KETO Diet: Effects on Metabolism and Health.

The KETO Diet: Effects on Metabolic Processes and Overall Health

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Issue: Fad diets (i.e. Keto, Atkins, Paleo, The Dukan diet, Sugar Busters, The Ultra Low- fat diet, Intermittent Fasting, Protein Power, Zone Diet, Whole 30, Dash Diet etc.) may be effective in facilitating short term weight loss, but they can have adverse effects on the body’s natural metabolic processes and lead to health problems.

You are to put yourself into the role of a dietician/registered nutritionist, to analyze the KETO Diet in terms of its effects on metabolic processes. Your biochemistry knowledge will also be useful.

€ Summarize the principles of the diet.

€ Describe the energy pathways and metabolism targeted by the diet (cellular respiration)

€ Biochemically, what changes occur when a person switches to the diet (molecular level)?

What are the potential short term health effects? What are the potential long-term health effects?

€ Evaluate the effectiveness of the diet in terms of: overall health, meeting nutritional requirements, weight loss, energy levels, mood and longevity. Would you recommend/follow this diet?

€ Include a Reference Page (minimum of 4 and 2 must be journal articles) and in-text citations in proper APA style.

Presentation: Choose whether your final product will take the format of a:

Health magazine article
Report

Length: 3 page maximum

Due Date:

APPLICATION	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Mark
Describe the principles of the diet.	Description of the diet principles is limited	Principles of diet are described in some detail	Principles of diet are described in considerable detail	Principles of diet are described thoroughly	/4
Describe the energy pathways and metabolism targeted by the diet	Limited understanding of the diet’s targeted energy pathway and effect on metabolism	Some understanding of the diet’s targeted energy pathway and effect on metabolism	Considerable understanding of the diet’s targeted energy pathway and effect on metabolism	Thorough understanding of the diet’s targeted energy pathway and effect on metabolism	/4
Biochemically, what changes occur when a person switches to the diet (molecular level)?	Limited understanding of the biochemical changes associated with the diet	Some understanding of the biochemical changes associated with the diet	Considerable understanding of the biochemical changes associated with the diet	Thorough understanding of the biochemical changes associated with the diet	/4
What are the potential short term health effects? What are the potential long-term health effects?	Limited description of the health effects associated with the diet	Some description of the health effects associated with the diet	Considerable description of the health effects associated with the diet	Thorough description of the health effects associated with the diet	/4
Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the diet	Limited evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the diet	Some evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the diet	Considerable evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the diet	Thorough evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the diet	/4
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Communication
· Spelling and Grammar	Limited Editing for spelling and grammar	Some editing for spelling and grammar	Few mistakes in spelling and grammar	Perfect spelling and grammar	/4
· Organization	Presentation lacks organization and flow	Some evidence of organization and flow	Considerable organization of presentation	Presentation is highly organized with excellent flow	/4
· APA	In text citation and reference page not in proper format or missing	In text citation and reference page incorrect but attempted	In text citation and reference page demonstrates considerable formatting	In text citation and reference page in perfect APA form	/4
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