How many kcal is considered a nutritionally balanced diet? - ANSWER-> 1200 kcal
How many kcal is considered a nutritionally unbalanced diet? - ANSWER-800 - 1200 kcal
What is a calorically dilute diet? - ANSWER-High Fibre, low Fat
How many kcal is a VLCD diet? - ANSWER-600-800 kcal
How many k...
Describe the formula diet. - ANSWER-Liquid homogenate. Carefully controlled caloric intake;
monotonous.
Describe the different types of nutritionally unbalanced diet. - ANSWER-1. Altered proportion of
macronutrients (HIGH protein or cho, LOW fat)
2. Altered proportion of macronutrients (LOW cho, HIGH fat or protein)
,3. Specific food item focus (Grapefruit, kelp, Vit B6 ect.)
Describe the high protein or CHO and low fat diet works. - ANSWER-Reduced efficiency of calorie
utilization leads to reduced fat deposition; difficult to compensate for excluded foods.
Describe the low CHO and high protein or fat diet. - ANSWER-Ketosis; decreased appetite; small
excretory loss of calories; difficult to compensate for excluded foods.
Describe the specific food item focus diets. - ANSWER-Promotes lipolysis, reduced efficiency of calorie
utilization and monotonous.
What are the different types of fasting diets? - ANSWER-1. Very low calorie diets (PSMF)
2. Total fasting
Describe the very low calorie diets (PSMF). - ANSWER-Protein or prot/carb mixtures, 600-800 kcal/day.
Reduced body fat, spare body protein? ; ketosis.
Describe total fasting. - ANSWER-<500, Reduced body fat, highly ketogenic.
Describe a ketogenic diet. - ANSWER-Provides less than 100g of CHO per day, thereby inducing a state of
ketosis.
Are mixed diets ketogenic? - ANSWER-No. Even in weight reduction or hypocasloris won't enter ketosis
if you are providing enough CHO, protein and fat.
What is the definition of a Low Calorie Diet (LCD)? - ANSWER-550-1100 kcal/day or 10-20 kcal/kg IBW.
What are the different categories of LCD diets? - ANSWER-1. Balanced (Weight Watchers)
, 2. One-food ( Grapefruit diet)
3. Elimination/ reduction of nutrients. ( Dr. Atkins)
4. Vegetarian/ high Fiber ( Dean Ornish)
5. Formula (Slim Fast)
6. Miscellaneous/magic (Eat right for Your type)
What is the rationale behind Low calorie diets (LCD)? - ANSWER-Reduced energy intake will cause
weight loss.
What is the definition of Very Low Calorie Diet? - ANSWER-600- 800 kcal or < 10 kcal/ kg of IBW
High protein/ Low Carbohydrate OR
Balanced protein/carb
Minimum of 45 g of protein per day and RDA of vitamins and minerals.
ONLY in obese patients (BMI>30) or overweight with complications who would benefit from weight loss.
Medical supervision is required.
12-16 weeks followed by 3-6 weeks of refeeding period.
After referring go back to hypo caloric but more gradual weight loss.
Between 10-20 kg weight loss in 3 mo.
Patient must be able to commit to behaviour therapy and exercise.
* DONE for LIMITED time 3-4 mo.
Define protein sparing modified fast (PSMF). - ANSWER-VLCD providing HIGH calorie protein 1.5
g/kg/day in FORMULA or NATURAL food.
Expected weight loss is 1.5 to 2.3 kg/ week.
Protein MUST be high quality to prevent the loss of body protein (LBM) that occurs during a standard
fast.
Same guidelines as VLCD.
Rationale is to spare more LBM and lose more FAT.
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