Considering the health effects of too little dietary protein, what suggestions w

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Considering the health effects of too little dietary protein, what suggestions would you have for a teenager girl who report the following information about her food intake? She never eat any meat or other animal derived foods because she is a vegan . On a typical day , she consumes toast and juice for breakfast; chips , a soft drink, and a piece of fruit for lunch, and a small amount of plain pasta with tomatoes sauce or steamed vegetables for dinner, along with a glass of water or tear. She takes amino acid supplements because a friend told her that the only way to get amino acids if she doesn't eat meat is to take them as supplements. Considering the health effects of too little dietary protein, what suggestions would you have for a teenager girl who report the following information about her food intake? She never eat any meat or other animal derived foods because she is a vegan . On a typical day , she consumes toast and juice for breakfast; chips , a soft drink, and a piece of fruit for lunch, and a small amount of plain pasta with tomatoes sauce or steamed vegetables for dinner, along with a glass of water or tear. She takes amino acid supplements because a friend told her that the only way to get amino acids if she doesn't eat meat is to take them as supplements.

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Low Protein Intake:

The proteins plays a vital role in body function and the proteins did not store in our body, so the adequate amounts of protein is necessary in our daily diet. If you fail to consume enough amounts of protein rich foods then it lead to low protein levels in your body and causes poor health. Low protein intake mainly occurs due to the intake of low quality or lacks the essential amino acids proteins. Proteins are essential for building and repairing things. Our organs, muscles, skin, hair, nails, bones and certain hormones are all made up of protein. It is required for sustaining life and proper function.

1. So low protein will result in muscle wasting accompanied by increasing weakness.

2. Our body will be prone to greater number of infections because your immune system cannot produce enough antibodies or other immune molecules.

3. Our body will have increasingly irritable and develop a skin rash and changes to our hair texture.

4. Extreme protein deficiency can result in shock and eventual death.

Diseases associated with low protein intake:

1. Anemia

2. Oedema (fluids are build up in feet and ankle)

According to the given situation the teenager girl never eat any meat or other animal derived foods because she is a vegan. Due to this reason she did not get complete proteins in her diet. After her friend suggestion she consumes toast and juice for breakfast; chips, a soft drink, and a piece of fruit for lunch and a small amount of plain pasta with tomatoes sauce or steamed vegetables for dinner, along with a glass of water to replace her body deficient amino acids.

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