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Table 1 Total energy and nutrient composition of three diets prescribed to a 52-year-old woman before (a) and after (b, c) a pulmonary embolism

From: Nutritional management of a patient with obesity and pulmonary embolism: a case report

 

(a) Low calorie diet

(b) vitamin K free diet

(c) NU diet

Nutrients

Amount (units)

% of total energy

Amount (units)

% of total energy

Amount (Units)

% of total energy

Energy

1044 (kcal)

 

922 (kcal)

 

1688 (kcal)

 

Proteins

50 (g)

19

30 (g)

13

77 (g)

18

Animal proteins

34 (g)

 

17 (g)

 

46 (g)

 

Vegetable proteins

16 (g)

 

13 (g)

 

31 (g)

 

Fats

37 (g)

32

37 (g)

36

50 (g)

26

Animal fats

13 (g)

 

32 (g)

 

12 (g)

 

Vegetable fats

24 (g)

 

5 (g)

 

38 (g)

 

Saturated fats

11 (g)

9.5

18 (g)

17

11 (g)

6.0

Monounsaturated fats

20 (g)

17

10 (g)

10

30 (g)

16.0

Linoleic acid

3 (g)

2.5

3.0 (g)

3.0

6 (g)

3.0

Linolenic acid

1 (g)

1.0

1.0 (g)

1.0

1 (g)

0.5

Polyunsaturated fats

4 (g)

3.5

4.0 (g)

4.0

8 (g)

4.0

Cholesterol

97 (mg)

 

103 (mg)

 

236 (mg)

 

Carbohydrates

139 (g)

50

127 (g)

51

250 (g)

56

Soluble carbohydrates

42 (g)

15

41 (g)

17

52 (g)

11

Dietary fiber

16 (g)

 

14 (g)

 

23 (g)

 

Thiamine

0.6 (mg)

 

1.1 (mg)

 

1.0 (g)

 

Vitamin B6

1.5 (mg)

 

1.1 (mg)

 

1.9 (g)

 

Folate

253 (ÎĽg)

 

87 (ÎĽg)

 

264 (g)

 

Vitamin K

273 (ÎĽg)

 

23 (ÎĽg)

 

58 (ÎĽg)

 

Sodium

1880 (mg)

 

3415 (mg)

 

1460 (g)

 
  1. a) Low calorie diet prescribed the patient by her family doctor before the pulmonary embolism. b) Vitamin K free diet prescribed upon discharge to the patient taking oral anticoagulants after the pulmonary embolism. c) Diet prescribed by the Nutritional Unit (NU) to the same patient: moderately low calorie with low vitamin K (planning a slow and continuous increase of vitamin K daily intake up to 150 μg per day)
  2. Diet composition analyzed by trained dietitians using a dedicated software developed by our Nutrition Unit incorporating “Food Composition Database for Epidemiological Studies in Italy” by Gnagnarella P, Salvini S, Parpinel M. Version 1.2015 Website http://www.bda-ieo.it/