Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

Specific issues in nutritional care of HIV patients NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA.Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms of HI ...

Precautions Food safety issues Food safetyis an important concern for patients with HIV infection because their immune systems h ...

Pelletier, Kenneth R., MD.The Best Alternative Medicine, Part II, ‘‘CAM Therapies for Specific Conditions: AIDS.’’ New York: Fir ...

Purpose In earlier times, when subsistence agriculture was the norm, alcoholic beverages, usually beer or mead (fermented honey ...

drinking is that for some people it will lead to heavy alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependency. Twin and fami ...

and deficiencies in essential amino acids, B-complex vitamins (especially vitamins B 1 ,B 2 , and B 6 ), and vitamin C. They may ...

269-7510.HOPELINE: (800) NCA-CALL (24-hour Affiliate referral). Website:<http://www.ncadd.org> National Institute on Alcoh ...

Resources The ADA supports a variety of tools to educate its members and the public. Their National Call Center provides diabete ...

community, while at the same time help raise money for the ADA. The state chapters assist in organizing the ADA signature fund r ...

American Dietetic Association Location ADA Location Headquarters 120 South River- side Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 ...

Government and Public Policy To help fulfill their mission, the ADA began an advocacy network based in Washington, D.C. This gov ...

The Commission’s RD/DTR certification pro- grams are fully accredited by the National Commis- sion for Certifying Agencies (NCAA ...

Phase one supplies meal plans for three meals a day, averaging 30 g ofcarbohydratesper day. In phase two, the day’s carbohydrate ...

recipes, advice about cooking whole grains, vegetarian fast-food options, and calorie counts for all menu items. NO-NONSENSE BAL ...

nine diets, two—a quick weight-loss diet and a main- tenance diet—are designed for vegetarians who use eggs and dairy products. ...

Anorexia nervosa Definition Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves self-imposed starvation. The individual is obse ...

Anorexia can occur to people as young as age 7. However, the disorder most usually begins during adolescence. It is most likely ...

other mental disorders such as depression. Research in this area is relatively new and the findings are unclear. People with ano ...

may, however, complain about related symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, dizziness,constipation, or fre- quent infections. A ph ...

medical monitoring, and substantial psychiatric treat- ment give a person with anorexia the best chance of recovery. Estimates s ...