Upon completion of this assignment, the student will meet the following course objectives:
Understand the roles of the various metabolic pathways associated with the utilization of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Understand the use of the AMDR in calculating dietary requirements of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Identify the positive and negative effects associated with the excess and lack of consumption of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Purpose The purpose of this case study is to help students put in practice the information discussed and learned in the second part of the course.
Task To successfully complete this assignment, the student must successfully answer all the questions associated with following case study. The answers must be backed up by quantitative data when available. Some online research will be required to complete this assignment.
The patient has changed his eating habits over the past 6 months. He started to control the amount of calories he consumed and kept it below 3000 kcal/day. He got a membership at the local gym, but due to his busy schedule he wasn’t been able to spend much time working out and expresses that he “maybe goes once a week”. Four weeks ago he started a “fad diet” to help him lose more weight. He is 26 years old now, his blood pressure is 125/76, he weighs 200lb, he is 5’9″ and his waist circumference is 40in. He recorded what he ate during the last 2 weeks and these are the results: 2700 kcal/day (total daily intake), 1000 kcal from lipids, 1200 kcal from protein and 500 kcal from carbohydrates. *show work for calculations for partial credit
List 2 positive things about his current diet and explain how you came to that conclusion. Provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
What problem could he encounter due to the amount of carbohydrates he is consuming? Explain and Provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
What negative effects could you expect based on the amount of protein he consumes? Explain and provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
Do you think there have been changes in the way he metabolizes lipids since he started the diet? What kind of changes? Explain.
Which “fad diet” do you think he is currently on? Explain and provide quantitative data to support your conclusion.
