I am Joshua Aaron Sanders, I am 18 years of age. I am 5 feet and 6 inches tall, and weigh 149 pounds. I have low activity level, because I do not work out. Although I am outside often with my dogs, and working on my truck. If I could pick anywhere to eat every day for the rest of my life it would be Chick-Fil-A. I eat Chick-Fil-A there every day for lunch, besides Sunday and it’s not by choice. I order the number five eight count, with a large waffle fry and large sweet tea; for my dipping sauce I get Polynesian, Buffalo and ketchup. I’m a picky eater, you’d have better luck pulling my teeth then getting me to eat vegetables. I refuse to drink water, unless I’m eating a donut from Krispy Kreme. Over the week I had an intake of 1,561.34 calories,…show more content… I did not meet the AMDR of 45-65%, I got approximately 13%. My sugar intake was 54 grams, the top three sources of sugar in my diet were the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups 47.16 grams, my Sweet Tea was 36 grams, and my Mountain Berry Powerade was 20 grams. Of my top three sources, they were all added sugar. Added sugar also known as processed sugar is injected into the food, unlike natural sugar which is already in the food; natural sugar is definitely better then processed. The recommended fiber intake for my age, weight and height was 38.49 grams, my intake was 9.01 grams, reaching a 23%. My Analysis stated that I only had an intake of dietary fiber, which is defined in our Nutrition textbook as a nondigestible carbohydrate parts of plants that form the support structures of leaves, stems, and seeds. I didn’t intake in any Soluble or Insoluble Fiber. Soluble fibers dissolves in water and Insoluble fibers do not dissolve in water. For anyone and myself needing to increase our fiber intake by including more fruit, vegetables, and grains into our diets our fiber intake would increase. The fact that I do not like to eat grains or vegetables is the source of many reasons I didn’t meet many of my recommended intake levels. By eating more grains, vegetables and fruits my sugar as well as my carbohydrate intake levels would increase closer…show more content… Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats are found under the good fats, while Trans fats are bad. During the five days I had an intake of 72.37 grams of fat, almost meeting the recommended which was 85.52. Calories from Fat I had an intake of 651.29 with the recommended of 769.72, by dividing my calories from fat by the total amount of calories was 41%, going over the AMDR which was 20-35%. My intake of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid (MUFA) seen on the nutrition facts as Mono Fat was 16.10 grams with a recommendation of 30.54 grams. As well as my intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) which is Poly Fat on the nutrition facts, was 8.6 grams, recommended intake was 27.49. The percent of calories from saturated fat was 9%. From what I read in the textbook, the recommended intake of saturated fat is less than 7-10%, therefore my intake is in the category of good. Saturated fats are mainly found in animal products, grain products, vegetables and vegetable spreads/dressings. By how I eat and prepare my food effect my intake of saturated fats. Majority of Trans Fatty Acids are produced by manipulating the fatty acids during food processing, although a limited amount of natural Trans fatty acids is found in cow’s milk and meat. My intake of Trans fat was .47 grams. Having a high cholesterol intake level, can increase the risk of heart disease, blood clots, stroke,
