Food Nutrition
Proper nutrition is very essential to the human body. An individual’s vitamin, mineral, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, and water intake plays a key role in human health. Over these few weeks I’ve spent in my human nutrition class, I’ve learned more about my personal diet and nutrition habits and how to become more aware on the food and diet choices I make. In this essay I will be discussing various findings about my diet intake as well as problems I may potentially face and possible corrections I can take.
My Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measurement of total fat in my body based on my height and weight. I am 70 inches tall which means that I should weigh 174 pounds at most to be considered healthy. Based on my actual weight of 265 pounds, I found that not only I’m almost 100 pounds over the limit but I’m also at risk for multiple health issues such as stroke, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
I conducted a test to discover exactly how many daily calories I would need for my body to function everyday and the average amount of calories that I consume based on a 2-day diet plan. In order for my body to function, I would need to consume 2950 calories per day. However, my average calorie intake based on the 2-day diet is only 1705 calories. Based on these numbers, I would expect to lose a considerable amount of weight.
I know that whenever I consume foods throughout the day, they must contain a certain percentage of proteins, fats, saturated fats, and carbohydrates. When I broke down my food intake, I found that I am actually taking in all the correct percentages in order to have a healthy diet. Some of my numbers, however, are at their borderline mark. There should be 10-30% coming from protein and less than 30% coming from fats. My numbers show that only 11.8% of my daily foods come from protein and 28.6% comes from fat. Most of these numbers came from McDonald’s chicken nuggets alone. Obviously, I would need to consume more protein
My Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measurement of total fat in my body based on my height and weight. I am 70 inches tall which means that I should weigh 174 pounds at most to be considered healthy. Based on my actual weight of 265 pounds, I found that not only I’m almost 100 pounds over the limit but I’m also at risk for multiple health issues such as stroke, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
I conducted a test to discover exactly how many daily calories I would need for my body to function everyday and the average amount of calories that I consume based on a 2-day diet plan. In order for my body to function, I would need to consume 2950 calories per day. However, my average calorie intake based on the 2-day diet is only 1705 calories. Based on these numbers, I would expect to lose a considerable amount of weight.
I know that whenever I consume foods throughout the day, they must contain a certain percentage of proteins, fats, saturated fats, and carbohydrates. When I broke down my food intake, I found that I am actually taking in all the correct percentages in order to have a healthy diet. Some of my numbers, however, are at their borderline mark. There should be 10-30% coming from protein and less than 30% coming from fats. My numbers show that only 11.8% of my daily foods come from protein and 28.6% comes from fat. Most of these numbers came from McDonald’s chicken nuggets alone. Obviously, I would need to consume more protein