Nutrition is extremely important in living a healthy lifestyle. Keeping an eye on your personal daily nutrition values and intake is vital to an effective diet. In this paper, I"m going to compare and contrast my daily value totals as documented in a previous assignment to the recommended daily totals. During the course of this comparison, I will determine whether my current diet is healthy or not, as well as what affect it will have on my future health and wellness.
My food journal states that in a 2-day period I consumed 1,999 calories; 241g of protein; 50g of fat; 146g of carbohydrates; 10g of fiber and 1,341 mg of sodium. For vitamins and minerals I took in 368micrograms of vitamin A; 27mg of vitamin C; 3.75mg of vitamin B6; 20mg of folate; 244.4mg of calcium; 220.3mg of Magnesium; 14.74mg of iron and 14.71mg of zinc. These are numbers that I recorded and documented for just a 2day period. This is my everyday routine in regards to my eating habits. Just a couple of small meals a day usually hold me over. Some days I may eat less, some days I may eat more, but usually stay around the same amount of food consumption. Basically, no breakfast, a small lunch if time at my job allows, and a normal size dinner. Mostly meats, and not much of any fruit.
The normal recommended nutrition values and intake for myself for a 2-day period would be 5,800 calories; 116g protein; 65g fat; 300g carbohydrates; 25g fiber; 2,400 mg sodium. For vitamins and minerals 900 of vitamin A; 90mg vitamin C; 3.75mg of vitamin B6; 400micrograms of folate; 1,000mg of calcium; 400mg of magnesium; 8 mg of iron, and 11mg of zinc. These are all based on my age and weight during a 2-day period. These do vary from person to person, again due to age and weight. Without doing any math, it is clear that a lot of my numbers have a big difference between them. As well as missing a lot of daily vitamins and nutrients that is vital to a healthy diet, and a stable everyday energy level.
