Elizabeth Brown's Career Portfolio

Diet Book Critique

Medical Nutrition Therapy

 

Skill Area: Medical Nutrition Therapy

 

 

Assignment Title: Atkins Diet Book Critique

 

 

What I Learned: I learned the proper way to research and analyze a diet book. I researched the rational of the book, the basis of the diet, made critical comments of the diet, and then make final conclusions about the diet.

 

Reflection to Assignment: This assignment was helpful in knowing what components of a diet to look for, and what makes an affective diet. It was interesting to analyze a diet in so much depth, and find out the nutritional flaws that it has. I had never been aware of how easily books can be printed and presented to the public, and how widely accepted it can become. Many people will blindly follow something they read in a book, without doing any other research. I feel more equipped after this assignment that I know how to decipher between myth or fad diets and ones that would actually be healthy and affective.

 

Relevance to the Profession: It is important when entering the dietetics field to be knowledgeable on the current diets that are popular with potential clients. This assignment was helpful in training me how to accurately assess diets. I was unaware of how important it was until I completed this assignment. I know understand some of the reasoning and logic that goes into the Atkins diet, and others that are currently popular.