Wikibooks: Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Household Arts/Nutrition - Advanced

honor header 3 1986 Household Arts General Conference =1. Have the Nutrition Honor.= Answers to the [[Nutrition]] Honor can be found in the [[Household Arts]] chapter of this book. =2. Read a book about Nutrition.= Suggested books include Foods for Thought Nutrition s Link to Mood Memory Learning and Behavior Bernell Baldwin Vicki Griffin Evelyn Kissinger Review and Herald 152 pages. An Ounce of Prevention Your Pathway to Abundant Health Review and Herald 64 pages. Counsels on Diet and Foods Ellen G. White Review and Herald 512 pages. Dynamic Living Hans Diehl Dr.H.Sc. Aileen Ludington M.D. Review and Herald 208 pages. Foods that Heal George D. Pamplona Roger M.D. Review and Herald 94 pages. =3. Keep a food diary on yourself for one week.= This can be done with pencil and paper or with an online tool such as the one provided by the USDA at . =4. Calculate the total nutrients of the following in your diet each day= a. Calories b. Protein c. Iron d. Calcium e. Vitamin A f. Thiamine g. Riboflavin h. Niacin i. Vitamin C or ascorbic acid If you have access to the Internet you can visit the USDA s web site. Once you register you can enter all the foods you eat in a day and it will analyze your nutrient intake (among other things) based on this information. ChooseMyPlate can retain the information you enter for up to a year so tracking it for a week will be easy. If your Pathfinders do not have access to the Internet have them record their diets on paper. You can then use the website to extract the necessary data by entering each food individually or you can find a cookbook that has nutrient values of various foods in an appendix. Another option would be to meet in a place that has public Internet access such as a library or Internet cafe. Then your Pathfinders can enter the data they have collected for a week and analyze it there. =5. How do the number of nutrients in your diet compare with the Recommended Daily Allowance chart?= The USDA s web site will compare your nutrient intake with the RDA chart. =6. Explain why ...