Discusing Nutrition

Carbohydrate and Fiber Intakes

DIRECTIONS: Refer to your three-to-seven-day AVERAGE printouts (generated from the diet software) to answer the following questions. Answer in the space provided.

1. What is your average percentage of carbohydrate intake? (See Macronutrient Ranges)

50%

2. Dietary guidelines state that 45-65 percent of your total kcalories should come from carbohydrates. How did your intake compare to the recommendation?

Based on the dietary guidelines my intake meets the recommendation since my average is 50%

3. The recommended intake for carbohydrate is 130 grams or more per day. How many grams per day did you consume on the average? (See Intake vs. Goals bar graph)

My average is 164.67g

4. The recommended intake of fiber per day is 20 to 35 grams. How many grams per day did you consume on the average? (See Intake vs. Goals bar graph)

My average fiber per day is 12.61 grams

5. What percentage of your DRI did you consume in fiber? (See Intake vs. Goals bar graph)

My fiber DRI is 38g

6. List three of your most common refined sugar sources (cola, candy, pastry, etc.) that you consume on a regular basis.

• Refined sugar source I consumes on regular basis is

a) Sweet tea

b) cola

c) candy bar

7. How many total grams of sugar did you consume? (See Intake vs. Goals bar graph)

Total grams of sugar I consume is 50.15g

8. Determine your percentage of calories from sugar: multiply sugar grams by 4 and then divide by your total kcalories (show calculations below).

50.15g multiply by 4

=200.6grams

200.6/1316.19

= 0.15

9. According to some authorities, the recommended intake of sugar should be less than 10 percent of total kcalories. How did your intake compare to the recommendation (see #9)?

My intake of sugar is significantly less than 10 percent of total Kcalories

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