Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) is a lifestyle modification program that specifically targets individuals who are at risk for heart disease. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (2014), TLC can help lower high blood cholesterol and may also help treat metabolic syndrome. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes is a three part program that incorporates diet, physical activity and weight management in order to reduce cholesterol levels and help reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attack. The first part of this program is diet. According to WebMd.com (n.d.), the TLC diet recommends that you eat specific amounts of different types of foods: • Saturated fat: Less than 7% of total calories • Polyunsaturated fat: Up to 10% of
Double Dawgs Project: Second Report of We Want to do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom Dr. Bettina Love continues to reveal ways in which the education system as a whole places focus and emphasis on the wrong areas, resulting in Black and Brown students being forced to “comply” to the systematic structure of the educational system (Love, 2019, p. 70). She goes on to describe how “dark folx’ humanity is dependent on how much they disobey and fight for justice” describing how it “can sometimes be a losing battle” (Love, 2019, pp. 70-71). In this way, Love uses the analogy of a battle to represent the continual and past struggles that Brown and Black students are subjected to which attempts
In this essay, "In Health. We 're Not No.1," Robert J. Samuelson argues that it turns out that being American is bad for you health, relative speaking. An exhaustive statistics and studies show that Americans ' health is at the lowest levels in compared to most advanced countries. The United Sates possess a higher death rates 15 over 21 illnesses and a lower life expectancy of 78.2 years in compare of 83 years by Japan.
In response to the report, the federal government did not legislate any bans or mandate targets, but rather set voluntary recommended levels and required that food products display the level of trans fat on the Nutrition Facts table.7 The 2007 voluntary guidelines for the food system did align with the Task Force report and recommended that trans fats be reduced to a maximum of 2 per cent of total fat content in vegetable oils and margarine and 5 per cent in other foods.21 The voluntary approach also included a warning to the food industry concerning the prospect of regulated national limits should progress not be made within two
In his article, “Addicted to Health” Robert H. Bork has written about an ideal that is told through an informative argument on how government efforts are betraying what the founding fathers have built this great nation upon. The idea of freedom. Bork claims that many recent altercations with tobacco companies betray an ultimate ambition to control American lives. He implies many facts that include percentages about the smokers of American society and explains how the government relies on tobacco companies, to help cover up the funds that have been lost throughout the years. He also relates the issue to alcoholic beverages and the era of prohibition.
]The first rule I chose in Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules” was rule eight, which was to avoid food products with the word “lite” or the terms “low fat” or “nonfat” in their names. I chose this rule because when eating these foods you’re not getting the vitamins, nutrients, and many other things that strengthen your body. I also chose this rule because, some odd chemicals would be added to incorporated the fat or macromolecule taken away. I can incorporated this rule into my regular diet by having the “whole” version of the product instead of “low fat” or “nonfat”.
The implementation of BWC will require all NYPD officers to have BWC for every major operation. However, it is not simple to get officers to wear BWC at the first try. This is why there should be a pilot project that will test and identify issues and pin point the failures and issues. The issues in the piloting project must be closely examined and fixed to ensure that when fully implementing BWC it is done correctly and it decrease the chance of the issue from occurring again. This will bring out the realities and the procedures that are related to the actual
Because adolescents are often mandated by the court or by their parents, YES Community Counseling Center uses an intervention called Motivational Engagement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 5 (MET/CBT 5) to engage their adolescent clients. MET/CBT 5 is an evidence-based practice called. It is a 5-week program in which adolescents are educated about the consequences of drug and alcohol use, skills for resisting drug and alcohol, and skills for talking about their issues. When a client is involved in the MET/CBT 5 program, they are also involved in the Psycho-Educational Group. The Psycho-Educational Group is a minimum of twelve weeks, during which they discuss issues surrounding substance abuse.
