Chapter 1. Dietary Nutrient Analysis Using Supertracker
Log onto the USDA website, www.choosemyplate.gov. On the top of the home page, you will see the heading “Super Tracker and other tools”. Click this link.
You will need to create a profile for yourself to get a personalized diet plan. This profile will allow you to save your information and diet intake for future reference. Do not use the general plan. Click the track food and activity option.
Click the Next button to continue this activity
1.1
Record your food and beverage intake for one day that most reflects your typical eating patterns. Enter each food and beverage you consumed into the food tracker. Note that there may not always be an exact match to the food or beverage that you consumed, so select the best match available.
Once you have entered all of your food and beverage choices into the food tracker, on the right side of the page under the bar graph, you will see: Related Links: Nutrient Intake Report. Print this report and use it to answer the questions on the next page.
1.2
For each vitamin and mineral identified in answer A, list one food that you enjoy eating that is a good food source of that nutrient.
Do you think that you could change your diet enough in order to meet the recommendations identified in the nutrient intake report? Are there any functional foods that you could consume to increase your intake of nutrients that are below the recommendations?
Do you currently take a vitamin/mineral supplement? Considering the results of the nutrient intake report, do you think that you need to be taking the supplement? Explain.
How have evolutionary psychologists looked at the ways in which the sense of taste and fat storage have been influenced by natural selection?