Clinical Nutrition | Assignment

Running head: CLINICAL NUTRITION
CLINICAL NUTRITION
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Points to Cover
Which food or beverages are most
problematic in achieving a healthy diet
 A healthy diet is considered as the
dietary habits that assist every
individual to maintain and improve
their overall health condition by
consuming healthy food. Some of
the foods which are considered as
problematic for achieving a healthy
diet are Tarta de Santiago, Crema
Catalana, low-fat yogurt, processed
meat, high-calorie coffee drinks and
processed cheese (Harnett and
Jonson 2017).
 Sweet potatoes, potatoes, cassava or
other associated starchy foods are
not included in the healthy diet such
as Spanish sweet potato omelette
(Montagnese et al. 2015).
 Sugary drinks that comprise of
added sugar is considered as one of
the most harmful ingredients and is
responsible for hampering the health
condition of an individual. The
liquid calories present in such foods
are not directly registered by the

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human brain, therefore triggering the
human brain to drastically increase
the total intake of calorie, hence
increasing the weight of an
individual. In Spain, the intake of
sugar drinks is considerably high
and hence it affects the healthy diet
of an individual (Nissensohn et al.
2016).
 Junk foods such as Paella, Tortilla
Espanola and Gambas Al Ajillo are
determined as the most harmful class
of food that affects the healthy diet
of an individual as they are packaged
or pre-processed food, which
comprise of poor nutritional value
that is harmful for the health
condition of an individual
(Gebremariam et al. 2017).
 The white breads are also considered
as unhealthy because they are made
up form refined wheat that is low in
fibre content and the required
nutrient therefore resulting in
increasing the blood sugar level and