ACTIVITY 6

Calculating Diets and Meal Planning

Diet Rx = 2450 C400 P90 F55

Meal Plan
Food No. of CHO PROT Fat ENERGY
Exchanges Exchanges (g) (g) (g) (kcal)
Veg A 2
Veg B 6 18 6 96
Fruits 4 40 160
Milk 2 24 16 20 340
Sugar 4 20 80

Partial sum 82

400 (Prescribed CHO)

- 82 (Partial sum of CHO)
= 318 / 23 = 13.8 (No. of rice Exchanges)
Rice 13 299 28 1032

Partial sum 50

90 (Prescribed CHO)
- 50 (Partial sum of CHO)
= 40 / 8 = 5 (No. of meat Exchanges)
Meat
Low Fat 2 16 2 82
Medium Fat 3 24 18 258

Partial sum 40

55 (Prescribed CHO)
- 40 (Partial sum of CHO)
= 15 / 5 = 3 (No. of fat Exchanges)
Fat 3 15 135
Total 401 90 55 2459
 Meal Distribution

AM PM Midnight
Food Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Snack Snack Snack
Veg A 1 1
Veg B 2 2 2
Fruit 2 2
MILK
1 1
Whole
RICE Low
1 2
Protein
RICE Med
2 2 2
Protein
RICE
High 4
Protein
MEAT
2
Low Fat
MEAT
2 1
Med Fat
Fat 1 1 1
Sugar 1 1 1

Menu

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

(1 cup) Cow's milk (1 cup) Rice
(1 cup) Rice
(1 cup) Rice Kaldereta
Tinola
Ginisang toge with onion (1 slice) Beef brisket
(1 pc) Chicken drumstick
and carrots (1/2 cup) carrots and
malunggay and unripe
(2 slices) Fried bangus potatoes
papaya
Cooked in (1 tsp) Palm oil Cooked in (1 tsp) Palm oil
AM Snack PM Snack Midnight Snack
(2 pcs) Pan de monay (1 slice) Cantaloupe
(1 pc) Banana (lakatan)
(1 cup) Sotanghon mixed with (1/2 cup)
(2 pcs) Cuchinta
Mango juice (5 tsp) with Evaporated milk and (1
(2 tsp) orange juice
(3/4 cup) Tapioca pearl tsp) brown sugar