Matt's Dietary Intake and Nutritional Analysis

Matt’s dietary intake was carried out with food works and showed the
following results (Xyris. (2019). Matt failed to meet his daily requirements for energy
(71%), carbohydrate (30%), and fibre (66%). An adequate intake of energy is required
to maintain lean muscle mass, store energy and promote optimum performance,
research has shown that athletes across a range of team sports consistently fail to
comply with recommendations on energy needs (Jenner et al., 2018). Matt over
consumed his daily allowance in sugar (296%), protein (132%), total fat (145%),
saturated fat (143%), sodium (167%), iron (320%) and calcium (129%). When
viewing the data analysis and examining the five food groups it can be demonstrated
that Matt is not meeting his recommended serves of grains and fruit. Matt is
exceeding the recommended servings for dairy, also meat and alternatives by 6 serves.
Mat is meeting his vegetables target (Eatforhealth.gov.au, 2019)
The Schofield equation was used to calculate Matt’s energy requirement, for males 18-29
years BMR = (63 x weight in kg) + 2896, also a PAL of 2.0 was used for EER. (Whitney et
al., 2016). Total carbohydrate was determined from the study (Bourke et al., 2001) 6-10 g/kg,
8 grams per kilo of body weight rationale was that Matt had a couple of recovery days. Sugar,
fat and saturated fat were determined from World Health Organisation (WHO). Protein was
predicted from this this range 1.4 – 2.0g/kg/day research supports the claim that more dietary
protein is required by individuals involved in regular exercise training than by sedentary
individuals (Campbell et al., 2007). The following nutrients sodium, iron and calcium intakes
exceeded the recommended Australian nutrient reference values, iron was still in the upper
limit reference (Nrv.gov.au,2019), however sweat during exercise means sodium losses and
adding in extra sodium will help avoid compromised performance (Shephard, 2007).