Need help making meal Plan for Nutrition Class.

[daynuhRN]

So in my nutrition class we got an extra credit assignment of making a full meal plan (Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner) for different Nutrition cases. Mine is 2000 cal with increased K+, decreased NA+, 20% Protein, 55% Carbs, 25% fat with 10% saturated. I was wondering if ya'll might have any tips or websites to help me?

they would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

[tmhop]

Here are some websites that might help. You could enter in the foods and try different things until you find the combination you need to get the right nutriennts.

http://www.thedailyplate.com/

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

[daynuhRN]

thanks so much! hopefully they help!

[tmhop]

Here's a good starting place for foods high in potassium. http://foodshighinpotassium.com/

To keep sodium low, stick to healthy and nonprocessed foods such as fruits, veggies, whole grains.

Some ideas for protein sources are meat, beans, greek yogurt, nuts.

[studentmom77]

Also

http://www.fitday.com/

will give you nutritional info for almost any food

[decembergrad2011, BSN, RN]

MyPyramid.gov - United States Department of Agriculture - Home

Go to "Plan a healthy menu" on the right hand side in the links.

Trust me. You can do an entire meal plan and it will tell you how much of each food group, how many calories, how much fat, etc etc. We had to do this in nutrition class as well, and that's how I completed the assignment.