Had I added some foods with grain, I may have been closer to the recommendations. K.

What are the sources of niacin in your day's meals?

My cereal had the most niacin in it at approximately 10.9 mg per 200 calories. The pastrami in my lunch sandwich was also a contributor to the niacin levels at approximately 10.7 mg per 200 calories.

L.

What about Vitamin C? What percentage of your daily need of Vitamin C did your meals provide? Which individual foods were the main contributors? To what food groups do they belong?

My Vitamin C levels were not very good, and were somewhat reflective of my poor vitamin and nutrient intake. My recordings showed that I was roughly 20% off from the recommended amounts. The main food contributors in my intake that did help my recommendation levels were in the orange soda, which was a junk food category, and the apple slices, which are in the fruit and vegetable group.

M.

How did your total energy intake compare with your energy recommendation? Is this consistent with your nutritional goals?

My lack of meats high in protein was essentially the main factor that contributed to my failure in meeting the recommended levels of energy. Though the depletion of fats through this helped to parallel my nutritional goals, it did not suffice for energy intake requirements for my nutritional goals.

N.

Which of your foods are "vitamin bargains"? Those would be foods which are vitamin-dense, providing the most vitamins for the fewest calories.

The only foods that matched up to the definitions of "vitamin bargains" were in the low levels of fruit that I consumed and my breakfast cereal. These were apple slices and Raisin Bran.

O.

Breakfast...

What characteristic of these foods makes them so rich in vitamins?
One bowl of cereal provides at least 25% of daily requirements for many essential vitamins and 17% for iron (BCIS, 2007). The main reasons that breakfast cereals provide such a great source of vitamins is because of their fiber content. Fiber contains a great deal of vitamins.

What can you say about your recorded food intake and the vitamins and minerals that you obtained from the foods you ate that day?

My recorded food intake proved very interesting. Though some foods provided much of the recommended sources by CNPP, they lacked many of the other needed contents. I see now that I need the full range of vitamins, minerals, nutrients, energy rich ingredients, and other foods that consist of the entire necessities. The food I chose to eat was not particularly well-rounded in the sense that they either had a plethora of one dietary necessity and none of the others, or were simply lacking in all categories.

Bibliography

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. 2007. Retrieved from the World Wide Web; August 24, 2007; http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/

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Breakfast Cereal Information Service. 2007. Retried from the World Wide Web; August 30, 2007; http://www.breakfastcereal.org/nutritional.html