Fall 2003
Carbohydrate Diet Diary
This exercise is designed to help you gauge your carbohydrate intake.You will need to keep track of all food and liquids you ingest for 2 days.The days do not have to be sequential, but you do have to include one weekend day.This assignment is due on Monday December 8th.NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED – NO EXCEPTIONS.GRIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH WRITTEN ANSWERS.
1.
On the grids provided - keep track of all food and fluids consumed
for 2 days.One of those days must
be a weekend day.Using appendix
N [and/or any on-line source], find each item and locate calories, carbohydrate
[simple and complex] and fiber content. For those of you who consume alcoholic
beverages, please also track the total grams of alcohol you consume in
the space provided.If you use a
packaged food, use the information from the label. Using the label, you
will be able to also track sugar [simple carbohydrates].Total
each day’s values on grid sheet, in the space provided.
-Studies
are currently addressing the amount of simple carbohydrates in our diets.The
type of carbohydrate that is the biggest threat to our health is added
simple sugars.The simple sugars
in fruit, fruit or veggie juice, or dairy products are not considered added
simple sugars, and are not harmful to health.Using
labels, the handouts provided and information from the text, you should
be able to roughly estimate the amount of added simple carbohydrates in
your diet.
2.
Answer the following questions - please type answers on a separate sheet
of paper. And show math when appropriate – the math can be handwritten
oAssess
your carbohydrate diet diary:
§Did
you meet, exceed or fall short of your daily caloric needs? [How do you
know what that is?Use calculations
from previous assignments.]State
what your caloric needs are – and what the actual amount consumed was when
the 3 days are averaged.
§The
text states that the RDA for carbohydrates is 130 g/day for adults – based
on CNS needs. Did your total meet this goal? Did your total carbohydrate
intake fall in the recommended range of 45 - 65 % of your daily caloric
intake?And of your daily carbohydrate
intake- what % was from added simple carbohydrates?How
did it compare to the recommendation that added simple sugars should contribute
no more than 10 – 15% of total carbohydrates?
§Was
your fiber intake adequate? - Remember adults need 25 - 30 grams /day.
[14 grams/ 1000 kcals consumed]
§If
you were within the dietary goals for these categories - congratulations!!If
you are not meeting the suggested dietary guidelines, what recommendations
could you make to bring your diet closer to these goals?
oHow
does whole grain flour differ from white flour?How
would each affect the glycemic response?
oMany
people do not eat breakfast, and claim to function fine without it.If
you suggest that they eat breakfast, they usually say ‘if I eat breakfast,
I am hungry before lunchtime, but if I don’t eat breakfast, I am not as
hungry at lunchtime.’Knowing how
the body utilizes energy, how might you explain this phenomenon?
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Beverage Consumed
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Kcals
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Carbohydrates
[grams] |
Simple
carbohydrates
[grams] |
Fiber
[grams]
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Alcohol
[grams] |
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