Nutrition and Lifestyle Lecture Powerpoint Flashcards
Factors that determine lifestyle (4)
- social adjustment
- worldview
- culture
- personal choices
Components of a healthy lifestyle (9)
- primary prevention
- patient education
- preventative counseling
- immunizations
- not smoking
- diet
- exercise
- seatbelt
- sunscreen
DASH diet
Diet for hypertension that has been proven to be as effective as an antihypertensive drug
Low acid diet
Diet that limits acidic foods (and promote weight loss) to prevent GERD
Fad diets
Diets that focus on a particular food item or group and are usually a temporary solution to a chronic problem, offer rapid weight loss but only lasts for a limited time
Food addiction
Research has evidenced that brain pleasure centers become progressively less responsive as overeating occurs and it continues even if it comes alongside unpleasant side effects
Aspertame
A controversial nutritive sweetener that is much sweeter despite containing much fewer calories with the hopes that consumers will use less, concluded by FDA to be safe for general population under certain conditions (not those with phenylketouria) except in others who have anecdotally had poor reactions to it
Stress management
Recognizing causes of stress and managing those effects in a more healthy way thru strategic tools
Stress allows the body to adapt to ___ change, but ___ leads to maladaptive responses
acute, chronic
The relaxation response
Lowering of heart rate, metabolism, blood pressure, etc elicited by meditation, prayer, autogenic training, etc
Coronary events and exercise trend
Moderate exercise sees lowered coronary artery disease but vigorous sees rates rise
Prescribing exercise
Effectiveness of counseling for exercise has not been well demonstrated, refer them to intense individualized behavioral counseling (sometimes cost prohibited), up to personal discretion on how to recommend
Sleep deprivation and age trend
- When sleep is insufficient to support adequate alertness, performance and health
- from newborn is very high (14-17 hours a day) to elderly (can be low as 5-6)
Consequences of sleep deprivation (7)
- Slowed reaction time
- mental status that resembles depression or anxiety
- 2nd leading cause of car crashes in US
- greater mortality
- increased hypertension
- immune funciton
- appetite
Mediterranean diet landmark study
Showed that those following the diet saw a 70% lower risk of cardiac death and MI