“Definition of a trans fatty acid: (noun) an unsaturated fatty acid of a type occurring in margarines and manufactured cooking oils as a result of the hydrogenation process, having a trans arrangement of the carbon atoms adjacent to its double bonds. Consumption of such acids is thought to increase the chance of health risks.” Although certain fats are considered be part of people’s health, there are certain types of fats that should be closely assessed and ignored out of our diets. One of which has drawn an array of controversial issues is trans-fats. Trans-fats can be mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil, crackers, cookies and margarine.
However, the target range for fat is 20-35% calories, and I got 52% calories from fat. I got much more calories from fat than is recommended in the target zone. My intake of grains was under the target zone. The target is 6oz, and I only had an average
- Limit saturated fats — fats that mainly come from animal sources of food, such as red meat, poultry and full-fat dairy products. Look for ways to replace saturated fats with vegetable and nut oils, which provide essential fatty acids and vitamin E. Healthier fats are also naturally present in olives, nuts, avocados and seafood. Limit trans fats by avoiding foods that contain partially hydrogenated oil. - Chilled food, ready meals and take-away meals as they are high in salt and fat. - Crisps and savory snacks as these are very high in salt content and are not nutritious.
My perspective on holistic nursing and self-care Introduction In context of World Health Organization, self-care is often defined as activities individuals, families and communities undergoes with the motive of increasing health, overcoming disease, limiting illness and restoring health ("What is", n.d.). The knowledge and skills are gained from both professional and lay experiences for such activities. According to Klebanoff & Hess (2013), holistic nursing is defined as all nursing practice that has only motive of healing the whole person as its prime goal. A holistic nurse is like a licensed nurse who often incorporates a “mind-body-spirit-emotion-environment” approach to the practice of traditional nursing.
Temple2 · Carlo La Vecchia1 · Giorgio Castellan3 · Alessandra Tavani4 · Valentina Guercio1 Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvado J, Covas MI, Corella D, Aros F, Gomez-Gracia E, Ruiz-Gutierrez V, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Lamuela-Raventos RM, Serra-Majem L, Pinto X, Basora J, Munoz MA, Sorli JV, Martinez JA, Martinez-Gonzalez MA, Investigators PS (2013) Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with a Mediterranean diet. N Engl J Med 368(14):1279–1290. Camargo, A., Delgado-Lista, J., Garcia-Rios, A., Cruz-Teno, C., Yubero-Serrano, E., Perez-Martinez, P., . . . Lopez-Miranda, J. (2012). Expression of proinflammatory, proatherogenic genes is reduced by the Mediterranean diet in elderly people.
Wellness coaching is growing rapid over the years to help improve the quality of life and breaking old habits. It is becoming an active strategy in many therapeutic fields to be used to help with prevention, health promotion, and encouraging individuals to make a change for the better (Clark, 2013). Wellness coaching is based off positive psychology to help motivate and help people to reach their goals in their health (Collins, 2009). Wellness coaching focuses on the individual’s well-being and overall health by giving the individual support, motivation, and goals to get to where the individual wants to be (Grodzki & Allen, 2005). Wellness coaches are trained to help individuals to work towards his her goals that are focused on wellness and physical health (Nelson & Shckley, 2013).
The Mediterranean diet is called the queen of the diets, the DASH and TLS diets are based on lowering of the saturated fat, and the Mayo Clinic diet promotes the dietary changes. The Mediterranean, the Dash, the Mayo Clinic and the TLC diets have proved to be the ones accompanying the postulate of proper nutrition through the years, they are not overly restrictive and every expert will recommend them as a sansible way to lose weight. The Mediterranean diet
When exploring what is health, it looks at the idea of an individual being free from illness or injuries (World Health Organization 1948). WHO further explains that it is the state of complete: physical, mental, and social well-being and not the absence of disease or infirmity (health context, 2018) In 1986 during Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, WHO said health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living, also is a positive concept emphasizing social, personal resources, and physical capacities. There are different aspects that contribute and impact a person’s health such as their: family and friends, education or job, body, spirit and mind, and all these need to balance to ensure good health (health context, 2018).