New recommendations and resources
RDA and DV
 General guidelines for someone on a 2000 calorie diet
 According to the serving size of the food your eating
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If you eat two servings of that food, you’ll have double all the
nutrients and calories provided on the label
 Daily Values (DVs) are percentage representations of a
nutrient in a food according to a 2000 calorie diet
 Diet should be 50-60% carbohydrates, 10-20% proteins
and no more than 30% fat. No more than 8-10% of
total calories should be Saturated Fats
Mypyramid.gov
 http://www.mypyramid.gov/
 Tons and tons of resources including activity tracker
and food choice tracker
Assignment
 Pair off and create an entire days worth of meals,
including how much of each item you have. (Ex.
Breakfast- 1 egg boiled, 2 pieces of wheat toast, 1 Tsp
butter, 12 oz milk. Lunch- 2 slices bologna, 2 pieces
white bread, 1 tsp mustard, 16 oz water, small bag of
chips. Supper-8 oz lean steak, mashed potatoes and
gravy, green beans, 16 oz sweet tea)
 Take about 5 minutes
Choosing Healthy Snack
 Fruits and Veggies vs. candy, soda and chips
 Apple slices with caramel or chocolate or peanut butter
 Celery sticks or carrots with light ranch
 Humus and whole grain corn chips
 Homemade salsa with low sodium tortilla chips
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Homemade has much less sodium
 Try some of these next time instead of teeth rotting
sugar products
Special Dietary Needs
 Athletes
 Pregnancy
 Sickness
 Supplements
Vegetarian Diet
 Semivegitarian- No Red meat
 Lacto-Ovo vegitarian-no meats, but will eat eggs and
dairy
 Vegan- just grazing
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Must eat complimentary proteins- meaning they must eat
foods that combine together to get them the amino acids the
body must have
How do they do that?
Break out your diet assignment
 After going through the mypyramid, how do you think
your diet stacks up?
 What’s the purpose of the diet?
 Why not just eat a balanced diet?
 Finally, define diet!
Test MONDAY!!!!
 Chapter review numbers 4-24, except 12,18, 21, 22, 24