slynne
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Nutrition Tool
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Mar 14 19:23 UTC 2007 |
I came across a pretty useful tool for anyone interested in diet and
nutrition. I had to do a diet analysis for school but I was also curious
about how bad my diet really is, especially since I have been trying to
eat intuitively.
The link is:
http://mypyramidtracker.gov/default.htm
This is a site where you can enter everything you eat in a day and get
nutritional information not just for one item but for one's entire day
of eating. If one does enough days, one can track trends. I kept a food
diary for a month. I wrote down every thing I ate, even if it was just
2-3 M&M's from the gumball machine at work.
What I found is that I eat about 80% of the calories that should
maintain my weight. Not surprising to me really. I have always known
that weight is more than just how many calories one eats. I still eat a
lot of calories though (an average of 2320 per day). My worst day had
almost 4000 calories and I had skipped breakfast! That's what eating
almost a whole large pepperoni pizza will do. go figure.
My total caloric percentages from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are
as follows: Carbohydrates 56%; Proteins 13%; Fat 31%. These values do
not differ more than 2% from any of the USDA recommended percentages of
55% of calories from Carbohydrates, 15% of calories from proteins, and
30% of calories from fat.
Honestly, that kind of surprised me because I would have thought that I
eat way more fat than that. I am going to continue with the food diary
and see if I keep getting the same results.
Anyhow, I just wanted to share that tool for folks who are curious about
exactly what they eat.
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