Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL). The UL is the highest daily amount that is unlikely to cause adverse (negative) risks to hea ...

eating guidelines to provide a healthy diet for their children over time. A diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in fats w ...

one or more dietary ingredients. Examples of dietary ingredients includevitamins,minerals, herbs or other biological material, a ...

‘‘treat,’’ ‘‘mitigate,’’ ‘‘prevent,’’ or ‘‘diagnose’’ a spe- cific disease. They may make the following claims: Health claims—S ...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a govern- ment organization within the National Institutes of Health that investigates ...

the 2007 requirement that dietary supplement manu- facturers report adverse side effects to the FDA. Parental concerns Parents s ...

Description Dietwatch is an online program designed to sup- port and guide dieters to healthy, maintainable weight loss. It prov ...

well as stress reduction and other techniques aimed at better emotional health. The newest program, the Mastering Eating program ...

Research and general acceptance The diets and activities recommended by Diet- watch generally meet the standards for moderate we ...

The parts of the human gastrointestinal tract.(Illustration by GGS Information Services/Thomson Gale.) Digestive diseases ...

function, preventing it from removing toxins like alcohol and drugs from the blood. Hepatitis. Inflammation of the liver that c ...

diseases, medical researchers have only recently started to understand their numerous causes. For example, stom- ach ulcers can ...

bacterium and causing ongoing inflammation in the intestinal wall. As for IBS, researchers suggest that affected people seem to ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). EGD is a technique used to look inside the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. It uses an endos ...

usually in combination with ribavirin. Hepatitis C may also require a liver transplant. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD ...

good nutrition, avoiding only those foods that cause problems. The vitamindietary supplementsrecom- mended for all adults can al ...

therapies are accordingly tailored to individual cases, depending on severity and patient history. Prognosis Prognosis for some ...

The connection between diuretics and dieting is twofold. First, many of the conditions that are treated by administration of pre ...

high levels of calcium in the blood). They are also given together with other drugs to treat edema of the brain or lungs, condit ...

most people realize—7 calories per gram, in compar- ison to 9 calories per gram for fat and 4 calories per gram for protein. Som ...