Goal: Pick one diet (commercial, medical, etc) of your choice, and become an expert at it. Study all its aspects, find its strengths and weaknesses, and write it up in a report. The paper should be 3 to 5 pages long (excluding references). Important: Turnitin option is on, if you copy/paste whole paragraphs from the sources you use, this is considered plagiarism and the grade will be 0. So, be sure that you modify the text, connect sentences, etc,but don’t include the same text. Use your own words! If you need to include some parts of the text you find, cite the work and use quotation marks. For example: According to the paper of Key et al (2006) “vegetarian diets are usually rich in carbohydrates, n-6 fatty acids, dietary fibre, carotenoids, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E and Mg, and relatively low in protein, saturated fat, long-chain n-3 fatty acids, retinol, vitamin B(12) and Zn”. However the same study informs that “vegans may have particularly low intakes of vitamin B(12) and low intakes of Ca”. Try to limit this option. You must write a paper, not summarize what others already published. These are some examples of diets you can pick to prepare your paper: Medical diets: BRAT diet, DASH diet, ketogenic diet for epilepsy. Cultural diets: Okinawan diet, Mediterranean diet, Vegan diet (India), Vegetarian diet (India inspired Western diet) Commercial diets: Atkins diet, F-factor diet, Esselstyn diet, South Beach diet, Paleo diet, The Rice diet, Weight Watchers diet, Zone diet, Ornish diet, Pritikin diet, McDougall diet etc. New Age diets: Fruitarian diet, Raw food diet, Macrobiotic diet, Calorie Restriction diet You can use the ppt within the module for this assignment, to find additional information and links to useful websites —————————————————————— Paper Structure (if a Video is done, follow also these guidelines to organize the information in your video, you can talk, instead of showing whole paragraphs, you can also show in your video a ppt file with figures, animations, etc) In paragraph format (not as answers to the following questions), the paper must include: A title related to the topic Your name INTRODUCTION: Why did you choose this diet for your analysis? Describe the history of the diet. What geography and culture does it come from? How old is this diet – for how long people practiced it? Who invented it? INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIET What is the diet’s foundational philosophy? What does the diet actually consists of in general? Give a specific example for a one-day meal plan representative of this diet. Describe how well/badly it covers the macronutrients and micronutrients? This means: how well it meets the intake of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. And also, vitamins and minerals. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIET – Does the diet achieve in long term what it claims to achieve? (some diets are good just for short term but it is difficult to maintain the weight) – Should a person following this diet take precautionary steps, such as take extra vitamins or supplements? – What do you think is the greatest weakness of this diet? How about its greatest strength? – Is this diet practical for a modern lifestyle? (Maybe if you need to prep a meal for 6 hours it is not that practical) Is this diet expensive? Can average people afford it? – Could this diet be particularly harmful for certain age groups, or patients with certain medical conditions? – Could this diet be applicable to a high intensity life style? (competitive sports) – Are there celebrities trying to popularize this diet? – Is there a particular food industry that would promote this diet? (ex. Which corporations are interested in promoting the Paleo diet?) CONCLUSIONS Your personal opinion about this diet. Would you do it? Would you recommend it to your family?
