Healthy Eating Plan

Healthy Eating Plan

Healthy Eating Plan
Franky DiBonaventura
SCI/241
October 9, 2011
Jody Covert
Phoenix online

Healthy Eating Plan
  * As documented in my diary check point my current eating habits are not very good. I eat the unhealthiest foods that there are. My diet is not too good compared to the pyramid. I did not even eat half of the needed amount of anything. In the diary check point pyramid I consumed in a 3 day period 1.6 cups of milk, 4.1 oz of mean and beans, 0.7 cups of vegetables, 0 cups of fruit, and 4.4 oz of grains. I do not eat any meats except for once and a while I will eat a hotdog or a cheese burger, so I do not get to much protein on a daily basis. I do not eat much meat because I do not like the fact that it was once a living breathing animal. I have been that way on my own choice since I was 5 years old. My doctors tell me I need to eat healthier because I am a 23 year old female and I already have extremely high cholesterol and I am taking medication to help lower it.
  * Some of the recommendations from this 1800 calorie food pattern based on my gender, age, height, activity level and weight for the food pyramid are that I should eat 6 ounces of grains per a day, 2.5 cups of vegetables per a day, 1.5 cups of fruit per a day, 3 cups of dairy per a day, and 5 ounces of protein foods per a day. It also tells me that out of the 6 ounces of grains that I should eat a day to make at least 3 ounces of that whole grains. The daily food plan tells me that I should also vary the vegetables I eat per a week. They suggest that I eat 1.5 cups of dark green veggies, 5.5 cups of orange veggies, 1.5 cups of dry beans and peas, 5 cups of starchy veggies, and 4 cups of other veggies. It explains that I should aim for 5 teaspoons of oil per a day, and to limit my empty calories to 160 or less. Going into depth on each subject, under the grains it tells me to make at least half of my grain intake whole grains as I talked about earlier. Under vegetables it says to...