Nutrition plays an enormous rule in our everyday lives, but unfortunately it is over looked by a vast majority of the world. Over the last couple of weeks, my classmates and I tracked our daily intake; everything we consumed had to be logged. In doing this I got the opportunity to look at my daily nutrition values. I used an application on my cell phone called MyFittnessPal, which calculated what my ideal intake should be based off of my height, weight, age, sex, and activity level. I came in under in many of the different stats and came in high on some others. My intake was under my daily goal in calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein, saturated fat, calcium, and sugar. I exceeded my daily goals in cholesterol, which I doubled most days, and
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For example, I knew I was not eating as many calories as I probably should have been but I did not know it was as bad as it is, because there were numerous days when I hardly got to half of the calories I should have been consuming. It is something I will have to work on in order to better my body. I noticed that same goes with the amount of carbohydrates I consumed, in matter of fact, the charts on the calories and carbohydrates I consumed look identical. The result most concerning to me is the amount of protein consumed; not once did I obtain my daily goal. This is defiantly something I need to focus on with me being an athlete. Not as concerning, but just was surprising were the numbers I had on the amount of cholesterol and sodium I had consumed. There were many days I was over double the daily goal for both of these, although sodium was not as bad. I make an effort to watch what I am consuming so the amount of cholesterol I was eating was a big surprised to me. I am going to start looking closer at the food labels and attempt to buy items containing lower amounts of …show more content…
I consumed an enormous amount of cholesterol on a daily basis and when I first said it, it scared a great deal, but after doing some research, I have calmed down some. There have been many studies done recently on cholesterol and how it correlates with cardiovascular disease and there results are astonishing. Contrary to prior belief, consuming a higher amount of cholesterol has no negative affect on the cardiovascular system (Mitchell, 2015). Though this does show the results were not as bad as I intentionally thought, I still need to work on lowering my chloric intake because there are not a lot of positives to it. Personally, I am most concerned with my protein intake and need to raise it, because I am lifting on a daily bases and need protein to rebuild the muscle fiber I am breaking down. The RDA of protein is 0.8 g/kg/d and there are numerous studies that show when an individual is exercising they can consume roughly 2-3 times that amount to enhance fat-free mass (Murphy, 2015). The average amount of protein is not enough for me and I was not even consuming that amount, so this shows how much I really do need to focus on the amount of protein I am
For example, I knew I was not eating as many calories as I probably should have been but I did not know it was as bad as it is, because there were numerous days when I hardly got to half of the calories I should have been consuming. It is something I will have to work on in order to better my body. I noticed that same goes with the amount of carbohydrates I consumed, in matter of fact, the charts on the calories and carbohydrates I consumed look identical. The result most concerning to me is the amount of protein consumed; not once did I obtain my daily goal. This is defiantly something I need to focus on with me being an athlete. Not as concerning, but just was surprising were the numbers I had on the amount of cholesterol and sodium I had consumed. There were many days I was over double the daily goal for both of these, although sodium was not as bad. I make an effort to watch what I am consuming so the amount of cholesterol I was eating was a big surprised to me. I am going to start looking closer at the food labels and attempt to buy items containing lower amounts of …show more content…
I consumed an enormous amount of cholesterol on a daily basis and when I first said it, it scared a great deal, but after doing some research, I have calmed down some. There have been many studies done recently on cholesterol and how it correlates with cardiovascular disease and there results are astonishing. Contrary to prior belief, consuming a higher amount of cholesterol has no negative affect on the cardiovascular system (Mitchell, 2015). Though this does show the results were not as bad as I intentionally thought, I still need to work on lowering my chloric intake because there are not a lot of positives to it. Personally, I am most concerned with my protein intake and need to raise it, because I am lifting on a daily bases and need protein to rebuild the muscle fiber I am breaking down. The RDA of protein is 0.8 g/kg/d and there are numerous studies that show when an individual is exercising they can consume roughly 2-3 times that amount to enhance fat-free mass (Murphy, 2015). The average amount of protein is not enough for me and I was not even consuming that amount, so this shows how much I really do need to focus on the amount of protein I am