When looking at my macronutrient intake ranges I find that my intake is very...