Nutrition and Menu Standards For Human Performance Optimization Flashcards
Nutrition and Menu Standards for Human Performance Optimization
Purpose: Establishes nutritional standards, termed “military dietary reference intakes” (MDRIs) for military feeding and establishes nutritional standards for operational rations (NSORs) and nutritional standards for restricted rations (NSRRs)
OPNAVINST 10110.1
Exercises DOD responsibility for nutrition standards and education
Department of the Army
The Surgeon General
The meal-ready-to-eat may be consumed as the sole ration for up to _ days
21
Men: 187lbs (85kg), 69” (175cm)
Women: 152lbs (69kg), 64”(163cm)
Reference measures for weight and height
Men: 340g to 680g per day
Women: 276g to 552g per day
Carbohydrate requirements
Men: 68g to 136g per day
Women: 55g to 110g per day
Protein Requirements
Men: 17g per day
Women: 12g per day
30% or less of total calories should be consumed
Fat requirements
Men: 34g per day
Women: 28g per day
Fiber requirements
Men: 8mg per day
Women: 18mg per day
Iron requirements
Men: 3 to 4.5 quarts per day
Women: 2 to 3 quarts per day
Fluid requirements
100 to 200mg (100mg per 2 hours or 200mg per 4 hours)
Recommended caffeine doses
Most important source of energy for the body
Digestive system changes it into glucose (blood sugar)
Can be called simple or complex
Carbohydrate
Naturally occurring minerals in the body that carry an electric charge
Electrolytes
Provide energy and help the body absorb vitamins
Fat
Describe the biochemistry of the fat molecule
Size and shape of the tail determines the saturated or unsaturated structure and function in the body
Fatty acids
Substance in plants
Dietary is the kind you eat
Type of carbohydrate
May be soluble or insoluble
Fiber
A unit of measure for mass equal to 0.035oz
Gram
Foods known to promote health by their nutrient density
Healthy foods
Process of applying knowledge, skills and emerging technologies to improve and preserve the capabilities of military members, families and organizations to execute essential tasks
Human performance optimization
Common unit used to describe energy needs
Kilocalorie
Unit of measure for mass
Equal to 1000g and 2.2lbs
Kilogram
The use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness, injury or medical condition
Medical nutrition therapy
Unit of measure for mass
Equal to 1/1,000,000g
Microgram
Category of nutrients
Required to build and maintain bones, muscles and skin
Protein
