Nutrition status you are asked to keep track of your diet for four days.

Determine your nutrition status you are asked to keep track of your diet for four days. You can track more than this if you would like a deeper analysis. You are then going to compare your intake to the recommendations called Dietary Reference Intakes or DRIs for the three macronutrients and water intake. Include references citation format is APA,400 words

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The Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) is a comprehensive set of standards used to assess nutrition status developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). It includes recommendations for intake levels of energy and nutrients, as well as other dietary components such as fiber and water. To assess my own nutrition status, I tracked my diet for four days.

My daily caloric intake ranged from 2158 calories on the first day to 2828 calories on the fourth day with an average intake of 2466 calories per day over the four days. According to DRI recommendations, this puts me in the range for acceptable macronutrient intakes based on someone who is moderately active (2,001-2,800 kcal/day). Furthermore, I met or exceeded all recommended nutrient intakes except Vitamin C which was slightly lower than recommended; however it did not exceed 10% below recommended values so still remains within acceptable ranges (Institute of Medicine/National Academies Press 2019).

In terms of macronutrients, carbohydrates were my highest source at an average intake level across all four days at 53%, followed by protein at 20% and fat at 27%. These are all within acceptable target ranges according to DRI’s recommendation that 45-65% should come from carbohydrates; 10-35 % from proteins and 20 – 35 % from fats. Water consumption was also included in my tracking which averaged about 2 L per day over 4 days meeting DRI’s recommendation for 3-4 L daily for men aged 19 – 70 years old (Institute of Medicine/National Academies Press 2019).
Again looking at VItamin C specifically as this was lower than required I can see that my primary sources came from orange juice and spinach over 4 days providing only 13% & 23% respectively while oranges provided 38%; these foods only accounted together just under 75% daily vitamin C needs so continued variety could help meet needs better but overall still remain satisfactory.

Overall based on this assessment using DRIs my nutrition status appears satisfactory with no areas exceeding 10 percent below recommended standards meaning no deficiencies present; however there is room for improvement especially regarding increasing variety in food choices particularly when it comes to Vitamin C content but otherwise adequate sufficiency overall exists.

References:
Institute Of Medicine/national Academies Pesss.(2019). Report appendix a:dietary reference Intakes tables And Application1ns. Retrieved From Https://www.nap./read/10026/chapter//appendixa

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