Everything that you eat falls into one or more of three macro nutrients. They are Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins. All three are essential for maintaining health and focusing on both the quantity and quality of these macro nutrients will improve your overall health as well as your performance gains in this class.
The basic sources of carbohydrates are:
•Raw or lightly cooked vegetables
•Most whole fresh or frozen fruits
•Whole grains, breads, pasta, cereal and anything processed that comes in a box or bag and can sit in your pantry for months without going bad.(cheeze-its, lucky charms, chips, etc.)
The basic Sources of Fats in the diet are:
- Dairy - Milk, Cheese, yogurt
- Nuts, Seeds & Oils - Vegetable oils
The basic sources of protein in the diet are:
- Meats - Beef, fowl, fish, pork
- Dairy - Milk, Cheese, Yogurt
- Eggs
- Beans
- Nuts and Seeds
For this weeks blog, take a look at your current eating habits and see if you can see any trends in you current eating based on macro nutrients. For example, do you eat more carbs than anything else, do you eat more protein, do you eat any fat? We will discuss quantity and quality of macro nutrients in our next blog. For this post I just want you to examine your current eating.
i remember us doing this activity over the summer in health class. The majority of the class including myself had more carbs than anything else. I tend to eat (if i could choose anything i wanted for every meal) more protien thqan anything else.
ReplyDeleteIn my eating habits, I eat the most meats. I eat lots of chicken, fish, pork and beef. Also I eat lots of carbs such as bread, pasta, salad, and fresh fruit. I rarely eat cheese and fried foods. my main source of fat is nuts.
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fat:2
Sean Avjian
I tend to eat more proteins than anything else but carbohydrates are a close second.
ReplyDeleteI eat a lot of carbohydrates, before I go to the gym, and lots of proteins after I go to the gym, so I eat a lot of meat and bread. Main source of fats is probably meat.
ReplyDeleteim eating a good balance of them all but protein being the one i eat most
ReplyDeletei also eat alot of carbohydrates like toast. I eat very little fat though.
Breakfast i get one of all three (eggs, fruit, vitamuffintop) lunch is lots of carbs, sometimes protein, dinner is just carbs and protein usually.
ReplyDeletebut of course you know its the Christmas season and My mom ends up bringing desserts home from work because she knows i will eat it. So those are fats.
-Eric Rogers
Mine are probably in the middle leaning towards proteins.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Shavirin
i eat moastly carbs and fat... occasionally protien... carbs and fat i usually eat 2-3 times a day... protien mabe 2 times a day
ReplyDelete-Danny quackenbush
I eat all of them. Mostly carbs and proteins. I like meat,snacks,sandwiches and eggs in particular.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Zhang
I eat mean more then most foods but I also eat pasta and a a lot of fruits so I also eat carbs
ReplyDeleteJack wright
Since i am in Nutritional science this year, i have actually examined my diet for a grade, so i can accurately say that my diet is
ReplyDelete61.3 % carbs
19.5 % protein
19.2 % fat
we did this assignment a month or so ago, so my fat percentage will be a little lower now that i am wrestling.
Will Quackenbush
Also just a heads up, Dietary Recommendations for healthy people are
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12 % Protein
<30 % fat
Quackenbush
I eat more proteins than anything, they probably make up about 45% of what I eat. The other food is dairy and green vegetables.
ReplyDelete-Matt Garmer
i eat alot of meat but i make sure to get some type of vegetable or fruit in every dinner not really lunch cause i dont wanna eat it then.
ReplyDelete-xavier hill
You should be eating
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2-3 serv dairy
2-3 serv veggies
3-4 serv fruit
6-11 serv grains
Quack
i eat a lot of carbs and proteins like steak, bread, and pasta.
ReplyDeleteTrenton hamm
I eat lots of fruits and grains so I get plenty of carbs, but I also eat a decent amount of meat so proteins are a close second.
ReplyDelete-Jackson Pierce
I usually eat proteins more then carbs and fats. My carbs that I usually eat is bread and pasta. The proteins I eat/drink is any type of meat and protein shakes.
ReplyDeleteGlenny Woolschlager
i usualy eat more proteins if anything but i make sure i get some vegetables in me and/or fruits every dinner. however i dont eat healthily during lunch
ReplyDeleteI eat mostly proteins, typically chicken. next i would definitely say i eat a good amount of carbohydrates also
ReplyDeleteAlder
Im sorry Mr. Kirk and class
The majority of what I eat is carbs and grains, but I also eat tons of protein so that comes in at a close second.
ReplyDeleteJackson Pierce
I usually eat more carbs than anything else at breakfast and lunch, but at dinner I tend to eat more protein than anything else. I would say my day is about 60% Carbs, 30% Protein and 10% Fats
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