Nutrition 2007

Carbohydrate Diet Diary

This exercise is design4ed to help you gauge your carbohydrate intake. You will need to keep track of all the food and liquids you ingest for 3 days. The days do not have to be sequential but you need to include at least one weekend day. This assignment is due on Tuesday April 24^th. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED, GRIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH WRITTEN ANSWERS, IF YOU USE A WEBBASED SITE, SUBMIT APPROPRIATE TABLES/GRAPHS

On the grids provided, keep track of all food and fluids consumed. Using an on-line source, and the tables in the appendix of text, find each item; locate calories, carbohydrates [simple and complex] and fiber content. For those of you who consume alcoholic beverages, please also track the total oz consumed. If you use a packaged food, use the information from the label. Using the label, you will be able to track simple carbohydrates [sugars]. Total each day’s values on the grid sheet in the space provided.

Answer the following questions. Please type answers on a separate sheet of paper, and show math when appropriate. The math can be handwritten.

1) Assess your carbohydrate diet diary:

• Did you meet, exceed or fall short of your daily caloric needs? How do you know what that is? State your caloric needs, and actual amount consumed on a daily basis, and averaged.
• The RDA for carbohydrates is 130 gram/day for adults based on CNS needs. Did you meet/exceed or fall short of this? Is your carbohydrate intake 50 – 60% of your total daily caloric intake? What % was from simple carbohydrates?
• Was your fiber intake adequate? Remember adults need 25 – 30 gm/day or 14 grams for every 1000 kcals.
• If you met the dietary goals for each of the categories listed above - CONGRATULATIONS! If you did not meet the suggested dietary guidelines, what recommendations can you make to help bring your diet closer to theses goals?
  
  

2)Many 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 hungry until lunchtime.” Knowing how the body utilizes sugars/fuel how might you explain this phenomenon?