Question

Diet is a term that simply means “what you eat.” This term is often used in conjunction with losing weight.

In this assignment, you will compare (explain how they are the same) and contrast (tell how they are different) the three diet plans identified below.

Latin American Diet Plan

Mediterranean Plate

Mediterranean Diet Plan

USDA My Plate

So, start out by:

1. Describe each of the 3 diet plans or pyramids. Address each plan individually and explain the key components of the eating plan.
2. Explain similarities in each of the 3 plans.
3. Explain differences in each of the 3 plans.
4. Which plan do you believe is the best as a proactive factor for disease and to follow for weight management? Why?

Answer 1

Latin American diet plan or pyramid mainly includes fruits and vegetables at the base, cereals and pulses after base and moderate portion of egg, poultry and dairy and least consumption of alcohol, fried items etc.

The Mediterranean diet pyramid is slightly different, that the base consists of mainly whole grains, pulses and cereals and oils like olive oil etc Just above this comes the fruits and vegetables.

The term diet is used to explain the quantity and types of food that are taken by an individual in his or her cultural background to meet the nutritional need of the body. We can have a confusion of this term diet when it comes to weight control. Actually the term diet implies balanced nutrition. When this balance is lost in the diet then it will leads to disease and disorders. So the people who want to loose weight and to have better health, they keep this balance in their diet.