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

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 in Section 7.6 of your text book.  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?

6. Review Section 2.2 and Figure 2.4 in your text book.  For this diet study, why do you think you were asked to list nutrients that fell below 75% of the RDA, rather than listing nutrients that did not meet 100% of the RDA?

7. How did your sodium intake compare to the recommendation?

8. List the foods that you consumed that provide more than 200 mg of sodium per serving.

Vitamins and Minerals on My Plate

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

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

11. Which my plate food group is low in iron?
12. Which My Plate food groups contain vitamin B?

13. Which My Plate food groups provide vitamin D?

Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)

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

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

16 If someone drinks an energy shot each morning before school, another before working out at the gym, and a third one before reporting to work that night, would the UL be exceeded for any vitamins?  Discuss.