Question

Choose any 5 types of cultural diets from the following list : 1. Jewish 2. Hispanic 3. Asian (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese) 4. Indian (note different areas) 5. African (different countries) 6. Southern US 7. Middle Eastern 8. African American 9. Alaskan Native, Native American. 2) Create a table, or brief summary highlighting these different types of Cultural Diets Nutritional Restrictions, What foods are Most Common in Their Diets, What Seasonings do They Use Most Often, and What Nutritional Deficiencies or Risks do they have?

Answer 1

JEWISH DIET:

Jewish people usually follow kosher diet, which contain dietary standards with strict law

Traditional Jewish diet consists of gefilte fish, chicken soup, matzo balls, brisket, roasted chicken and potato dish

They strictly ban diet pairing especially milk and meat. Example, flesh or bones with milk or curd

Foods like chicken, geese , quail, dove can be eaten, but the animal must be sloughed by shochet

And the meat that they eat should come from the animals with cloven, split or hooves like cows sheeps, goats lambs

The forbidden meats are from pigs, rabbits, camels, squirrels, kangaroos, camel

The dairy products must be from kosher animals

Fish is only consider kosher if it have fins and scales like tuna, salmon. Other water creature foods like crabs, shrimps, lobsters and shellfish are not allowed

They prefer to eat fruits and vegetables in unprocessed form, and consume cereals and grains in purest form

They use asafetida, caper, caraway, cumin, fennel, cactus for seasoning

The nutritional deficiency disorder in Jews are iron deficiency anemia

Hispanic diet

Hispanic diet is traditionally filled with whole grain, corn, vegetables, fruits, tubers, beans, rice.

Although their traditional diet is light on meat and sweet they go high on vegetables

Their diet also includes

For seasoning they use spices like cumin, oregano, herbs like cilantro, epazote

The nutritional disorders they commonly have is obesity.

Southern US:

The traditional southern meal consists of pan fried chicken, field pies, mashed potatoes cornbread, turnip greens, sweet tea and others

Southern US diet includes food high in added fats, fried foods, eggs processed meat, sugar sweetened beverages

As this diet contains high fat which leads to cardiovascular diseases

Pellegra was the most common nutritional disorder in southern US

Middle eastern Diet

It mostly emphasizes on healthy fats, lean proteins, whole grains, fruits and vegetables along with scant red wine and sugar

They also include olives, fish, legumes nuts in their diet, this is one of the famous and known healthiest diets

Rice and wheat are staple foods

They use spices like cumin, nutmeg,harissa, olive oil for seasoning

The main micronutrient deficiency in middle east are iron deficiency anemia, iodine and zinc deficiencies and vitamin A,D deficiency

Africian American diet

African Americans usually choose the foods such as fried chicken, barbecued ribs,backed macaroni and cheese, sugary fruit drinks, and sweets such as sweet potato pies

They usually have unbalanced diet, low intake of diary products, fruits and vegetables and high intake of processed foods

Alligator pepper is commonly used in African Americans

Garlic powder, cinnamon are also consumed and ground allspice is used for meat

The nutritional disorders they face are obesity, vitamin D deficiency