Nutrition Discussion Set 1

NUTR 2202
DISCUSSION SET I
CHAPTERS 1-5

1. (30 points) Using Appendix H in your textbook:

• Fill in the calories, carbohydrate, fat and its components (sat, poly, mono, trans), and fiber values for each food/beverage in the table found on the last page of this Discussion Set. Remember to look at the portion and adjust values if the portion in the table is different than that listed in Appendix H.

• Add each column to get a total for all nutrients. Please answer this question by filling in the chart. TIP: we will also use this day’s intake for DS2 and DS3. Highlight the entries in your text and you won’t have to find them again.

2. (35 points) Using the example for how to calculate the energy from food (page 10 in the text):

• Determine what percentage of the calories for this day’s intake were from carbohydrate (CHO), total fat, and each type of fat.

Percentage of the Calories from CHO: 41%

Percentage of the Calories from total fat: 48%

Sat. Fat: 17%

Mono Fat: 8%

Poly Fat: 4%

Trans Fat: 3%

• Show or explain your calculations.

To find the % of the calories that were from carbs I took the total amount of carbs consumed for the day (380.3 g) and multiplied it by 4kcal/g (380.3 x 4) to get 1521.3 kcal. I then divided that product by my total overall calories for the day (3736.5) to give me .407, and from there a multiplied that number by 100 to give me 41%.

*I used the same format for the remaining calculations.*

Total Fat: 200.3 x 9 = 1802.7…..1802.7/3736.5 = .482….0.482 x 100 = 48%

Sat Fat: 72.55 x 9 = 652.95……652.95/3736.5 = .174……0.174 x 100 = 17%

Mono Fat: 34.55 x 9 = 310.95…..310.95/3736.5 = .083…..0.083 x 100 = 8%

Poly Fat: 18.1 x 9 = 162.9…..162.9/3736.5 = .043…….0.043 x 100 = 4%