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Derrick is a 35-year old African American advertising executive with a very hectic schedule. Hes fairly active, has a BMI of 23, and is in generally good health. However, at his annual physical, his doctor discovered that Derrick has high blood pressure. Derrick assures his doctor that he eats well and cant understand why his numbers are so high. Derricks doctor recommends that he limit his salt intake and eat more whole foods rather than packaged products. Derrick takes his doctors advice to heart and takes the time to prepare some of his favorite meals. He takes a ham and cheese on rye sandwich to work instead of ordering Chinese food with his coworkers, even though it means giving up his favorite dish, General Tsos Chicken. For dinner he has smoked trout with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli rather than his usual frozen dinners that have about 650mg of sodium. He no longer salts his food at the table. Derrick even replaces his usual snack of salted peanuts with dry cereal, his favorite being Corn Flakes. His bedtime snack is now a pudding cup instead of chips or salty, buttery popcorn. Derrick sips on water or 100% fruit juice during the day, but he rarely drinks milk.
After a month on his new diet, Derrick returns to his doctor, confident that his numbers are down. To his surprise, his blood pressure remains unchanged! I dont understand! I dont put salt on anything and Im eating whole foods! he laments to his doctor.
Question 1: Using the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, determine what Derricks sodium intake for the day should be and explain how you arrived at that answer. Compare the sodium content of his new diet to his previous choices at HappyForks.com. (Just for comparison purposes, you can use the standard 100g measure for all foods.) Explain whether the choices hes made are lower in sodium than original and how his diet compares to sodium recommendations. Include in your response specific data, facts, examples, key terminology and other information drawn from the textbook and at least one other supplemental source.
Amanda is a 20-year old college student who is on the college tennis team. To stay lean and perform her best, she now only eats low-fat, nutrient-dense foods and is mostly vegetarian, although she still eats eggs and nonfat dairy. At the start of the year, Amanda was in the best physical condition of her life, but lately shes noticed that shes feeling fatigued and is having difficulty finding the energy for class every day and is experiencing shin splints that are inferring with tennis. Shes also looking pale, gets frequent headaches and is irritable. This may be because shes having trouble sleeping lately. This winter has also been particularly cold, and Amanda cant seem to warm up. Shes getting a bruise with every little bump and any little cut becomes infected and takes a long time to heal. Amanda suspects that because of her diet, she may need iron and begins taking a 60 mg iron supplement daily. Because shes heard that vitamin C enhances iron absorption, she takes the supplement with her morning orange juice. She also tries to eat more iron-rich foods while maintaining her vegetarian diet. She loves spinach and eats it daily.
Amanda quickly begins to feel better, but this doesnt last long. After a month, her symptoms return, and additional symptoms develop. Amanda was constipated when she first began iron supplementation, but lately, shes experiencing nausea and diarrhea.
Question 2: Explain why Amandas symptoms have returned, even after her dietary changes and taking an iron supplement, and the causes for her symptoms. Support your answer with data, facts, key terminology, specific examples and other information drawn from the textbook (Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S.R. (2017). Understanding nutrition (15th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage) and at least one other supplemental source.
