Recommended Diet
Recommended Diet
Subtitle
“Eat variety of foods.”
RECOMMENDED NUTRIENT INTAKE
FOOD SOURCES
Carbohydrates
▪ Cereal grains, wheat and various breads, pastas,
and breakfast cereals
▪ potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn provide
substantial amounts of carbohydrates (in the
form of starch).
▪ Green leafy vegetables
▪ Fruits
▪ Sugars such as table sugar, syrup, and honey and
sugar-rich foods such as desserts and candy
FOOD SOURCES
Proteins
• Corn
• Meats • Grains
• Fish • Peanuts
• Poultry • Nuts
• Eggs • Peas
• Milk • Beans
• Cheese • Sesame seeds
• Soybean
FOOD SOURCES
Fats
are present in both animal and plant foods.
1. Meats
2. Milk, eggs and dairy
3. Fish
4. Oils
RECOMMENDED NUTRIENT INTAKE
FOOD SOURCES
VITAMIN A VITAMIN D
• Liver • Eggs
• Butter • Liver
• Cream • Fortified milk
• Cod liver • Fortified margarine
• oil • Oily fish
• Dark green leafy vegetables Other sources
• Deep yellow or orange Sunlight
• fruit
• Fortified margarine
FOOD SOURCES
VITAMIN E VITAMIN K
• Milk • Pork
• Eggs • Fish
• Fish • Poultry
• Poultry • Liver , kidney
• Enriched • Milk
breads • Eggs
and cereals • Cereals
• legumes
FOOD SOURCES
VITAMIN B12 (Cobalamin) FOLATE
• Seafood • Liver
• Poultry • Green leafy vegetables
• Muscle meats • Legumes
• Eggs • fruits
• Milk
• Cheese
FOOD SOURCES
VITAMIN C
Fruits
1 serving of vit-C-rich fruits = 1 med sized fruit or 1 slice of a big fruit
1 serving of other fruits = 1 med sized fruit or 1 slice of a big fruit
• PDRI 2008
• Nutrition and Diet Theray Lesson 4
• Nutrition and Diet Theray Lesson 5
• DOST-FNRI Daily Nutrition Guide Pyramid
https://www.fnri.dost.gov.ph/index.php/tools-and-
standard/nutritional-guide-pyramid#adults-20-
39yrs-old