Dan is a freshman college in college who lives in a campus hostel. He teaches martial arts in the afternoon after class. He eats from the campus / hostel cafeteria and snacks between meals. Dan and his roommate who are Ghanaians both decided to become vegetarians because they recently read a magazine article describing the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. Yesterday’s vegetarian diet consisted of a pastry and tea for breakfast, tomato-rice dish (no meat or fish) with soft pretzel (bakery product made of water, flour, salt, butter, baker’s yeast) and a diet soft drink for lunch. In the afternoon, after his martial arts, he eats a milk shake and cookies. At dinner, he ate vegetarian sub-sandwich consisting of lettuce, sprouts, tomato, cucumber, and cheese, with two glasses of fruit punch and a bowl of popcorn before going to sleep. He has had been consuming similar meals since he recently took to vegetarian diet. Answer the following questions: a. What is meant by a vegetarian diet? b. What type of health benefit can Dan expect from following a well-planned vegetarian diet?
Dan is a freshman college in college who lives in a campus hostel. He teaches martial arts in the afternoon after class. He eats from the campus / hostel cafeteria and snacks between meals. Dan and his roommate who are Ghanaians both decided to become vegetarians because they recently read a magazine article describing the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. Yesterday’s vegetarian diet consisted of a pastry and tea for breakfast, tomato-rice dish (no meat or fish) with soft pretzel (bakery product made of water, flour, salt, butter, baker’s yeast) and a diet soft drink for lunch. In the afternoon, after his martial arts, he eats a milk shake and cookies. At dinner, he ate vegetarian sub-sandwich consisting of lettuce, sprouts, tomato, cucumber, and cheese, with two glasses of fruit punch and a bowl of popcorn before going to sleep. He has had been consuming similar meals since he recently took to vegetarian diet.
Answer the following questions:
a. What is meant by a vegetarian diet?
b. What type of health benefit can Dan expect from following a well-planned vegetarian diet?
c. What changes could Dan make in his diet that would promote weight loss or maintenance?
d. What is missing from Dan’s current diet plan in terms of foods that should be emphasized in a vegetarian diet?
e. Are there any food components in this current diet plan that should be minimized or avoided?
f. How could he improve his new diet plan meals and snacks to meet his nutritional needs and avoid undesirable food components?
g. Apart from carbohydrates, fats/oils, proteins, vitamins, minerals which are nutri
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