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. Do you think there have been changes in the way he metabolizes lipids since he started the diet? What kind of changes? Explain.

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Calorie deficit. A rule of thumb for safe and effective weight loss is to reduce to intake by 500 to 1000 calories daily, according to the center for disease control and prevention.For example, if you generally consume 2,500 calories a day, aim for 1500 to 2000 calories daily during weight loss"

To meet the total fat recommendation of 20 to35% of calories

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