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The Zone Diet program is a food management system that claims to promote optimal metabolic efficiency in the body by balancing the hormones insulin and glucagon. Insulin is responsible for convertingt....
Bad breath (also known as halitosis) is a normal condition that everyone experiences. Fortunately, proper nutrition with plenty of water will assist most people in their quest for keeping fresh breath.
The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region.Several noted nutritionists and research projects have concluded that this diet is one of y....
The Paleolithic, or caveman, diet is a reversion to the foods eaten by humans prior to the advents of civilization, agriculture, and technology. Before those developments, the human diet during the St....
Poor diet and obesity, genetics and family history, exposure to carcinogens and environmental pollutants, lack of exercise, over consumption of alcohol, and exposure to potent viruses compromise our immune and detoxification systems giving rise to a favorable atmosphere for cancer growth. Since poor diet and obesity are major contributors, it stands to reason that following a cancer prevention and recovery diet would deter and assist in healing from cancer.
Nothing offers greater benefits to mother and baby than good nutrition during pregnancy.
The Wigmore diet is named for its creator, Ann Wigmore. She devised a nutritional system called the Living Foods Program, based on a combination of wheatgrass juice, live sprouts, and fresh raw foodse....
The only effective treatment for celiac disease is a diet free of gluten. Learn which foods to avoid, which foods to eat, and how a nutritionist can help return your body to health.
Nutritional counseling is an additional treatment method that goes a long way to help a person with eating disorders learn how to eat proper foods and eat proper portions.
The McDougall diet provides the structure of a low-fat, starch-based diet to promote a broad range of such health benefits as weight loss and the reversal of such serious health conditions as heart ds....
Malnutrition and an unbalanced diet are the most common causes of immune deficiency worldwide. Wholesome, balanced nutrition is crucial to maintaining a healthy immune system and preventing and treating immune deficiency.
An elimination diet functions as a test, determining whether patients may have a sensitivity to certain foods. Initially, patients stop eating foods suspected of causing illness. Then, after a suitabt....
There has long been a known association between good nutrition and good hearing. Proper nutrition can help ear development and hearing health, but it can also help restore damaged hearing.
Many of the nutritious foods that support good health also unfortunately encourage growth of candidiasis albicans, the fungus that causes yeast infections. If you have a yeast infection, you will want to reduce the foods that make your body a good host and eat other foods that will help fight the infection.
Hypertension or high blood pressure affects a quarter of the American population. The good news is that high blood pressure can be well managed through diet and lifestyle changes.
BARF is an acronym that stands for ‘Bones and Raw Food,’ although it is also sometimes used to refer to the term, ‘Biologically Appropriate Raw Food’.
Proper diet and nutrition are important factors in the treatment and management of colitis and Crohn's disease, helping to control diarrhea and rectal bleeding that result in the loss of fluids, nutrients, and electrolytes from the body.
The Diamond diet, popularly known as the Fit for Life Program, is a way of eating designed to be employed as a health lifestyle. Developed by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, it is a set of dietary princih....
Fad dieting for weight loss has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. In fact, over the past few decades even children and young teenagers have joined the “fad dieting” bandwagon. And yet, obesity rates are soaring. The reason these numbers continue to rise is simple – fad diets and “dieting” in general do not work.
Good nutrition can help prevent disease and promote health. There are six categories of nutrients that the body needs to acquire from food: protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibers, vitamins and minerals,r....