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Do-It-Yourself Fast-Food Analysis |
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Fast-Food Vitamins? |
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“You mean we have to do
HOMEWORK?” (It is
difficult to achieve even the lowly US RDA's of important nutrients from a
fast-food meal...unless you eat many portions... in which case you get
fat! This exercise helps demonstrate this dilemma to my Nutrition
students. No, you do not have to hand it in.) You are to create
FOUR "balanced" meals (two lunches and two suppers) from the menu
of a national fast-food restaurant chain, such as Arby's, McDonald's, Burger
King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or Taco Bell. You will be using
the food composition tables in any standard nutrition textbook. You are
specifically required to achieve the US RDA of the four following nutrients,
plus fiber: Vitamin
E; Magnesium; Folic Acid; Pyridoxine (vitamin B-6);
Fiber You may achieve
your objective with as many portions of foods as you need to, as long as
you specify how many portions it took to get the RDA levels for EACH of
the five specified nutrients at each meal. You many use any
foods on the company's menu, and only those foods. You are encouraged
to present your results in chart or graph form if you can. Type or
computer-print this report up as a lab, with the usual headings listed on
your lab report guide sheet. You may modify the format as you go, within
reason. In your conclusion
section, be sure to thoroughly demonstrate to me that you understand what you
have done. If you want a good grade, you will want to be sure to
discuss your results in detail. If you absolutely
cannot achieve an RDA level of a nutrient, EXPLAIN fully what is going on.
Account for oddball outcomes! PAY VERY, VERY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO DECIMAL POINTS AND UNITS (mg, IU, etc.). WHEN YOU
ADD UP YOUR FOODS, THE UNITS MUST BE CONSISTENT and the arithmetic must be
accurate!! Estimated report
length: 3 pages typed, not counting your cover sheet. Copyright 2005, 1997 Andrew W. Saul. Andrew Saul is the author of the books FIRE
YOUR DOCTOR! How to be Independently Healthy (reader reviews at
http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html
) and DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural Healing that Works. (reviewed at http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html
) For ordering information, Click Here .
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