Nutrition:Dietary Analysis Paper
This analysis is looking at the range of eating patterns you might have in a week. Hopefully, they will average over the week to give you a good nutritional intake on average. But let’s see. This would include creating a food log for each of the following days:
- Routine Eating Day
- Eating on the Run/Skipping a Meal Day
- Overeating Day
Next use the nutritionix.com website to login your diet info and perform your analyses.
In your browser, go to: https://nutritionix.com/login. This brings you to:
| Click Create Account
Next you will see Sign Up: |
| Enter you First Name, then Email then Repeat Email then Create a Password then Agree to Terms then Click Create Account |
Once the account opens, you will see:
Use your food log to enter foods & amounts eaten for your Routine Eating day. You may or may not have exercise to enter.[unique_solution]
Start another Food Log day by using the track calendar on the right of the screen. Enter in in your Eating on the Run Day and finally start a third Food Log for your Over Eating Day.
When your login is finished, to get the Nutrient Analysis for each of these days you will click on the Calorie Intake green bar found just under the black date bar. This will pop up the Daily Total Nutrition Facts Label:
You will use these three Nutrition Fact Labels to fill in the appropriate columns in the table below. Do NOT copy the percentages; instead fill in the actual reported amount (g = grams, mg = milligrams, ug = micrograms). for each nutrient, sum the three days of each nutrient then divide by three for the Average Intake. See whether you fulfill (or not) the recommended intake. The Recommended Intake column covers amounts needed for males & females (females usually the lower end of the range).
| Undereating Day | Typical Day of Eating | Overeating Day | Average of Three Days | |
| Calories
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| Calories from Fat
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| Total fat gm/%
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| Saturated fat gm/%
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| Cholesterol mg/%
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| Total Carbohydrates gms/%
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| Dietary Fiber gms/%
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| Sugars gms
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| Protein gms
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| Vitamins | ||||
| Vitamin A %
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| Vitamin D %
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| Vitamin C %
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| Sodium mg/% | ||||
| Potassium mg/% | ||||
| Calcium % | ||||
| Iron % |
The Average of the Three Days column will tell you if you have good intake for not or that nutrient over the short term when compared to info in the Recommended Intake column.
Besides ths analysis, the remainder of this paper is to summarize the functions of the above nutrients in terms of their health benefits as well as what happens with an excess or deficiency of each nutrients with regards to sickness/disease. Each nutrient should have its own paragraph with your findings vs recommended along with the functions. See the rubric below for points. Pay attention to the fact that we have emphasized the nutrient issues and the diseases of Metabolic Syndrome over the course of the semester: heart disease, diabetes, & hypertension as well as bone health.
Pay particular attention to explain nutrients involved in heart disease, diabetes/glycemia, & hypertension as well a bone health.
The total length of the paper should be about five pages in standard APA format.
Rubric for Dietary Analysis Points
APA Format 5.0
Format/grammar/spelling 5.0
Chart tabulating data & 3 day average 12.0
Tables from Nutritionix.com
Total Nutrient Intakes Charts x 3 days 10.0
Health & Disease Risk Assessment & excess vs deficient nutrients
Carbs (Fiber vs Sugars) 12.0
Protein 6.0
Fat (cholesterol/total/saturated vs unsaturated fat) 12.0
Vit A 5.0
Vit C 5.0
Vit D 5.0
Sodium 6.0
Potassium 6.0
Calcium 6.0
Iron 5.0
Total 100 points