Question

A 19-year-old female student decides to go on a fad diet in which a typical day’s meal plan is provided below. She has a family history of Type 2 Diabetes. The number of Calories she needs daily based on her activity level has been calculated to be about 2,000 Cal.

Use the information given to calculate and decide whether she would meet the acceptable range for each macronutrient. If not, is she getting too much or too little? Please show your calculations.

Would she lose weight? Why or Why not?

Considering her family histrory, if she were to stay on this diet, would she pontentially benefit or be harmed from this diet?   Why or why not?

Macronutrient Recommended Daily Intake Fat 40-125g Carbohydrate 130-520g Protein 45-263g

Answer 1

Answer:

1. According to information, fat 69g, carbohydrate 174g, and protein 40.9g daily she will get according to day’s meal plan. She would meet the acceptable range for carbohydrate and fat macronutrient only but not the protein macronutrient. Protein macronutrient according to plan she would get only 40.9g whereas the range recommended for protein is 45-263 g per day.

2. Yes, she would lose weight because she needs 2000 cal daily based on her activity level. And she gets only 1344 cal daily according to day’s meal plan. Body stored fuel will meet the rest requirement of the required calories.

3. Considering her family history, if she were to stay on this diet, she would be harmed from this diet. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterised by high blood sugar, so the amount of carbohydrates you take has the major effect on your blood glucose levels after its intake. In this diet plan the amount of carbohydrate is relatively high (174g).