Diet Analysis: Nutriment Intake

While doing the three diet analyses for my current nutriment intake, I notice that the food I was eating was not the best for me. When entering all the information in the Super Tracker about my meal detail I thought my consumptions of nutrients were ok but for my surprise I found out that most of my levels were high or under. I learned that many of the meals did not provide my body with the necessary vitamins and minerals. Now I know that everything that we eat goes somewhere in most cases it can be beneficial to our body. In addition, reading about each component that vitamins and minerals provided can help when buy groceries to prepare a meal. Also this assignment help me understand better how we digest the food and where all the nutrients …show more content…
For example, the nutrient report show that I was under by 5 grams in Linoleic Acid. Now when preparing food instead of using corn oil I am going to change it for a canola oil. When using this type of oil is going to provided me with omega-3 fatty acid and other acids that are beneficial for my body. A vitamin that I was under by 12 µg was Vitamin D. The consumption of food like orange juice, soy milk, cheese and egg yolks are a great source of vitamin D. In addition, fatty fishes such as tuna, salmon and mackerel also contain high levels of vitamin. Starting by just adding one of these foods in a meal each week can make it easy to transition to a healthier …show more content…
One big problem that I have in my diet is that I always add salt to all meals even they food already has salt. I know that it’s a bad habit to be putting more salt in meals that already have salt that is something that I want to keep doing. With high levels sodium in the body can cause blood pressure levels to also go up. In my family there is history of high blood pressure and if I keep eating that amount of sodium I might also suffer from high blood pressure. Avoid all sodium in meals to prevent high blood pressure. Further more water can be also very beneficial for the body. Water can increases energy, promotes weight loss, flushes out toxins, boosts immune system and helps maintain the balance of body fluids. Another long term goal is to exercise every day. Starting by walking for an hour every day and then increasing the type of exercises and the time. For example, walking around the park, paying a sport, jogging, yoga, Tai Chi, lifting weights and dancing. When a person combines healthy eating and exercise can live a more healthy life. A few changes in my diet can also make a huge difference in my health. One thing that I can do is switch foods that don’t provided a lot of nutrients and substitute it with a more rich food. Instead of drinking soda for lunch I could drink water. This would provide more vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin