BIOL398J
Role of Nutrition in Cancer & Heart Disease
What Would You Do?
For each example, recommend foods the person should include (or exclude) to alleviate symptoms of condition. Include rationale for choices selected:
1. Person with melanoma (due to prolonged sun exposure) who does not like vegetables and who also has type II diabetes from gaining excess weight that has resulted in poor leg circulation. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Individual with hypertension (due to stress) who recently started as Head of a biotechnology company, requiring long hours to develop strategies for marketing the company’s products and dining out with potential investors at least three times each week. Consumes several energy drinks daily. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Elderly woman who has arthritis (swelling) in her knees that prevents her from physical activity and who has been diagnosed with osteosarcoma. She often eats frozen dinners to minimize trips to the grocery store. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. High school athlete diagnosed with leukemia, requiring radiation treatments every 6-9 months to prevent recurrence. Treatments lead to massive weight loss. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Adult male diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, treated with chemotherapy, who has gained weight (possibly due to decreased metabolism). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
