PREGNANT: YES NO BREASTFEEDING: YES NO
DIRECTIONS:
Please answer every question. Do not leave any form field blank. If the Guideline is not applicable, please type ‘Not applicable.’ Most questions will require you to use information from your Foodlist (Assignment 1), MyPyramid (Assignment 2) and Diet Analysis +9 (assignment 3) results. Please cite in the question if your information for answering the Guideline comes from Assignment 1, 2, or 3.
ADEQUATE NUTRIENTS WITHIN CALORIE NEEDS
Key Recommendations
Consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages within and among the basic food groups while choosing foods that limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, salt, and alcohol.
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Please explain here: According to my Diet Analysis +10 and Choose My Plate, I did not meet this guideline. On Diet Analysis +10's 3 Day Average, it shows that my saturated fat intake is double than the highest suggestion amount, and my aded sugars is 10% more than the suggested amount. On the Choose My Plate's Nutrients Report, it shows that I intake 10% more saturated fat, 55 mg over the suggested amount of salt, 94 mg over the suggested amont of cholesterol, and 25g added sugars per day. Even through I inktae a varety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages without drinking any alcohol, I still not meet this guideline because I fail to limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, and salt.
Meet recommended intakes within energy needs by adopting a balanced eating pattern, such as the USDA Food Guide or the DASH Eating Plan.
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Please explain here: According to my Diet Analysis +10 and Choose My Plate, I did not meet this guideline. Compare Choose My Plate and the USDA Food Pattern, I intake less amount of vegetables other than starchy categories and other categories. I only intake 50% of the dairy under USDA Food Pattern, and I intake 2 times more on seafood. So I definely not meet this guideline.
Key Recommendations for Specific Population Groups
People over age 50. Consume vitamin B12 in its crystalline form (i.e., fortified foods or supplements).
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Please explain here: I am under age of 50 so this GUideline is not applicable to me.
Women of childbearing age who may become pregnant. Eat foods high in heme-iron and/or consume iron-rich plant foods or iron-fortified foods with an enhancer of iron absorption, such as vitamin C-rich foods.
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Please explain here: According to my Diet Analysis +10 and Choose My Plate, I meet this guideline. The suggested amount of vitamin C on Diet Analysis +10's 3 Day Average is 75mg, and I intake 141.19mg per day. In Choose My Plate, the have the same suggested amount as the Diet Analysis, and the said I intake 78mg per day. Either of those shows that I meet this guideline.
Women of childbearing age who may become pregnant and those in the first trimester of pregnancy. Consume adequate synthetic folic acid daily (from fortified foods or supplements) in addition to food forms of folate from a varied diet.
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Please explain here: According to my Diet Analysis +10 and Choose My Plate, I meet this guideline. Both the Diet Analysis +10's Intake vs. Goals and Choose My Plate's Nutrients Report shows that the suggested amount of Floate is 400 ug, and my intake amount about 430ug per day. So I meet this guideline.
Older adults, people with dark skin, and people exposed to insufficient ultraviolet band radiation (i.e., sunlight). Consume extra vitamin D from vitamin D-fortified foods