1) Go to i-Profile (Navigation bar on left side of Canvas Home page)

1) Go to i-Profile (Navigation bar on left side of Canvas Home page). Double-check your My Profile information.

2. Record your daily food intake (for 24 hours) and the amounts that you eat and drink.  Include at least 8 different foods/beverages on your food journal. 

3. Enter your food intake into the Food Journal section of i-Profile.

4. Submit a copy of the following (with your diet study).

5. Vitamins and Minerals Tables

6. In the right-hand column, list at least 2 good food sources of each nutrient.  (List food sources even if you met or exceeded DRI.  These should be good sources of the nutrient, not necessarily the foods from your food journal that were highest in the nutrient.

CONCLUSIONS ON VITAMIN AND MINERAL INTAKE

1. Was your intake below 75% of the RDA for any vitamins and minerals?  List them here.

2. For each of the nutrients listed in A above, list changes to your diet that would improve your intake of the nutrient.  Be specific.

3. Do you take any vitamin, mineral, or herbal supplements?  If so, list them here.

4. Review Table 7.3 (pg 211) in Section 7.6 of your textbook.  Do you fit in any categories for whom supplement use might be indicated?   List them here.

5. Do you think you should take any supplements?  Why or why not?

Vitamins and Minerals on My Plate

6. Which two My Plate food groups provide the most vitamin C?  

7. Which two My Plate food groups provide the most calcium?

8. Which my plate food group is low in iron? (1 point)

1. Which My Plate food groups contain vitamin B₁₂? (2 points)

10. Which My Plate food groups provide vitamin D? (2 points)

Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)

11. Compare your intake of vitamins and minerals to the UL tables.  Did you exceed the UL for any nutrients?  If yes, list them here. (2 points)

50. The following is the Supplement Facts panel from a 1.93 fl oz 5-Hour Energy Shot.