Question

You are working in a college health clinic when a client comes to you complaining of a variety of problems, including constipation, stomachache, and frequent colds. You find out that the client follows a vegan lifestyle but has done very little research into this type of lifestyle. In addition, she primarily eats in the dorm cafeteria, which seldom serves vegan dishes. Therefore, most days, she ends up eating dry cereal for breakfast and French fries for lunch and dinner.

Calculate the amount of daily protein that your client needs (she is within a healthy weight range for her age and height at 128 pounds).

a. 10 grams b. 15.9 grams c. 22 milligrams d. 46.5 grams e. 83 grams

Which of the following could be added to your client's daily breakfast cereal in order to add protein?

a. soy milk b. marine algae c. orange juice d. flax seed meal e. dried fruit

What is most problematic about your client's current diet?

a. It is too low in carbohydrates. b. It is too high in fiber. c. It lacks the variety that provides necessary nutrients. d. It cannot be sustained over time. e. It lacks meat and dairy products.

Which of the following would provide the greatest amount of protein for someone following a vegan diet plan?

a. 1 slice of whole wheat bread b. 1 tofu burger c. ½ cup cooked brown rice d. ½ cup cooked green beans e. 1 tablespoon peanut butter

Which of the following food pairs could be included in your client's diet to yield complementary proteins?
a. bagel with peanut butter b. tofu sautéed with peppers c. celery with almond butter d. black beans and rice e. soy yogurt with sliced peaches

Which of the following foods could your client add to her diet to ensure adequate levels of zinc?

a. flaxseed b. orange juice c. spinach d. eggs e. pumpkin seeds

Answer 1

1.

Amount of daily protein that the client needs:

Given:her healthy weight for age=128 pounds

Daily protein requirements per one pound =0.36gram

Therefore daily protein requirement for your client with 128 pound will be=128×0.36

=46.08 grams

Therefore ANSWER =(d)

i.e 46.5 grams

2.

Soy milk is the best source of plant protein that we can add to the client's daily diet.

Marine algae is rich in Iodine

Orange juice is rich in Vitamin C

Flaxseeds are rich in omega 3 fatty acids

Dried fruits are rich in minerals, dietary fibre.

3.

Answer = (d).It cannot be sustained over time.Because she is taking only the french fries and dry cereals available in the dorm.Vegetarians must include wide variety of food items inorder to sustain over time.

Other options are not chosen because:

It does not lacks the variety that provides necessary nutrients.Because dry cereals are rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals and french fries are rich in carbohydrates and proteins.

She gets carbohydrates from french fries, but it contains trans fats which is unhealthy.

Dry cereals are rich in fiber but not too high fiber.too much fiber can also cause constipation if fluid intake is not increased accordingly.

It lacks meat and diary products, but all the nutrients from them can be obtained from vegetarian diet also.

4.

Answer=(b)

Tofu burger gives about 16 gram of proteins

Where as : wheat bread=4 g protein

Brown rice and gren beans only 2 to 3 gm proteins

And 1 tablespoon peanut butter gives only 3.5 grams of protein.

5.

Answer (a)

Bagel with peanut butter

Bagel contains about 10 g of protein and peanut butter contains about 3.5 gm proteins in one tablespoon.

6.

Answer=(c)

Spinach is rich in Zinc content.