Question

Maggie and Mark are embarking on weight loss programs that include dietary changes and increased physical activity but have differing opinions on which is the best diet plan to use. Maggie chooses the 1,500 kcalorie/day Mediterranean Diet after reading about the health benefits conveyed by this diet. Mark is not fond of most vegetables and thinks that carbohydrate is the nutrient that causes weight gain and health issues. He believes that the Atkins 40 diet is a good fit for him because he can eat the "man food" he loves. Following is a one-day menu for Maggie and Mark. Atkins 40 Meal Plan Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan Here's a day of typical meals on a 1,500-calorie Mediterranean diet from Oldways. Breakfast 6 ounces Greek yogurt topped with 1/2 cup strawberries and 1 teaspoon honey 1 slice whole-grain toast with half mashed avocado Lunch 1 whole-grain pita with 2 tablespoons hummus and stuffed with 1 cup fresh greens and 2 slices tomatoes 1 cup minestrone soup 1 medium orange Water with 1 lemon wedge • Breakfast: 2 egg omelets with cheese, tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers, coffee with cream and Splenda. Snack: A handful of nuts Lunch: Cobb salad with ham, cheese, hard boiled eggs, bacon, and Ranch dressing, herbal tea with Splenda. Snack: 12 fresh peach in 12 cup of cottage cheese Dinner: Grilled steak and vegetables, side salad with Blue cheese dressing, diet soda. Snack: Popcorn with butter Snack 1/8 cup sliced almonds 1/8 cup peanuts Dinner Salad: • 1/2 cup arugula • 1/2 cup baby spinach • 1 tablespoon shaved Parmesan cheese • 1 tablespoon vinaigrette dressing 3-ounce salmon topped with 1 teaspoon tarragon and 1 teaspoon mustard over 1/2 cup couscous, 1/2 cup zucchini and 4 spears asparagus 5 fluid Ounces red wine (optional) Dessert Small bunch grapes 1/2 cup lemon sorbet Question 1: Identify and describe the types of types of fats found in each meal and compare the predominant types of fat in each to determine whether there is a difference in the "quality of fat" for each diet. Is one meal healthier than the other when it comes to the fat content? Explain your conclusion. Support your answer with data, facts, key terminology, specific examples and other information drawn from the textbook and at least one other supplemental source.

Answer 1

fat foods are in dinner and lunch contain ham and the steak both are red meat which  contain bad cholesterol /saturated fat wheras salmon is a fish having polyunsaturated fat and omega 3 fatty acids needed for good cardiac health.Moreover the M diet is full of fruits veggies and fibres from whole grain food which means the food is not processed.A processed food is full of unsaturated fats and preservatives.responsible for IHD

Butter is also saturated fat which is responsible for ischemic heart diseases and deranged lipid profile

So Med diet is much healthier than the other one.

We should know that we can not totally curtail the fat in our diet. It is also required for our nutrition and metabolism.There are different types of fat available for our food we have to select from them specially to maintain a good lipid profilre and a healthy cardiovascular activity

• Though we have to go for low fat diet but still if we have to select,food rich in unsaturated fats meaning mono and poly unsaturated fats should be selected .Vegetable oil like olive oil(best) sunflower oil etc rather than butter .Also we should eat nuts and fish. Fish is also a very good source of omega 3 fatty acid and poly unsaturated fats which help in maintain heart health blood pressure etc.
• We have to avoid saturated fat and trans fat which are bad fat. These trans fat are present in processed food and cause increased risk for ischemic heart disease.Food rich in saturated fat are palm oil,red meat, butter etc which should be avoided.we should go for animal proteins like chickens as red meat contain high salt content and saturated fat.But instead we can go for lean meat and lentil (low salt,good protein source)
• Here chicken is there in minnestrone soup which is better than steak or ham and the reason already explained