The knowledge of a profession is its foundation. For the nursing profession, how is that knowledge applied in our everyday interactions with patients? The future advanced practice nurse (APN), in breaking down her previously chosen phenomenon of interest (POI), Paleolithic diet and its effects on inflammation, will relate it to nursing’s foundation, the meta-paradigm of nursing, grand nursing theory, middle range theory and complexity science.
Phenomenon of Interest
Inflammation has been recognized as a basis for chronic disease (Minihane et al., 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020 75% of worldwide deaths will be contributed to chronic diseases (World Health Organization website, n.d.). Is there something that can be done …show more content…
Atkins, Weight Watchers, and Sugar Busters are a few examples. The typical American diet consists of refined flours, sugars, high fats, non-human mammalian milk and its products, and processed foods (Frassetto, Schloetter, Mietus-Synder, Morris, & Sebastian, 2009). Each diet fad takes one or two of these ingredients and focuses on eliminating them to improve health, lose weight and make a person feel better. Are these ingredients our ancestors consumed? How would eliminating all of the listed ingredients affect the human body? The Paleolithic diet is a diet that eliminates all the aforementioned ingredients, leaving a diet consisting of lean meats, egg, nuts, fresh fruits, and vegetables (Frassetto et al., 2009). The word Paleolithic is defined as being of or relating to the time during the early Stone Age when people made rough tools and weapons out of stone (Merriam-Webster website, 2015). During this time period, people consumed the plants, vegetation, and animals around them; what we know today as the Paleolithic diet. While the Paleolithic diet has gained publicity in the last 20 years, research is proving that it’s not a trend that will
Phenomenon of Interest
Inflammation has been recognized as a basis for chronic disease (Minihane et al., 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020 75% of worldwide deaths will be contributed to chronic diseases (World Health Organization website, n.d.). Is there something that can be done …show more content…
Atkins, Weight Watchers, and Sugar Busters are a few examples. The typical American diet consists of refined flours, sugars, high fats, non-human mammalian milk and its products, and processed foods (Frassetto, Schloetter, Mietus-Synder, Morris, & Sebastian, 2009). Each diet fad takes one or two of these ingredients and focuses on eliminating them to improve health, lose weight and make a person feel better. Are these ingredients our ancestors consumed? How would eliminating all of the listed ingredients affect the human body? The Paleolithic diet is a diet that eliminates all the aforementioned ingredients, leaving a diet consisting of lean meats, egg, nuts, fresh fruits, and vegetables (Frassetto et al., 2009). The word Paleolithic is defined as being of or relating to the time during the early Stone Age when people made rough tools and weapons out of stone (Merriam-Webster website, 2015). During this time period, people consumed the plants, vegetation, and animals around them; what we know today as the Paleolithic diet. While the Paleolithic diet has gained publicity in the last 20 years, research is proving that it’s not a trend that will