Dash Diet

My Fitness Pal is a very reliable tool that has helped me track my macro nutrients onto my phone and has helped me lose weight.The app has many features that helped me balance my diet, like the nutrition tab. The nutrition tab shows your calories, nutrients and macros. This is very helpful because it helps me see what i’m eating and allows me to replace things that may not be good for my health. For example, if i’m eating an unhealthy amount of macaroni and cheese it tells me that this food is high in saturated and carbs, it’ll then give me a recommended replacement food that is much healthier, such as a Tomato Soup or a Rice Bowl.

From my food intake record, I can point out that I eat at least 1 cup of rice everyday, which contain 577 mg of sodium. Rice is part of the grains group, and I eat about 8 ounces per day when I should only be eating 6 ounces. Moreover, I eat bread everyday as well, which increases my intake of grains and sodium. These two foods are the main reason my levels of sodium are so high. In addition, I eat a good amount of black beans which represent 368 mg of sodium. Beans are part of the vegetable group and also count as protein intake. I also eat a variety of meat such as chicken, beef, pork and fish. I get some protein from these meats, and also a low percentage of saturated fat comes from these meat. Meat also provides sodium, which increases my sodium levels even more. I consume from 6 to 8 ounces of protein just from meat when I should be only consuming about 6 ounces of protein foods in total. I don’t consume a good amount of dairy products; I only drink a cup of milk a day; however, my intake should be 3 cups per day. On the other hand I don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables; I only eat about 1 cup of vegetables and 1 cup of fruits a day while the recommended amount is two cups of each everyday. I

One of the questions that I was asking myself before I read any of the articles was if the program works for people who are on certain diets, for example vegan or vegetarian. According to Weight Watchers Diet Review: Count Points for Weight Loss, it states that the way the program is set up, using daily SmartPoints allow one to still use the program given certain restrictions (Asp, K. A., & Nazario, B., MD.) In all of the sources found pertaining to the Weight Watchers Program, the authors provides some kind of evidence, biased or unbiased, of how the Weight Watchers program does help people lose weight.

1. Heart-Healthy diet- decreasing sodium intake, increasing fluids, and eating more fruits and vegetables and other high fiber-foods.

Hypertension (HTN) is a chronic cardiovascular condition that is characterized by high blood pressure. The blood pressure commonly abbreviated as BP is a measure of the force exerted on the blood vessels as the blood passes through them. The amount of blood pumped and the narrowness of ones’ vessels are directly proportional to the blood pressure (Mayoclinic staff, 2014).

The dietician will do teachings regarding food choices that are good for her consumption based on her health status while putting to mind that it will be difficult adhere to a low sodium diet, especially for a person that enjoys eating out. Ms. B.T. has to adhere to her low-sodium diet as well as eating nutritional dense food with vitamin A, C and other vitamins and minerals to prevent

When you are dieting you do not want to give up all the goodies that you love and you do not have to. There are many diets out there that can be considered a "menus diet" because they give you a menu for each and every day so that you do not stray from the plan. The problem is that when you have a set menu like this it can be boring and most people find these types of diets to be very difficult to stick to. Here is how you can modify this type of menus diet and still stick with it completely.

This diet program allows you to record your points in an online journal if you are following the flex plan. It allows you to see all of the foods on the core plan and have access to a point calculator to figure the points in specific foods that you have nutritional info. This is great for people who do not have the time to attend meetings or who do not need motivation to stick with their plan but just need simple guided

According to Michelle Kerns, the meals provide about 860 to 1150 calories per day in the meal plans. That sounds unsafe. Well to be honest that is unsafe because women are recommended to intake a minimum of 1,200 calories and men to intake at least 1,800

Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been published since 1980. It was formed as a textual document by The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion in the USDA and the Health and Human Services Department of the US. It has been updated every five years since 1985. Its sole purpose is to make dieticians and health professionals aware of the recommendations about healthy and nutritionally adequate diets to promote healthy eating and prevent chronic disease for current and future generations in Americans. Having doing so, it has provided many Americans with a greater understanding and the importance of healthy eating and how certain foods and beverages affects the health.

My calories per day on the Super Tracker diet plan was set at two thousand calories per day, carbohydrates in the form of vegetables and fruit I needed four and a half cups daily, protein, five and a half ounces, fats, six teaspoons per day. My diet plan actually consisted of a little more calories than I normally consume. I do not eat as much bread, normally in my diet and this diet plan recommended, three ounces per day in the form of rice, bread, pasta and cereal. I did not consume the recommended dairy plus I always seem to go well above my limit of protein. Eight ounces per week is my suggested limit, however I like to eat more protein than that. At my age, forty-seven, and being in menopause, I am encouraged to consume more calcium and vitamin D in supplement form to make up for what I am lacking in my diet. My recommended intake of calcium needs to be at least twelve hundred milligrams, vitamin D one thousand IU daily, also vitamin C (Thack, 2011). I consume too much sugar and caffeine in coffee form. The sugar I consume counts toward my daily intake of calories, but they are “empty” calories with little to no

When it comes to the best overall diet however, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet tops the list with 4.1 stars out of a possible 5. The TLC diet or Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet, a diet plan created by the National Institutes of Health came second with 4 stars out of five, while the Mayo Clinic diet, the Mediterranean diet and Weight Watchers diet were placed joint third with 3.9 stars each out of the possible 5. On ranking though it would appear that the Mayo clinic diet comes before the Mediterranean diet whereas the Mediterranean diet in turn is placed just ahead of the Weight

The most challenging part about the SNAP diet was not being able to eat out. I have classes everyday during lunch time, and as a result I eat out often. However, one meal from a restaurant is basically what I can consume daily for this “diet”. Another challenge was calculating the portions size to ensure I would have enough food for the four days. I tried visually dividing the can of black beans in four equal parts. It did not work and in the fourth day, I had no more black beans. Similarly with the beets, I was going to divide the can in four equal amounts, but then it would be a significant small portion, and therefore I decided to share in three equal parts.

I was born to a father with the history of Diabetic mellitus and on my mother’s side; there is a history of High Blood Pressure. Although my father is not diabetic, my mother has been diagnosed with blood pressure. Blood pressure has been a steady disease in my household which has affected four out my five uncles. In 2010, after a seven year long battle with infertility, I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure which I was given medication for and shortly thereafter, I had a son after my aggressive treatment. Ever since, I have always link most diseases with food intake and I strongly believe that my nutrition and my health work hand in hand. According to Grodner, Roth &Walkingshaw (2012),

The sample consisted of: the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (n = 45,821 men; 18 yr of follow-up), Nurses' Health Study I (n = 94,108 older women; 18-yr of follow-up), and Nurses' Health Study II (n = 101,837 younger women; 14-yr of follow-up). The DASH score was generated based on eight components: high intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes, low-fat dairy products, and whole grains and low intake of sodium, sweetened beverages, and red and processed meats. The combined total of 50 yr. of follow-up, there were a total documented cases of 5645 kidney stones incidents. The subjects with higher intake amount of calcium, potassium, magnesium, oxalate, and vitamin C and had lower intake amount of sodium were directly consequently had a higher DASH value. Subjects with a higher DASH score were associated with a reduced risk. The showed even the subjects with a high DASH score and low calcium where also at a low risk. In conclusion, one of the benefits of the DASH-style diet correlates with a reduced risk in kidney stone form. (Taylor,