Instructions:

Answer the following questions using your MDA Food Records and Reports. This will be submitted as an assignment (see Tips for Success below)

Assessing Your Carbohydrate Intake: Use the MDA “Calorie and Fat Sources” reports from each day and the three day average to complete the table below.

• Compare your daily intake of carbohydrates to the recommended values. Is it less than, more than or equal to the recommended value?
• Looking at your food record, what food contained the highest amount of added sugar?
• Compare your daily intake of fiber to the recommended value. Is it lower, equal to, or higher than the recommended value of 25-30 grams/day.
• Looking at your food record, what food could you substitute or add to increase your fiber intake?
• Which of the following statements apply to your carbohydrate intake:
  • My diet is high in refined grains
  • My diet is high in added sugar
  • My diet provides a good source of whole grains
  • My diet provides a good source of fiber
  • My carbohydrate choices are healthy
  • I could make better choices with my carbohydrate intake

Assessing Your Protein Intake : Use the MDA “Calorie and Fat Sources” reports from each day and the three day average to complete the table below.

• Compare your daily intake of protein to the recommended values. Is it less than, more than or equal to the recommended values?
• Which of the following statements apply to your protein intake:
  • My diet contains a lot of high fat protein sources
  • My diet contains a lot of red meat
  • My diet contains a lot of processed meat
  • My diet contains a good source lean proteins
  • My protein choices are healthy
  • I could make better choices with my protein intake

Assessing Your Fat Intake: Use the MDA “Calorie and Fat Sources” reports from each day and the three day average to complete the table below.

• Compare your daily intake of protein to the recommended values. Is it less than, more than or equal to the recommended value?
• Compare your daily intake of omega-3 to the recommended values. Is it less than, more than or equal to the recommended value?
• Compare your daily intake of saturated fat to the recommended values. Is it less than, more than or equal to the recommended value?
• Which of the following statements apply to your fat intake:
  • My diet contains a lot of saturated fat
  • My diet contains a lot of trans-fatty acids
  • My diet contains a lot of unhealthy fats
  • My fat choices are healthy
  • I could make better choices with my fat intake

Assessing Your Alcohol Intake: Use the MDA “Calorie and Fat Sources” reports from each day and the three day average to complete the table below

• Which of the following statements apply to your fat intake:
  • I do not/did not consume alcohol
  • My alcohol consumption was in moderation
  • My alcohol consumption was more than moderation

Assessing Your Diet

• Explain how your future risk of health may be affected with your current consumption of fat, protein, carbohydrates, alcohol and cholesterol.
• Is there anything you change to improve your diet? If not, what is it about your current diet that you feel that you should maintain for the future?

Tips For Success

• I recommend composing your content offline in a text editor and then copy and paste the text into your reply post. If something happens you will have an offline copy of all of your hard work!
• Please note, if you are using Microsoft Word to compose offline, you may need to do some editing to the format when you paste it into the reply.
• Please DO NOT upload an attachment, except a pdf
• I will not accept assignments that are emailed.