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American Drabuks Asocn on tu Carbohydrates Case Study Case Scenario: Evelyn is a 65-yearold housewife living in rural Lancaster County. She stays busy working around the house, but does not like to exercise Her hobbies are collecting cookbooks and cooking for her family. Evelyn typically eats the same foods every day with minimal variation. Lately, Evelyn has been experiencing stomach cramps and diarrhea after eating her daily lunch) Here's Evelyn's typical diet for one day: Breakfast Powdered cake donut Coffee with milk & sugar rems Home canned peaches in heavy syrup Lun Sweet bologna on white bread Fat-free chocolate pudding Milk Baked chicken Buttered macaroni Applesauce Iced tea with sugar An analysis of Evelyn's diet reveals 65% of her total calo total calories come from added sugarsj Evelyn consumes approximately 10 grams of fiber per day. Use the above information, what you have learned in the class in class to complete the following steps. r ese me from carbohydrates d 35% of her e Evelyn's Carbohydrate Intakes Carbohydrates Current Intakes Recommended Intakes Compare Evelyn's Intakes to the Recommendation Intakes (Within, Over or Under) Total Carbohydrates Dietary fiber Added sugars

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Evelyn is a 65 years old female ,she need to take balanced diet ti compensate the age related problems ,,,,

1) step answer :

current intake of total carbohydrates approximately 65% in her diet - normal women should take atleast 2000 calories ,so evelyn should take 225-325 grams of cabohydrates per day.

- the current intake of fiber is 10 grams ,so evelyn need to eat 25 grams of fibers perday ,average is 15 grams is needed for the people.

_ current evelyn taking added sugar are 35% ,so sge need to take 25 grams per day .

recommended allowance of following :

- carbohydrates : 225- 325gms per day

- fiber intake : 22 gms per day

- added sugars : 25 gms

COMPARISON BETWEEN DAILY INTAKE AND RECOMMENDED :

CARBOHYDRATES : NORMAL

FIBER - normal is 22gms , so she need to add additional 12 gms of fiber diet from her daily intake.

sugars: normally 25gms ,so she need to lessen the sugars about 10 gms from her daily intake .

2) step answer: 1) evelyn taking home canned peaches syrup for the high glycemic response ,it means she is doing work in the home for preparing food for the family so she may thought that she need high energy to work .,, 2) sugars lessen the glycemic tesponse of the food when they compete with starch ,gelatinization of starch also lower the glycemic response andchemical composition of food can also responsible for lowering of the glycemic response .

3) step answer : 1) evelyn lately taken the food that to she taken the sweet bolonga and fat free chokolate flavored milk ,so it will increase GI motility can lead to abdominal cramps and diarrhea.

2) to lessen this symptoms i recommend the bland diet and BRAT DIET ,it contain banana ,rice and apple sauce and toast ,this food will help the evelyn to maintain the good nutritional status and alsi i recommend to take high liquid diet to compensate the dehydration.

4) step answer: all the carbohydratesget absorbed in the small intestine ,it must be hydrolysed tomonosaccharodes proor to absorption ,digestion of starch begins with the action of salivery alpha - amylase /ptylin,although its activity is slight in comparision with that ofpancreatic amylase in the small intestine.

in step 4 , i pick second one ,, answer: evelyn forget to eat her lunch because she is busy with her work,here the glycogen present in the liver cells heped the evelyn and glycogen act as a fuel to regulate the body.

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