Question

1. What do you understand about DRI's in the past and present?

2. What is the difference between RDA and AMDR?

3. What is a tertiary prevention example of type 2 DM?

4. Plant source of fats ( example of foods)?

5. Animal source of Fats (food examples)?

Answer 1

1. DRI (Dietary Reference Intakes):-
-It is a set of reference values for specific nutrients.
-DRI replaces the reports on Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
-DRI began in June 1993 and revised as a future of RDA but dismissed.
-Four DRI are as follow-
a) RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance)
b) AI (Adequate intake)
c) UL ( tolerable upper intake level)
d) EAR (Estimated Average Requirement).

2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RDA AND AMDR:-
a)RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) is the estimated average daily nutrient intake sufficient to meet the needs of nearly all of healthy individuals in a particular life stage and sex group.
- Exampe :- RDA for vitamin B1 for adults is 1 mg/day.
b)AMDR (Acceptable Macronutrient distribution ranges):- these are intakes that are associated with reduced risk of chronic disease.
-AMDR are expressed in percentage of calories from total daily calories.
Example- AMDR for carbohydrates for individuals upto 18 years of age is 45-65%.

3. TERTIARY PREVENTIONS OF TYPE 2 DM:-
- Tertiary prevention means to improve the quality of life and reduce the symptoms of a disease already a patient have.
- it is aimed at preventing the complications of type 2 DM.
-This is achieved by weight loss, whether achieved by diet, drugs or bariatric surgery.

4. PLANT SOURCES OF FATS:-
    - plants oils as sunflower,souabean)
    - walnuts

5. ANIMAL SOURCES OF FATS:-
   - meat
   - milk and milk products
   - paultry an eggs.