Question

You are visiting overnight with family relatives that you have not seen for some time. They have learned that you are studying nutrition and ask for some advice. The father of the family (your uncle, Bob) is obese and has recently been diagnosed as pre-diabetic, while the mother of the family (your aunt, Hilda) is quite overweight, and the two children, 12 and 16 years old, are "heavy," but you would not classify them as obese. Based on your uncle's recent diagnosis and the family's ongoing struggles with weight, your aunt decided that the family should cut out carbohydrates as she heard that "they can cause you to become fat". She provided a sample one-day menu of their current low carb diet below. Afternoon snacks: 0.5 cup sliced cucumber Breakfast: 0.5 cup celery 2 large hard boiled eggs 4 oz turkey breast deli meat 3 oz reduced fat turkey sausage 2 tbsp reduced calorie ranch dressing 1 cup skim milk Dinner: Snack: 0.5 cup steamed broccoli 175 g non-fat plain Greek yogurt 0.5 cup steamed carrots Lunch: 1 cup iceberg lettuce 6 oz roasted, boneless and skinless chicken breast 4 oz canned white tuna in water 1 cup skim milk 2 oz cheddar cheese 1 serving sugar-free strawberry Jello 2 tbsp oil and vinegar salad dressing Evening snack: 14 cup mixed dry roasted nuts 1. Enter this diet into the Diet & Wellness Software. 2. How does the macronutrient profile of this diet compare to the AMDR for your aunt and uncle? 3. What are your thoughts on the statement that carbohydrates can "cause you to become fat"? 4. What is your overall opinion on this diet and what recommendations would you give to your aunt?

Answer 1

As per the statement " carbohydrates can cause you to become fat", i strongly believe the statement is true with a high intake of carbohydrate in diet more than body requirement.Physiologically the excess carbohydrates get converted to fat and get stored as fat in adipose tissues of body in absence of ample activity. As exercise is the need of time for the fats to be utilised as energy in body during activity.

So the overall opinion on this diet i feel is more of fat and protien which has to be cut off to half of the portion and more of activity to utilise the excess fat stored in body could help the family to maintain the BMI as required .