Recommendation menu to meet nutritional requirements of
person with special dietary needs

1. Use the foods you have listed in Assignment 11. Create a
profile and enter into the Diet Analysis program. a. Your list MUST
INCLUDE: – at least 2 different vegetables, – at least 2 different
fruits, and – at least one legume or nut

2. Click on and then select a date to enter your list of foods.
Search for each of the foods you listed, and enter the serving
sizes you feel you would eat for each of your foods. Once you have
completed entering your foods for the day, go on to step 3.

3. Go to your Intake vs. Goals report. Note how close you got to
your recommended kcalories, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and all
vitamins and minerals.

Write down all that are less than 90% of the recommended
amount.

Answer:

4. Now adjust your food list in the Track Diet area to meet at
least 90% of the persons RDA for most vitamins and minerals,
kcalories, protein and omega-3s. If you are doing a child make
sure the protein levels are not too high!

ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

1. Which 3 foods provided the greatest overall
amounts of vitamins and minerals? How much of each of these foods
did you recommend that the person eat? To answer this, you will
need to use the Intake Spreadsheet report and make an estimate.

2. Which 3 foods provided the greatest overall
amounts of nutrients with the least amount of kcalories?

3. What were the 2 most difficult nutrients, or
kcalorie percentages to meet the rules for this assignment? How did
you finally work it out for each?

For the following questions, use the Source Analysis report.
From the pull-down menu (Choose a Nutrient), choose the appropriate
nutrient. All of your foods will be listed in descending order;
those listed at the top are the best sources of the nutrient; those
at the bottom are the worst.

4. Which two foods provide the most total fat?
How much of each did you recommend for the person to eat?

5. Which two foods provide the most saturated
fat? How much of each did you recommend to eat?

6. What were the top two sources of omega-3s,
and how much of each food did you recommend to eat?

7. Choose a vitamin or mineral, then determine the top
two sources, and how much of each food did you recommend
to eat?

8. Which two foods provide the most protein?
How much of each did you recommend to eat?

9. If you did not include any animal products, explain the
principle of protein quality, see appendix D

10. Which two foods provide the most fiber? How
much of each food did you recommend to eat?

11. How many grams of fiber did you recommend to eat intake?

12. Do you have any non-plant sources of fiber? Why not?

13. How much cholesterol did you intake?

14. Which two foods provide the most
cholesterol? How much of each did you eat?

15. Do you have any non-plant sources of fiber? Why not?

16. Do you have any non-animal sources of vitamin B12? Why
not?

17. Do you generally like the foods listed? Would this be a
convenient diet?

18. Did you reach 90% of your RDA for vitamin D? Regardless; how
can you ensure that you get enough vitamin D even if you don’t get
it from food?

19. Look at the My Pyramid Analysis report. Which two food
groups are best represented? Which two are least represented?

20. Do your results from this assignment support the design of
the Choose My Plate? Explain; explain why there might be
discrepancies.

21. Based on this assignment, discuss the importance of dietary
variety.

22. Do you think it’s realistic to get 100% RDA for each and
every nutrient, every day, with food alone? Explain and expand. How
COULD you get complete nutrition from food alone?

23. Pretend all vitamins and minerals are equally stored and are
equally important for immediate maintenance of homeostasis. Based
only on general availability from whole foods, which 3 nutrients do
you think might be most important to supplement? Which 3 nutrients
do you think might be least important to supplement? Explain.