Cultural & Religious Consideration

Question 1

Different ways food can be viewed as in diffirent cultures:

Answer 1

-Can be symbolic: love, punishment, feminine, masculine, connection, mourning, celebration
-Culture dictates what is edible: for animals only, for humans, and its ROLE

Question 2

Peripheral Foods

Answer 2

Consumed occasionally due to cost or special days

Question 3

Hispanic Diet

Answer 3

Hot/cold suggest balance for healing (ex. Cinnamon and teas of mint, chamomile)

-High: fruit, dark green, orange vegetables, legumes
-Low: whole grains and milk

Acculturation—-> dec. Fiber, fruits, veggies intake

High: saturated & sodium
-prevalence of obesity
-DM II leading cause of death

Question 4

Acculturation

Answer 4

Adopting dietary practices of host country

Question 5

African American Diet

Answer 5

Second largest minority
food habits more-so to personal factors for convenience
-Highest prevalence of obesity, risk for HTN, DM and complication
“Think of soul food”

-Low intake of whole grain, milk, vegetable

Question 6

Asian Americans

Answer 6

“Ying yang diet, balance of hot and cold for healing”

Ying: Seaweed, cold beverage, fruits and veggies
Yang food: fried food, coffee, spice, meat, meat broth

-Highest risk of DM when body fat increases

-limited consumption of dairy

Question 7

Semi-vegetarian/flaxitarian

Answer 7

Plant based w/ occasional meat, poultry, dairy, fish

Question 8

Raw Vegan

Answer 8

Consume uncooked plant based

Question 9

Macrobiotic

Answer 9

Whole food diet based on locally grown plants & occasional seafood

Question 10

Between culture and religion, which has more influence on a patient’s diet?

Answer 10

Religion

Question 11

**Orthodox Judaism/ Judaism Diet

Answer 11

**Outlined in Torah
Passover: only consume unleavened (no yeast) bread
Fasting: 24 hrs during Yom Kippur
**No Pork products, shellfish, meat w/ dairy (parave)
Fish: only with scales and fins
**Kosher only (regulated slaughter, no blood consumption)
**NO FOOD PREP during Sabbath

Question 12

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [Mormon], Seventh-Day Adventists** Diet

Answer 12

-Outlined from two protestant christian faiths
Fasting: 5-6 hrs interval between meals**
NO PORK, coffee, tea, (both), alcohol**
-Vegetarian diet**

Question 13

Islamic Faith Diet

Answer 13

-outlined from Qur’an
(Halal) permitted v.s. (Haram) not permitted

-Fast in Ramadan
-NO: alcohol, pork, shellfish
-Kosher

Question 14

**Hindu and Buddhist

Answer 14

BOTH don’t HARM LIVING CREATURES (ahimsa)

-Vegetarian Diet
-No alcohol**, pork,
-No coffee for buddhism

Question 15

Catholic

Answer 15

Fast: no meat on ash wednesday and Friday Lent-no food/drink 1hr before communion

Question 16

Nursing consideration for cultural & religious diet

Answer 16

-Ask pt to reduce, not eliminate
-Reconsider their practices

Question 17

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Answer 17

Avoid blood consumption

Question 18

Which cultures believe that balance of hot/ cold food have health benefits?

Answer 18

Chinese, Middle eastern, Latin, Indian, Filipinos