Chapter 7. Protein

Nutrition for a Changing World

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Protein

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Introduction

Protein is a crucial part of your diet, regardless of your activity level. The building blocks of protein are found in your muscle, bone, hair, skin, and fingernails. Proteins also play important roles in facilitating chemical reactions, regulating body functions, maintaining fluid balance, promoting the immune system, and clotting blood. However, it is possible to consume too much protein.

In this activity, you will compare your level of protein intake to the accepted recommendations and consider how your consumption of protein affects your health.

The activity can be completed using the USDA’s SuperTracker Food Tracker tool or any dietary analysis software. To gather the information needed for this activity, go to the SuperTracker website and enter the foods you consumed in one day. Be sure to carefully enter every food you ate so that the information accurately reflects your diet. If you have not used SuperTracker before, please complete the SuperTracker tutorial activity.

For more instructions and help using the SuperTracker website, please visit the help page.

Use the Nutrients Report to find your data and enter it into the grid below using only numerical values and decimal points (if needed). If a pink border appears around your entry, you have entered text that cannot be submitted, such as letters or special characters.

Nutrient	Average Eaten (%)	Average Eaten (g)
Protein

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Enter your weight in pounds in the table below. This will be used to calculate your personal dietary reference intake for protein.


Your weight (lbs)

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Nutrient	Average Eaten (%)	Average Eaten (g)
Protein	A1	A2

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Your weight	B1

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Chapter 7. Protein

Purpose and Goals

7.1 Build Your Grid

7.2 Analyze Your Intake

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7.3 Activity Completed!