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Nutrition Project

Grading: This project is worth 100 points.

You must work independently on this assignment and each student will select their own favorite comfort meal.

You will create a power point presentation on the nutrient breakdown of your two favorite comfort meals and a healthier alternative for each.

You will then save a copy of your power point as a pdf file and upload it in the project folder.

What you need to include for full credit:

Descripon of your favorite two comfort meals (full meal not just a cup of ice cream or a snickers bar). It can be a meal from your favorite restaurant, fast food joint or something you like to make at home). Include the nutrient facts about each meal. Then research an alternate healthier meal for each of your two comfort meals. Compare the nutrients between the comfort meal and healthier alternave.

Assignment Components:

Unhealthy Comfort meals ( 39 points)

Include the following for your two meals:

• Macromolecules in food item and approximate amount of each. Macromolecules include; carbohydrates (starches), protein, and fats, Glucose (sugars). (10 points)

• What does your body/cells use the macromolecules for (do they play a role in cellular respiration, building of proteins or tissues etc) (10 points)

• What percentage of your daily (healthy) intake is in the food for each of these biomolecules. (15 points)

o Use a macro calculator to determine your personal intake levels for each biomolecule (note I do not need to know you to know your body weight etc just how much of each molecule the calculator tells you is needed for your personal health goals).

o Macro calculator link --> USDA Macro Calculator

o To determine your % daily intake for a food item use the calculation below

# grams in food item x 100 = your % intake for the the day

# grams for your total daily intake

• How much sodium (salt) is in the food. (4 points)

Include the following for your two healthier alternaves to the original comfort meals (56 points):

• Macromolecules in food item and approximate amount of each. Macromolecules include; carbohydrates (starches), protein, and fats, Glucose (sugars). (10 points)

• What does your body/cells use the macromolecules for (do they play a role in cellular respiration, building of proteins or tissues etc) (10 points)

• What percentage of your daily (healthy) intake is in the food for each of these biomolecules. (10points)

• How much sodium (salt) is in the food. (4 points)

• Why is it healthier than the original meal be specific. Does it contain any vitamins, an-oxidants or other healthy components? What is the benefit of these healthy components? (12 points)

Works Cited (10 points)

• MLA format; 2 or more sources (these can be on the last slide of your presentation)