Table 6.

Nutrient composition and nutritional adequacy of Healthy US-Style Eating Pattern ¹ [46] and Wahls Elimination menus with different total servings of fruits and vegetables ^2,3,4 for males and females 31–50 years modeled using the United States Department of Agriculture Food Group nutrient profiles.

Category	Females 31–50 Years				Males 31–50 Years
	HEP 1	Wahls ElimA 2	Wahls ElimB 3	Wahls Elim 4	HEP	Wahls ElimA	Wahls ElimB	Wahls Elim
Fruits + Vegetables, cup-eq 5/day	4.0	6.1	9.2	11.6	5.0	7.4	11.3	14.2
Fruit, cup-eq/day	1.5	2.3	3.5	4.4	2.0	2.8	4.3	5.4
Vegetable, cup-eq/day	2.5	3.8	5.7	7.2	3.0	4.6	7.0	8.7
Dark-Green, cup-eq/day	0.2	2.0	3.0	3.7	0.3	2.4	3.6	4.6
Protein Foods, ounce-eq 6/day	5.0	15.1	13.0	11.5	6.0	18.4	15.9	14.0
Energy, kcals	1797	1800	1800	1800	2198	2200	2200	2200
Energy, kJ	7519	7531	7531	7531	9196	9205	9205	9205
Protein, g	87	104	97	92	100	127	118	112
Protein, %kcal	19	23	22	20	18	23	22	20
Fat, g	61	113	100	90	78	139	122	110
Fat, %kcal	31	57 7	50	45 3	32	57	50	45
Saturated Fat, g	15	31	27	24	20	38	34	30
Saturated Fat, %kcal	8	16	14	12	8	16	14	12
Monounsaturated Fat, %kcal	11	22	20	17	12	22	20	17
Polyunsaturated Fat, %kcal	10	16	14	12	10	16	14	12
EPA 8, g	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	0.6
DHA 9, g	0.2	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.3	1.2
Carbohydrate, g	233	102	144	177	286	125	177	216
Carbohydrate, %kcal	52	23	32	39	52	23	32	39
Dietary Fiber, g	29	20	28	34	35	25	34	42
Percent Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Vitamin A, %RDA	125	151	213	259	109	144	202	247
Vitamin C, %RDA	133	276	415	521	141	281	423	531
Vitamin D, %RDA	45	69	60	53	47	85	73	65
Vitamin E, %RDA	61	108	115	121	74	132	141	148
Vitamin B1, %RDA	153	110	121	129	165	124	135	144
Vitamin B2, %RDA	185	118	136	150	175	122	141	155
Vitamin B3, %RDA	160	221	210	202	166	236	225	216
Vitamin B6, %RDA	274	209	233	251	201	255	284	307
Folate, %RDA	143	116	161	195	172	141	197	239
Vitamin B12, %RDA	274	320	277	244	304	392	339	298
Calcium, %RDA	126	35	46	55	134	43	57	67
Copper, %RDA	146	116	149	174	173	142	182	213
Iron, %RDA	91	62	73	82	242	170	202	226
Magnesium, %RDA	105	105	123	136	94	98	114	127
Phosphorus, %RDA	239	182	182	182	266	222	222	223
Selenium, %RDA	193	228	204	186	221	279	250	228
Zinc, %RDA	171	159	155	151	143	141	137	134
Average %RDA	154	152	169	182	166	177	196	210
MAR, % 10	94	92	93	94	95	96	96	96
Percent Adequate Intake (AI)
Dietary Fiber, %AI	114	81	113	137	114	65	91	110
Linoleic Acid, %AI	143	210	184	165	125	181	159	142
α-Linolenic Acid, %AI	185	254	242	234	157	213	204	196
Vitamin K, %AI	147	703	1045	1306	142	644	958	1197
Manganese, %AI	213	151	191	221	199	145	183	212
Choline, %AI	77	83	88	93	69	78	83	87
Potassium, %AI	67	74	92	106	79	90	113	130
Percent Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
Sodium, %UL	75	58	55	52	84	71	67	64

¹ Healthy US-Style Eating Pattern; ² Wahls Elimination diet with servings of fruits/vegetables reduced by 60%; ³ Wahls Elimination diet with servings of fruits/vegetables reduced by 30%; ⁴ Wahls Elimination diet based on 7-day menus, see Table 3; ⁵ cup-equivalents, see Table 3; ⁶ Ounce equivalents, see Table 3; ⁷ Bolded values are outside the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range or below the RDA or AI; ⁸ Eicosapentaenoic acid; ⁹ Docosahexaenoic acid; ¹⁰ MAR = mean adequacy ratio.