skill building: protein

9. Ruben exceeded his DRI for protein on this day by what percentage?

443%

4. One of the drawbacks of a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet is that it contains too much of some nutrients and not enough of others. The recommended intake for sodium is 1,500 mg. This one-day menu contains what percentage of the recommended sodium?

a. 150% and C.410%

Ruben has recently taken up weight lifting, and his friends at the gym mistakenly believe they should eat more protein to build muscle. The DRI for protein for healthy adults is 0.8 g per kg body weight. If Ruben weighs 205 lbs (93 kg), how many grams protein per kg body weight did he eat on this day?

a. 3.55 g/kg

3. This one-day menu is unbalanced because it contains insufficient micronutrients and a skewed macronutrient distribution. Which macronutrients fall outside of the recommended Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR)?

a. Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat

8. If Ruben were to maintain this diet for a period of time, he would likely experience fatigue and headaches due to inadequate carbohydrate intake. How many grams of carbohydrate did Ruben consume?

b. 239.19 grams of carbohydrate

2. The Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for protein is 10-35% of calories. What percent of calories in this one-day menu comes from protein?

b. 36.8% calories from protein

5. A high-protein diet such as this diet can contain a lot of fat. The recommendation is less than 38.8 grams of saturated fat. How many grams of saturated fat is Ruben over the recommendation?

b. 6.3 grams

10. Along with a balanced diet, weight-bearing exercise promotes bone mineral density. Ruben's body-builder diet would be unhealthy for his bones over the long term because it is __________.

b. inadequate in vitamin D and excessive in calcium

6. Using the Intake vs. Goals report, determine how many excessive calories from protein this menu provides. (Excessive calories from protein = calories from protein in intake minus calories from protein in DRI.)

c. 1,021.6 calories from protein

7. This diet provides more than 100% of the DRI for all of the following, EXCEPT __________.

d. vitamin D