Analysing Day 2

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Analysing Day 2

Due to the fact that I was visiting on the first day of CNY, all the food that I was eating was home-cooked and I felt obliged to eat a little at everybody's house, thus the extensive amount of food and CNY goodies.

I decided to analyse using Recipe Analysis because most of the food was home-cooked and it was more appropriate to analyse them using this.

Recipe Analysis

Ingredient Energy (kcal) Protein (g) Total Fat (g) Saturated Fat (g) Cholesterol (mg) Carbohydrate (g) Dietary Fibre (g) Sodium (mg) Ang koo kueh, coconut 456 3 24 18.6 0 56 4.5 44 Nasi lemak 494 13 14 7.6 76 80 6.5 838 Popiah 375 15 22 7.3 90 29 8.1 1,351 Tapioca chip, deep fried 490 2 24 11.1 0 66 3.7 215 SALMON, RAW 61 6 4 1.1 10 0 0.0 11 Roti prata 1,196 30 38 16.8 5 185 9.6 2,204 Chicken, spicy, BBQ 860 76 61 22.3 428 3 6.4 419 Beehoon, plain, fried 250 6 5 2.4 6 46 3.6 820 Cake, chocolate, home prepared 204 4 10 6.1 58 26 0.8 275 Total (per serving) 4,387 153 202 93.2 672 490 43.3 6,176

Conclusion

According to the HPB website, my RDDA (recommended daily dietary allowance) is only 1945 kcal. This means that my energy intake of 4,387 kcal is almost four times of my RDDA of 1945 kcal. I definitely need to cut down a lot on the amount of food I consume and the amount of energy I have. Perhaps this explains why I am so hyper during CNY.