Topic: “Does dietary soy protein show cardiovascular benefits in adults?” Word Count: 1,250 words excluding references (±10%)
Details:
– Your task for this written assignment is to write an evidence based view on the above mentioned topic for a lay audience that is
suitable for publication in a newspaper or a magazine.
Demonstrate your ability to search nutrition papers
– You will need to demonstrate your ability to search nutrition papers using online databases (EBSCOhost or ScienceDirect) by providing at
least two screenshots of the search and keywords. See page 3 of this document for an example.
Provide a relevant introduction
– Your article should include a title. The title should be brief and relevant. It should “grab” the audience and be of interest to the
public.
– Provide a brief introduction to the topic giving some background on soy protein and CVD, the controversy and provide an aim for the
article.
Critical evaluation of the research
– For this section you will need to consider atleast three original peer reviewed research articles supporting the statement that “Soy
Protein does have cardiovascular benefits in adults” and three that do not support the above statement. The aim is to provide the reader
with a balanced information and discussion on the topic.
– Demonstrate the ability to read the research articles, understand the results, tables, figures and identify study design methods by
presenting to the reader the study design, methodology and results from the identified articles in your own words.
Provide sufficient details on the type of research, methodological flaws, amount and duration of supplementation etc (see example provided
in unit site)
– Apart from the study details you need to critically evaluate the evidence discussing strengths and weaknesses of the studies.
– You can also discuss mechanisms i.e. if a study suggests how soy protein affects cardiovascular functions, what are the mechanism behind
its effects?
– If appropriate, your article should include some numbers such as how much protein was given for how long? If total or LDL cholesterol
was reduced what was the reduction level?
Summarise your findings and provide recommendations
– Include concluding remarks based on your discussion and give recommendations.
– A conclusion is usually a summary of what has been presented in the article so far. And based on your critical evaluation provided in
the discussion provide your point of view on if the evidence you have discussed is strong enough to support the topic or not.
– Recommendations should include if people can or cannot use soy protein to improve their heart health. If so in what amounts and what
duration?
Demonstrate effective writing and presentation skills
– You must support claims made in the assignment with appropriate references and majority being original research articles. You can use
some review articles to support your discussion. Generally any work that is not yours has to be referenced.
– There is no upper limit to how many references you can include. It is unnecessary to include more than 50 references.
– Vancouver is the preferred style of referencing.
– Word count must be provided on the cover sheet.
– Headings can be used but are not necessary.
– The language should be friendly (chatty) but informative.
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