Did you try to swap some of your less healthy fat options for healthier options?

Your Tasks

TASK 1- FOOD LOG

You will keep a 3-day food log, where you will record the meals and snacks that you ate, along with their nutrients, throughout each day. You can choose to track this using Spark People or the provided Word document Actions

This week’s focus: protein

* You may record fat and carbohydrates; however, they are not required for this week.

Please see the Everything You Need to Know About- DIETARY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENTS page for more specific details on this process.

TASK 2- ANALYSIS

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences:

In regard to last week’s ‘challenge’-
1. Did you try to swap some of your less healthy fat options for healthier options? If so, how did it go?
In regard to protein-
1. What are your recommended dietary protein needs?
  1. Calculation- (Weight in pounds ÷÷ 2.2 kg/lb) ××0.8 g/kg
2. What was your 3-day average/mean (Links to an external site.)for protein? Based on this average, did you not meet, meet, or exceed your protein requirements?
3. What are problems with diets that are low in protein? What are problems with diets that are high in protein?
4. Would you say that the majority of your protein comes from animal- or plant-based sources?
5. What are potential concerns about achieving the majority of your protein from animal-based sources?
6. How difficult would it be for you to switch to plant-based? Why?
7. What are potential health concerns that a person should consider if they are wanting to achieve the majority of their protein from plant-based sources?
Looking forward-
1. What are two foods that you can swap or add in order to a) reduce meat-based sources for plant-based sources; b) increase protein (if your protein was too low); or c) decrease protein (if your protein was too high)? Be creative!.

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