Food Journal Analysis #3
Food Journal Analysis #3
Craig Hull
SCI 220
Matt Dennis
November 28, 2007
Food Journal Analysis #3
My food journal analysis will be done for Thanksgiving Day this week. This is a week when everyone over eats and has to pay the price. The Pyramid Tracker will show the unhealthy decisions made on this day and may change the way I will eat in the future.
According to the Pyramid Tracker, the students recommended daily allowed fat grams are 236.1gm of fat. On this particular day the student consumed 381.2 grams of fat. Though the recommendation is less than what the student ate, for his personal analysis, the recommendation is between 20% and 35%. The student's total fat intake came out to be 32.4%.
In order to keep the student's saturated fat intake from exceeding 10% of the daily caloric intake, the student must not exceed 106.25 grams of saturated fat on this day. For this day the student consumed 126 grams of saturated fat. This exceeds the daily recommended amount for the day. The student's saturated fat intake for the day was 10.7%. Though the number is close to the recommended daily intake, the student still consumed a little too much saturated fat.
On Thanksgiving Day, almost everything the student ate was unhealthy in some way. Instead of eating huge quantities of the Thanksgiving dinner, the student could have indulged some, but could have cut down on portion sizes. No one is going to skip Thanksgiving dinner in the name of health, but it is important that he remember to limit himself on special days. The student could also consider some lower fat alternatives to his favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
On days when being health conscious is not a number one priority, some people tend to throw caution to the wind and eat a high fat version of a meal that they enjoy. When choosing to eat a high fat meal, it is important to remember to pick the rest of the food for the...
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