LIFESCI 4W03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pumpernickel, White Bread, Paleolithic Diet
8 Dec 2016
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Tony (age 57, male, bmi 29. 3 kg/m2, low activity level, estimated energy requirement = 2881 kcal/day) is a family friend who found out that you are taking a senior-level nutrition course at university. He tells you that he saw his family doctor the other day to follow-up on some blood work that he had done. A1c levels were high (6. 8%) and his fasting plasma glucose levels were also high (7. 3 mmol/l). Tony went to see his doc in the first place a few months ago because he was experiencing tingling in his feet and was having to get up 3 times during the night to urinate. His doc told him that with the symptoms he was experiencing and the blood test results, he definitely has type 2 diabetes. Tony is upset and frustrated about this diagnosis and asks if you can help him by suggesting some dietary changes to manage his diabetes.
