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Irina NUTRITION ASSESSMENT

ASSIGNMENT
PART 1
Briefly answer the following questions.
• List your three favorite foods:
*Salmon
*Mac 'n' cheese *Liver Why are these your favorite foods?
- I love fish, and salmon has the best taste for me. I love mac 'n' cheese because I love cheese and pasta (so good combo) also when I was younger it was the easiest to make for me so I grew up eating it. I love liver because in my culture kebabs are a well known food, and liver kebab was always one of my favorites, its tender, also not as fattening as the other meats.

• List your three least favorite foods: ( this is a tough one, I love all food I'm really not too picky)
*Black Caviar
*Pork
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Discuss ways you can change current eating habits to better meet pyramid guidelines.
-Incorporate a few servings of each into your daily intake.

5. Using Exchanges Spreadsheet answer the following:
*Total number of vegetable servings: 3-5
*Total number of bread/starch servings: 6-11
*Total number of fruit servings: 2-4
*Total number of meat servings: 2-3
*Total number of fat servings:Sparingly
*Total number of milk servings: 2-3
6. Explain why the spreadsheet highlights servings of meat from different categories—
*Very Lean: More protein
*Medium Fat: Less fat than lean
*High Fat: most fat least protein
7. Which food groups were in the preferred range and which ones are in excess? Explain.
*Preferred Range: Medium fat

*Excess Range: high fat

8. Which food group was your biggest concern? Why?
None, I include a variety of these foods in my diet.

9. Were there any surprises in completing this assignment? Detail.

PART 3 Irina Ilyayeva Nutrition Assessment--------DIGESTION
• List the foods in your diet that requires the most mastication and nutrient release upon ingestion.
-Red meat.

• Did you experience any episodes of indigestion during the recording (3-day recall)

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