Food Technology - Diet over 5-day period.

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FOOD TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT TASK 1.

REPORT

Throughout last week from Monday the 3rd of March to Friday the 7th of March I recorded my eating diet for the 5-day period.

On the spreadsheet that my diet is presented on I recorded everything I ate from breakfast through to dinner and everything before, after and in between those times. I found that for those 5 days nearly all of what I ate was the same every day except for my dinner.

In accordance to the 5 Food groups I found that for every day, I consumed approximately 3-4 serves of fruit and vegetables, 2-3 serves of breads and cereals, 1 serve of either meat, fish or poultry, 500g of dairy foods and 1 T of fats and oils.

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There were foods that I ate that I couldn’t place in any one of the five food groups as they had large amounts of other ingredients, which made it difficult.

Looking at my diet I haven’t achieved to have each food group in each meal, I only have about 2 or 3 at the most.

I also could do with a few more serves of dairy products as an early preventative from getting osteoporosis in later life.

When comparing my diet to the Healthy Diet pyramid, I think my diet shows that Fruit, vegetables, breads and cereals take up ...

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