Dietary Analysis Worksheet

My Dietary Tracker Over three continuous days, March fourth through March sixth, I entered my daily intake of all substances I consumed. From the worksheet that we completed in class earlier in the year, I learned that my daily caloric intake should be around three thousand calories per day. Over those days I hit many nutritional goals but I also missed multiple so there is room for improvement. For my three thousand calories a day diet, Sunday was right on target as I ate three thousand sixty-nine calories total. I ate the recommended amount of calories but it should have been a smarter selection of food. My dairy and vegetable amounts were way under recommended levels which can hurt my health because I am getting insufficient nutrients

I ate two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-one calories which isn't ideal for being an active teenage boy. I missed important calories in the vegetable and protein categories on that day which probably would have pushed my calories consumed for that day to my daily recommendation. On top of that, my sodium and sugar levels were high once again on monday. This could have been avoided if I would have only had one pack of fruit snacks instead of four. Other than overeating on fruit snacks, this day I did not do bad on getting the essential foods into my body while also not getting too much junk

The percent carbohydrates and protein compared to my calories eaten were right in the middle of the RDA of each group. Also, my B and C vitamins along with calcium and other minerals were right on target. Meanwhile, there were many aspects of my diet that I did not achieve the necessary needs for recommended values. I found out that the part of my diet that suffers the most is that I am not eating enough vegetables and I am eating too much sugar and sodium. On top of that, my vitamin A, D, E and K or all low over the three days which needs to come