Food Analysis

Food Analysis

  • Submitted By: mleclair
  • Date Submitted: 12/22/2008 5:23 AM
  • Category: Science
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Week Four Dietary Food Analysis of Michael LeClair Michael LeClair University of Phoenix Week Four Dietary Food Analysis of Michael LeClair Society in America is very obese. Obesity affects many aspects of our health. In the past 20 years video games and the Internet has become more popular resulting in decreased physical exercise and increased health risks due to increased calories not matching up to the physical strength required to burn them off. The following is my food intake journal which will illustrate how I have improved my necessary food intake but still needs more work. Many questions will be answered accordingly. Total fat intake, Trans Fats, cholesterol, nutrients, and calories will be discussed in order. Total Fat Intake How many grams of total fat can I consume in a day and not exceed 30% of calories from total fat? Use the CNPP total calories recommendation to calculate my answer. Was I above or below the recommendation? The total recommended number of grams I can consume in fat and be at 30% is approximately 53.32 grams of fat. I was below the recommendation which is good concerning fat intake. How many grams of saturated fat can I consume in a day and not exceed 10% of calories from saturated fat? Did I meet or exceed the recommendation? Could this be deleterious to my health? Why or why not? The amount of approximate grams I can consume in one day and not exceed 10% is about 17.78 grams of saturated fat. I was just under what I am recommended to be under with 17.3 grams of saturated fat in a day. Total Fat is below the maximum recommended. How much is Trans Fat have I consumed? Trans Fat…Good or Bad? The CNPP Web site does not list Trans Fat information in the nutrient analysis. What are Trans Fats? According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Website, Trans Fat is defined as the following: “Basically, trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oil--a process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation increases the...

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