Question

Angela is a 52 year old female with a family history of hypertension. She works as an office manager, where she sits down at a desk most of the day. Angela reports that she usually stops at the coffee shop for breakfast and drinks a latte and eats a pastry. She skips lunch due to lack of time. She has a long commute (45 minutes each way,) and reports that by the time she gets home she is often too tired and hungry to cook. She relies on take-out and frozen meals. She takes a hula dance class 1x a week, but does not do any other exercise. Her current blood pressure reading is 141/91 mmHG. Angela's doctor has referred her to you for diet counseling.

1. What major diseases does Angela's blood pressure put her at risk for?

2. What does the DASH diet stand for? What does the DASH diet emphasize?

3. Develop a one day meal plan for Angela that follows the guidelines of the DASH diet.

Answer 1

Q1. Angela have relatively high blood pressures (hypertension) this may lead to stroke, heart failure , kidney disease or atherosclerosis.

Accordig to her food consumptions she might have high cholesterol in the blood which contributes to atherosclerosis.

Q2. DASH = Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

It is based on an eating plan proven to lower blood pressure, a plan rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat or nonfat dairy. It emphasizes whole grains and contains less refined grains compared with a typical diet. It is rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium, and fiber.

Q3. Breakfast = skimmed milk, vegetables such as brocoli or oatmeals.

Lunch = whole grain, spring greens salad with mixed vegetables, grilled chicken breast and vinaigrette dressing on the side. Eat salad without saturating the salad with salt and fat. Drink unsweetened iced tea or water

Dinner = zucchini pasta with marinara made with ground turkey and Italian spices, mineral water.

Dessert = strwberry,

Snacks = fruits and nuts.