What kind of vegetarian is Dawn?
Dawn is a Vegans who avoid all animal products no , dairy, no eggs and eat only vegetables, fruits, and grains.
Examine Dawn’s diet and briefly give her some advice on how to eat a healthier diet without giving up her strong beliefs about animals.
DHA is the most important of the omega-3s for brain and vision development. Zinc, iron, vitamin B12, vitamin D, folate, and calcium are essentials that are easy enough to find in vegetarian foods. But Omega-3s are something she must consider getting more of. She can get omega-3s from foods like flax seed, walnuts, dark leafy green vegetables, kidney and pinto beans, squash, canola oil, broccoli, cauliflower, and papaya. In addition, some brands of eggs, milk, soy beverages, orange juice, yogurt, bread, cereal, and margarine are fortified with algae-based (vegetarian) omega-3 DHA.
Dawn eats significant quantities of sprouts, peanut butter, and beans. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of these protein sources?
Advantages high levels of nutrients, fiber disadvantage ,lot of gas. Overcome this by a lot of eating fresh veg's, raw and cooked. Carrots, lettuce ,beets, etc. one teaspoon crushed or ground flax seed or more a day what Is comfortable
Dawn’s doctor prescribed a prenatal vitamin. Why is that important?
Two of the important vitamins necessary for adequate fetal development: vitamin B12 and folic acid. Deficiencies in folic acid, in particular, have been linked to neural tube defects in early pregnancy.
What should have been a healthy weight for Dawn before she learned she was pregnant?
Using BMI (Body Mass Index), normal weight for a 5'4" person is 108-145 lbs
Do you think Dawn should breastfeed her child? Why or why not?
She should not breastfeed. It’s very simple, if you aren’t getting proper nutrition, your body doesn’t (always) magically make it for your breast