Question

You are providing food and nutrition instruction for someone who self-identifies as practicing Islam. List the term used for prohibited/restricted/avoided foods and 3 dietary considerations that define restricted foods? State the term used for fit/lawful/allowed foods. Create a sample menu of 1 meal listing fit/lawful/allowed foods (a protein, starch, veg., fruit, and beverage) that you would recommend.

Answer 1

1. Food habits developed as a child, habits and culture interact to intake food intake.Eating is associated with sentiments and fellings such as "good" or "bad". Food frequently enhances interpersonal relationships , caring and love.

Religious Dietary Restrictions for a client practicing Islam includes the following

Prohibited Food

Pork, alcohol, caffeine

Restricted

During Ramdan fasting sunrise to the sunset of month- they restrict the intake of 3meals. Eat only dinner and early morning time

Avoided food

Ritualised rituals method for animal slaughter for meat ingestion. If proper religious rituals are not followed while killing the animal they won't buy/eat the meat. other food include lard, gelatin vanilla extract and whey. Utensils should be separte for muslim. There should be non contamination of Halal and non-halal

Restricted Foods

Criteria

Refers to reducing or eliminating food/ food groups from one's diet

Vegan Diet:

a. lactoovan vegeterians: eat diary foods, egg and plant based foods. But do not eat meat, poultry, fish

b.Ovo-veegetarians: eat eggs and plant-based foods.But do not eat diary, meat, poultry, fish

c.Lacto-vegeterians: eat diary foods and plant foods. Avoid egg, meat, poultry,fish

d. pure vegan: they eat only plant based foods. Avoid dairy, egg, meat,poultry and fish

Sample menu

Proteins - parboiled egg, dals, legumes , nuts ,beans, fish (25 gm)

Starch- 1 cup rice,cereals and bread (25 gm)

Vegetables and fruits

Green leafy vegetables,orange and yellow vegetables, pappaya, orange- 1-2 servings

Beverage

milk- 1 cup