The patient has changed his eating habits over the past 6 months. He started to

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The patient has changed his eating habits over the past 6 months. He started to control the amount of calories he consumed and kept it below 3000 kcal/day. He got a membership at the local gym, but due to his busy schedule he wasn’t been able to spend time working out “maybe goes once a week”. Four weeks ago he started a “fad diet” to help him lose more weight. He is 26 years old now, his blood pressure is 125/76, he weighs 200lb, he is 5'9" and his waist circumference is 40in. He recorded what he ate during the last 2 weeks and these are the results: 2700 kcal/day (total daily intake), 1000 kcal from lipids, 1200 kcal from protein and 500 kcal from carbohydrates. What problem could he encounter due to the amount of carbohydrates he is consuming? Explain.

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Carbohydrates are the body's main source of energy,it should be of the largest percentage in our daily intake.According to the patients results carbohydrates is 500calories which is very less .Generally an adult person should intake 900-1300 calories perday which boost up the energy level inorder to maintain a healthy body weight.The problem which will be encountered is usually lack of energy and physical fatigue,constipation,Hypoglycemia caused by the lack of carbohydrates in healthy people.Ketosis ,eating less carbs can develop ketones which partially break down fat in blood,this condition can causes mental fatique ,nausea,headache etc.Severely restricting carbs can also become the reverse to patient who often used it for weight loss as this will make the person feel more hungrier and opts to eat more sometimes which results in weight gain .

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