Section 5: Nutrition Science, Assessment, and Prescription Flashcards
Dietary Guidelines for Americans years update
Every 5 years
- Allows public comments
Dairy
- No or weak inverse relationship with cardiovascular disease
- Positive relationship with bone health and dairy intake in children
- Yogurt may have protective effect on lowering inflammation
- Cheese leads to a pro-inflammatory state with higher plasma inflammatory biomarkers
- Eggs have mixed studies results
- There is direct relationship between cholesterol consumption and CVD in px with DM
Advise on Egg Consumption
- Mixed evidence
- Egg contains 200mg chlesterol
- Egg found to increase LDL cholesterol with more than 1 per day
- Advised to eat as little cholesterol as possible
- Prior it used to be <300mg a day
Over-consumed sugars
- Cane sugar
- High fructose corn syrup
- Fructose
- Sucrose
- Dextrose
- Lactose
- Honey
- Brown sugar
- Turbinado sugar
- Beet sugar
- Raw sugar
- Malt syrup
- Maltose
- Rice syrup
- Agave
- Molasses
- Florida crystals
- Fruit juice
- Others
WHO sugar recommendation
- Less than 10% of total calories or goal of less than 5% of total calories
- Current intake in US adult and children > 6 years old is 14.1% of total calories
American Heart Association recommended sugar
- Maximum of 100 calories per day for women, children, and teens
- No more than 150 calories of sugar per day for men
Top sources of cholesterol in US
- Meat, eggs, grain products, and milk account for 96%
Saturated fat
- No double bonds, saturated with hydrogen molecules
- AHA recommends 5-6% of total calories
High Saturated fat foods
- Fat cuts of beef
- Pork
- Lamb
- Salami
- Sausages and processed meats
- Fast food (i.e. cheeseburgers
- Lard
- Butter
- Cheese
- Coconut, palm oil, palm kernel oil
- Nuts and seeds
- Avocado
- Eggs
- Fish varies
Top sources of saturated fat in US
- Cheese
- Beef
- Other fats and oil
- Milk
- Frankfurters, sausages, luncheon meats
Top source of sodium in US
- Added to food outside home
- Inherent to food
- Added in home preparations
- Added at the table
Sodium consumption
- Keep at 2,000mg or less (1.5 to 2.3g)
- If sodium per serving is less than or equal to the calories per serving, then intake will be approximately same as daily calories (e.g. 2,000 calories)
- If plant based, may fall to 1,500 mg per day
Trans Fats
- Unsafe for human consumption
- Mostly found in partially hydrogenated plant oils
Top sources:
- Animal foods, red and processed meats
- Butter
- Refined grain such as doughnuts, cookies, crackers, muffins, pies, and cakes
Under-consumed nutrients in US
- Calcium
- Choline
- Fiber
- Iron
- Magnesium
- Potassium (ass. with health concern)
- Vit A
- VIt C
- Vit D (ass. with health concern)
- Vit E
Calcium Sources
- Cheese
- Tofu
- Soybeans
- Cornmeal
- Fortified plant milks
- Spinach or collard greens
Fiber Sources
- Black beans
- Split peas
- Lentils
- Avocado
- Raspberries
- Dried figs
- 3 tablespoons flaxseeds
- Oeatmeal
- Whole wheat pasta
Magnesium Sources
- Brazil nuts
- Almonds,
- Cashews
- Pine nuts
- Peanuts
- Spinach
- Amaranth
- Edamame
- Dark chocolate
Potassium sources
- Yams
- Avocado
- Beans
- Fruits and vegetables
Vit. A sources
- Sweet potato or spinach
- Raw carrots
- cantaloupe or butternut squash
- Beef liver
- Dairy and plant milks
Vit. C Sources
- Bok choy
- Parsley
- Daikon radish
- Broccoli
- Canaloupe
- Brussels sprouts
- Pineapple
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Mustard greens
- Papaya
- Green peas
- Kale
- Tomatoes
- Strawberries
- Turnip greens
- Orange
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Red pepper
- Leafy green vegetables
Vit. D
- Salmon
- High fat fish
- fortified milks, either dairy or non dairy
- Fortified cereals
- Sunlight between 10am to 3pm without sunscreen for 5-30 min 2 days a week, if darker skin pigmentation, require longer amounts of time in the sun
Vit. E sources
- Sunflower seeds
- Almonds
- Hazelnuts
- Sunflower oils
- Olive oils
- Corn oil
- Peanut butter
Top foods to consume based on nutrient per calorie
- Vegetables, including mushrooms
- Herbs and spices
- Fruits
- Legumes
- Whole Grains
- Nuts
- Seeds
Dietary Portfolio for Tx of Hypercholesterolemia
Diet: very low saturated fat, high in plant sterols, soy protein, viscous fibers, and almonds
Results: decreased in LDL by 28.6%, not statistically different from tx of 20mg losartan (dec. by 30.9%)
Dietary approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH Diet)
Diet: rich in vegetables and fruits, and low fat dairy and reduced saturated fat, total fat, and choleserol
Results: decreased blood pressure
Ornish Lifestyle Intervention (Lifestyle Heart Trial) for Coronary artery disease (CAD)
Intervention: 10% fat vegetarian diet, mod. aerobic exercise, stress management training, smoking cessation, group psychological support
Results: reduction in coronary artery stenosis that improved over 5 years
Ornish Lifestyle Intevention for Prostate Cancer
- 30 men with low risk prostate cancer showed intervention may modulate gene expression in prostate
- Ornish and colleagues’ research focuses on prostate cancer and gene expression (not glucose uptake), and they found that the intensive nutrition and lifestyle changes down-regulated 453 genes and up-regulated 48 genes that play critical roles in tumorigenesis and prostate cancer.
Lyon Diet Heart Study
Secondary prevention of coronay heart disease with a Mediterranean diet vs American Heart Association Step 1 Diet
- Mediterranean diet had fewer composite cardiovascular disease vs prudent Western diet