Description

Dietary Analysis (50 pts)

Purpose

               The intention of this assignment is to give you a chance to analyze your current dietary behaviors and determine how you are meeting you bodies dietary needs.

Background

               Have you ever heard the saying “you are what you eat”?  If you eat a vibrant diet that is full of life and nutrients you too should be vibrant and full of life.  Where as if you eat a diet that is dead, mono-colored and missing some very vital nutrients you too will be dull, and working your way towards deaths door a lot sooner.  Traditionally food was used as medicine, the father of modern medicine Hippocrates once said “ let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food,” it is from this perspective that we should all be re-examining our current dietary behaviors.  Some foods like cured meats increase the risk of developing cancer where as eating ripe fruits and veggies boost or immunity by increasing the amount of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that we are consuming. 

Instructions

·       Keep a three-day Diet Diary

o   What this means is that you will need to record what and how much you are eating and drinking (do not include any vitamin or mineral supplements). Don’t try and be on your best behavior, you want to give yourself a realistic picture of what you eat.

·       Using the link here (https://cronometer.com) create a free account (that is easy to delete if you don’t want to keep it) and follow the steps listed in the cronometer instructions handout.

·       Once you have completed the above steps you are ready to answer the response questions below

What to submit

1.     (10pts) 3 day diet diary

a.      Example: Day 1- Breakfast, bowl of oatmeal with almond butter, maple syrup, blueberries and a cup of tea

2.     (40pts) Response questions listed below

a.      be sure to follow format outlined under course materials do not include my instructions

Response Questions (10pts each)

1.     Write a reflection about your current eating habits.  Including the following information: Are your current eating habits different than prior years of your life, how so… is it better or worse? Be sure to provide detailed examples  

2.     List 5 micro-nutrients (Vitamins/Minerals) were you the lowest in and what does this mean to your health? Think in terms of what weakness or disease you may be at risk for developing if it is too low for too long?