must all now be familiar with the Atkins Diet. Of all of the ’trend’ diets that move through our popular culture‚ none has caused as much interest or controversy. Put forward by the late Dr. Robert Atkins in the 70’s‚ the diet that has caused a storm is continuing to acquire both dedicated followers and severe opponents both within and without the medical community. The Atkins diet itself is only the most popular of an approach usually called low-carb diets because of the primary interest in restricting
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Quitno 1 Crisel Joy Quinto Nutrition 313: Contemporary Nutrition Kelly Lane November 26‚ 2014 Diet Analysis Based on a 24 Hour Recall of my diet‚ results using NutriCalc Plus report that my food intake lacked a healthy balance of all food groups. My Grain intake reached only 60% of the My Plate daily recommendations. My Vegetable intake was a mere 50% of the recommended servings. Additionally‚ I consumed 84% of the daily recommendations for the Dairy Group. Nonetheless‚ I did exceed the recommendations
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By definition‚ the Paleo diet‚ also known as the Paleolithic Diet is a nutritional plan which is based on the presumed diet of our ancestors living in the Paleolithic period. While the Paleo diet is based on ancient origins‚ it came into popular attention in the mid 1970’s due to a book created by Walter Voegtlin called The Stone Age diet. According to him‚ mimicking the diet of the ancients will bring about certain health benefits to modern man in such a way that it will give us a leaner and more
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South Beach Diet The South Beach Diet is a relatively new weight loss diet. It was developed by Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston‚ M.D.‚ who is the director of the Mount Sinai Cardiac Prevention Center. The diet is meant to promote weight loss but not at the expense of heart health. Unlike other wildly popular low-carb plans‚ South Beach calls for keeping tabs on saturated fats and favors lean meats and proteins over bacon‚ cheeseburgers‚ and steaks. With this diet there is no calorie counting
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A vegetarian diet has become more popular today. Is the vegetarian or omnivore diet better? Are vegetarians really missing the proteins and nutrients from meat? The term vegetarian can be confusing to some since there are different variations of vegetarians: vegans‚ lacto vegetarian‚ lacto-ovo-vegetarian‚ ovo-vegetarian; strict vegetarians (vegans) exclude all meat‚ eggs and diary products. A lacto-vegetarian diet excludes meat‚ fish and eggs but includes dairy products. Most vegetarians follow
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Balanced Diet for Athletes A balanced diet is a diet that provides all the essential nutrients in sufficient quantity and in the correct proportions to promote good health. The six main classes of nutrients are carbohydrate‚ fat‚ protein‚ vitamins‚ minerals‚ and water. Good nutrition is essential for optimal performance of athletes. The nutritional requirements differ among athletes and these depend on their age‚ body size‚ and intensity of their sport or training programme. In athletes‚ good
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the process for developing nursing standards of practice and identify the different entities that might be involved in developing a standard of practice. Members of this team are nurses themselves and work in their various fields. So when something comes up that needs addressed‚ they meet as a committee and discuss the issue. Then they decide what would be the best action to take for solving the problem. By doing this they are able to come up with the standards we now have. They realize that there
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High Protein Diets: Good or Bad? Lose weight while feasting on steak‚ burgers‚ cheese‚ and bacon? All without feeling hungry? What’s not to love? Meat lovers have flocked to high-protein‚ low-carb plans like Atkins‚ Zone‚ Protein Power‚ and Sugar Busters. While these diets can work‚ you need to carefully consider the risks and rewards before deciding if one is right for you. How Much Protein? Most Americans get 12%-18% of their calories from protein. With a high-protein diet‚ it can be much
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Jamela Chiu and Pauline Chu 2nur2 Ma’am Estrada Comparing western and Philippine standards and issues regarding maternal and child health care A. Advanced Nurse Roles Nurses are the ones primarily doing the health assessment and they expand their roles by not just being an educator or a following physician’s order. They also know how to look and assess a person and have a diagnosis which can help them determine the mother’s need. They can find signs that can lead them to modify their
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PREPARATION OF CHILDREN’S DIET PLAN Child and Mother From the birth of a baby to one year of age‚ the baby feeds on the mother’s breast milk. From the second year‚ the mother starts worrying about the diet of her child. Children become very choosy regarding their diet. The demand of mother and her child differs a lot. What mother serves to her child is sometimes not accepted by her child. So every mother has a common complain that her child is not eating well even though the child‚ on his part
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