Nutrition and Health, 2 sides of the same coin
Whenever you follow a diet, it must meet our needs and characteristics such as sex, age, level of physical activity, etc.
The same applies to a person who practices sport, or who has to take part in a competition. It is essential to follow a customized diet.
Since the practice is often better than the theory, we have taken as a sample one of our champions, who asked us for help. He wants to take part in a swimming competition, but he has been stopped for a while and has put on a few pounds.
He gave us his consent to make his journey public.
Nutritional Assessment
To classify his nutritional status, we need:
- Anthropometric Assessment:
- weight
- height
- Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)
- Frame Size
- Waist Circumference
- Waist to Hip Ratio
2) Biochemical Parameters:
- Urea and Electrolytes
- Liver function
- Blood Lipid Profile
- Full Blood Count
- Blood Gases
3) Clinical signs and Symptoms
As skin, nose, hairs, oral cavity, chest, abdomen, urine, pain, cramps, neurological problems etc.
4) Dietary assessment
As the 24-hour dietary recall, dietary record, dietary history etc.
The results obtained on our sample
1) Anthropometric Assessment
2) Biochemical Parameters:
3) Clinical Signs and Symptoms
4) Dietary Assessment
Analyzing the patient’s eating habits (with the food diary) and the results of blood tests, we developed the following food plan.
To calculate the TDEE Total Daily Energy Expenditure we can use many formulas.
But there are many calculator online too.
You can use these, for example:
We will make small caloric changes to have a slow and lasting weight loss. And to have healthy improvements.
The better plate suggestion to stay healthy is the Harvard plate:
Next time we will see the division of blocks and meals.
