health diet plan
Please read the case study below
Ms. Bell is a 70 year old woman who works full-time as an attorney and lives with her 75 year old retired husband. She loves to cook and eat. Her weight is somewhat above normal for her height and age which her doctor is concerned about. She goes for casual walks once or twice a month in her neighborhood. Her doctor has encouraged her to engage in more regular and vigorous physical activity. Ms. Bell would like to get more exercise but not sure how to do this. She thinks she may be too old to exercise more vigorously. Ms. Bell is on medication for high blood pressure, a statin for high LDL (bad) cholesterol, and takes several nutritional supplements, including a couple of herbal supplements.
The doctor has been concerned about the saturated fat in her diet since her LDL (bad) cholesterol is high and she is at risk for heart disease. Her diet log, which indicates what she ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on three days, is below:
Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, banana, some other fruit, and whole milk.
Lunch: BBQ Beef sandwich, coleslaw, deep-fried french fries, and lemonade.
Dinner: Baked Lamb, baked potato with a lot of butter, white rice, soda, and strawberry sherbert
Tuesday
Breakfast: Two scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast with butter, 1 serving of grapes, and orange juice.
Lunch: Fried chicken on a bun with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise; potato salad, chips, and soda.
Dinner: Broiled steak, greens salad, baked potato with cheese and a lot of butter, soda, and chocolate ice cream.
Wednesday
Breakfast: Two sunny side up eggs, white toast with butter, one pear, and whole milk.
Lunch: Deep fried chicken legs, butter-fried onions, white rice, and soda.
Dinner: Grilled shrimp on a salad with sliced tomatoes, shredded cheese, chopped broccoli, shredded carrots, and quinoa; and lemonade.
Step 3: Please respond to the questions below:
-Using what you have learned about healthy nutrition and the Mediterranean diet, how would you evaluate the healthiness of Ms. Bells diet log? Are there things about her diet you might recommend she change? If so, what changes would you recommend and why?
-Using what you have learned about healthy exercise, evaluate her current exercise habits. Discuss changes to this you might recommend, why youd recommend these changes, and strategies you might use to motivate Ms. Bell to implement your recommended changes.
-What advice might you give Ms. Bell regarding her medications and why?
-Discuss how the dietary/nutrition and exercise changes you recommend and your advice regarding her medications relate to the Whole Health Model?
Step 4: Please make sure you include any and all necessary reference citations and a reference list.
CASE STUDY B:
Step 1: Please make sure you’ve completed the readings and viewed the videos for Modules 5, 6, & 7.
Step 2: Please read the Case Study below.
Mr. Tuttle is a 68 year old man who lives with his wife of 40 years. He is a full-time engineer and enjoys his career. His weight is normal but his LDL (“bad”) cholesterol is high even thought he takes medication for high LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.His doctor has strongly encouraged him to eat less foods that are high in saturated fat. He has high blood pressure which is managed with antihypertensive medication. He has been dehydrated on occasion. He exercises by going to the gym 4-5 times a week.
His diet over the past two days was the following:
Monday
Breakfast: Oatmeal with a banana and orange juice.
Lunch: Cheese steak sandwich, french fries, coleslaw, and 7-Up soda.
Dinner: BBQ Pork, mashed potatoes with butter and gravy, corn on the cob with butter and salt, beer, and a brownie.
Tuesday
Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, and whole milk.
Lunch: Cheeseburger, potato chips, mixed greens salad, coleslaw, and Coke soda.
Dinner: Leg of lamb, white rice, coleslaw, green beans with butter, 7 Up soda, and a piece of carrot cake.
Step 3: Please respond to the questions below:
-Using what you have learned about healthy nutrition and the Mediterranean diet, how would you evaluate the healthiness of Mr. Tuttle’s diet log? Are there things about his diet you might recommend he change? If so, what changes would you recommend and why?
-Using what you have learned about healthy exercise, evaluate Mr. Tuttle’s current exercise habits. Would you recommend any changes or not?
-What advice might you give Mr. Tuttle regarding his medications and why?
-Discuss how the dietary/nutrition and exercise changes you recommend and your advice regarding her medications relate to the Whole Health Model.
