Houman Kargar
9/26/09
NUT 150, Wu

Exchange List Analysis of Food Intake

In this assignment, my purpose is to evaluate my food intake for carbohydrate, protein and fat content while comparing my intake with U.S. Dietary Guidelines. To bring this to fruition, I commenced by recording my total intake for a typical Sunday (excluding the insignificant biscuit and shot of grape juice served at church, of course!) I proceeded to list the amounts and exchanges for each food, totaling the number of exchanges for each food group. I used the diabetic food exchange list in our textbook as a guideline and reference for this task. Finally, I used the FoodNet program at the Learning Resource Center to input the number of exchanges and to therefore determine the percentage of carbohydrate, protein, fat and total kilocalories consumed in my diet.

Based on the results of the FoodNet analysis, I have determined that my total carbohydrate intake equals at least 125-130 grams. In fact, my total carbohydrate intake for Sunday is 237 grams, or 948 kilocalories. This therefore shows that my kilocalories from carbohydrates equal less than 58% of my total kilocalorie intake. My kilocalorie intake from carbohydrates is 49.95%, yielding a -8.05% variant from goals recommended by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

I have also determined that my total fat intake for Sunday is 50 grams, or 450 kilocalories. My kilocalories from fat equal not more than 30% of my total kilocalorie intake. My kilocalorie intake from fat is 23.71%, yielding a -6.29% variant from goals recommended by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

In further evaluating the FoodNet analysis, I have discovered that my protein intake is well above 56 grams. In fact, my protein intake for Sunday is 125 grams, or 500 kilocalories. My kilocalorie intake is 26.34% of my total kilocalorie intake. The U.S. Dietary