Question

Are all dietary intake methods the same? Is one food source the same as the next in terms of calories? These questions are addressed, along with a number of other issues, in the article entitled "Is a calorie a calorie?" by Andrea C Buchholz and Dale A Schoeller. Read the article and answer the following: Is one dietary intake method, aka "diet", the same as any other? Provide evidence to support your answer. Comment on at least 1 other students post, indicating if how their intake method could be classified, i.e. low carb, keto, etc. Provides outside references (that support discussion material) as well as the book in APA format at the end of each post

Answer 1

ANSWER 1: NO, IT IS NOT TRUE THAT A CALORIE IS A CALORIE. WE CAN SUPPORT THIS ANSWER BY FOLLOWING:

• All the components in body metabolize differently.
• fructose and glucose have different effects on hormones, satiety cent,er and metabolic health.
• All the food component have their own pathway in the body and hence have their own thermal effect.
• Protein helps to reduce the feeling of hunger for longer period than fat and carbohydrates, hence required fewer calories.
• other than that there are factors like glycemic index, effective low carb diet rather than low-fat diet in losing weight that verifies the above statement.

ANSWER 2: NO, ALL DIETARY INTAKE ARE DIFFERENT TO EACH OTHER. THERE ARE MANY DIET WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Atkin diet
2. south beach diet
3. keto diet
4. paleo diet
5. vegan diet
6. zone diet
7. 5: 2 diet
8. Dukan diet

The ultimate motive is to reduce weight and loss of body fat, but the dietary pattern is different in all.

• ATKIN DIET allows to take high protein high fat and low carb diet, but gradually allow to add carbohydrates lately.
• KETOGENIC DIET: This diet is similar to the Atkin diet that is low carbohydrates but does not allow to increase carbohydrates gradually.
• PALEO DIET: it restricts the legumes, processed foods, dairy and grains
• VEGAN DIET: This is the traditional way of diet where there is no intake of animal food, artificial food, only allow the intake of vegetables, fruits and bread, and large amount of processed food and beverages.
• SOUTH BEACH DIET: in this client is taking high protein diet, low carb low-fat diet.

Above evidence shows that all dietary pattern is not same, even the calorie requirement is different for all individuals. Calorie intake in depent on age, weight, height factors.

men:  66.5 + 13.8 x (body weight in kilograms) + 5 x (body height in cm) divided by 6.8 x A (age)

women:  655.1 + 9.6 x (body weight in kilograms) + 1.9 x (body height in cm) divided by 4.7 x A( age).

after that we will multiply the result by physical activity factor.