Culture Flashcards
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Diet - Buddhism
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- Alcohol usually prohibited
- Lacto-ovo vegetarians
- Some eat fish, and some avoid only beef
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Diet - Mormons
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- Alcohol, coffee and tea are usually prohibited
- Consumption of meat is limited
- Fist sunday of the month is optional for fasting
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Diet - Eastern Orthodox
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- During Lent, all animal products, including dairy products are forbidden
- Fasting occurs during Advent
- Exceptions from fasting include illness and pregnancy; children may also be exempt
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Diet - Hinduism
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- Many are vegetarians; those who eat meat do not eat beef or pork
- Fasting rituals vary
- Children are not allowed to participate in fasting
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Diet - Islam
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- Pork, birds of prey, alcohol and any meat product not ritually slaughtered are prohibited
- During month of Ramadan, fasting occurs during the daytime; some individuals, such as pregnant women, may be exempt from fasting
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Diet - Jehovah’s Witnesses
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- Any foods to which blood has been added are prohibited
- They can eat animal flesh that has been drained
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Diet - Judaism
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- Kosher
- meat allowed include animals that are cloven-hoofed, vegetable eaters and ritually slaughtered
- Fish that have scales are allowed
- Any combination of meat and milk is prohibited
- During Yom Kippur, 24-hour fasting is observed
- Pregnant women, children and ill individuals are exempt from fasting
- During Passover, only leavened bread is eaten
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Diet - Pentecostal (Assembly of God)
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- Alcohol is usually prohibited
- Members avoid consumption of anything to which blood has been added
- Some individuals avoid pork
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Diet - Roman Catholicism
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- They avoid meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays of Lent
- They practice optional fasting during Lent
- Children, pregnant women, and ill individuals are exempt from fasting
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Diet - Seventh Day Adventist
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- Alcohol and caffeinated beverages are usually prohibited
- Many are lacto-ovo vegetarians; those who eat meat avoid pork
- Overeating is prohibited; 5-6 hours between meals without snacking is practiced
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African Americans - health risks
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- Sickle cell anemia
- HTN
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Lactose intolerance
- DM
- Obesity
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Amish - heath risks
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- Genetic disorders because of intermarriage
- Nonimmunization
- Sexual abuse of women
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Asian Americans - health risks
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- HTN
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Lactose intolerance
- Thalassemia
- Yin-Yang foods
- Yin foods are cold; Yang foods are hot
- Eat cold foods when one has a hot illness; eat hot foods with cold illness
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Hispanic - health risks
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- HTN
- Heart disease
- DM
- Obesity
- Lactose intolerance
- Parasites
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Native American - health risks
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- Alcohol abuse
- Obesity
- Heart disease
- DM
- Tuberculosis
- Arthritis
- Lactose intolerance
- Gallbladder disease
