Writing Activity 1: Prewriting & Research Assignment
ENG 215 – Research & Writing
Topic, Position, Audience, and Goal
Topic
My topic is related to the keto trend.
Position
Keto Diet has been known in the past to help regulate blood sugar on diabetic people.
Audience
The audience I would like to pursue young adults and older adults with weight issues. They don’t believe that Keto can work or that it’s going to backfire. Since it inquires, cut down all your carbohydrates. The values and beliefs are that leading your life with a healthy diet can help long term with the fight of obesity in the United States.
Goal
The goal of this essay is to persuade people that even if they don’t agree with following the Keto diet, they should develop a healthier diet to prolong the life
Supporting Points
1. Obesity has been one of the leading Illnesses in America for centuries.
2. Carbohydrate can be good or bad, and it all depends on how you consume it
3. There are plenty of other diets in the world. but Keto has proven to be more effective
Research Organizer
Top 3 Sources with Summaries
1. Epilepsies. 2008 Nov;49 Suppl 8:3-5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01821. x. History of the ketogenic diet. Wheless JW (1). Author information: (1) Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. jwheless@utmem.edu Fasting and other dietary regimens have been used to treat epilepsy since at least 500 BC. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19049574
This is an article on how the Ketogenic diet started and how it has developed in the past years. Keto diet is essentially made for diabetic people and women that suffer from POC. It helps the levels of sugar in your body and helps regulate your PMS. I will use this resource to find specific data
Keto diet: Benefits and nutrients – Medical News Today. (n.d.). Retrieved May 4, 2020, from https://mnt-prod.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319196.php
This medicine website explains the benefits of the ketogenic diet in young adults as well as obese people I will use to show the benefits of doing the keto diet
Satterthwaite, Liz, and Ldn. “The Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet.” HealthConnect, promedicahealthconnect.org/wellness/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-keto-diet/.
The main idea is to show to the general public about the benefits and consequences that Keto can bring into their life since not all diets are meant to be for everyone to explain the pros and cons
3 Additional Sources (No Summary Required)
“Dirty Keto vs. Clean Keto: What’s the Difference?” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, health.usnews.com/wellness/compare-diets/articles/dirty-keto-vs-clean-keto-what-is-the-difference.
“Dirty Keto vs. Clean Keto: What’s the Difference?” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, health.usnews.com/wellness/compare-diets/articles/dirty-keto-vs-clean-keto-what-is-the-difference.
“Dirty Keto vs. Clean Keto: What’s the Difference?” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, health.usnews.com/wellness/compare-diets/articles/dirty-keto-vs-clean-keto-what-is-the-difference.