Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders. ‘‘Athletes With Eating Disorders.’’ October 6, 2006.<http://www .anred.com/ath ...

the necessary amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients the body needs to sustain itself and grow. This calorie restric ...

foods and meals is determined by a software program available for purchase from Walford’s Calorie Restric- tion Society. The gra ...

nutrients. Nutritional supplements and other forms of nutritional help may be necessary. Risks There are a wide range of risks a ...

PERIODICALS Dibble, Julian. ‘‘The Fast Supper: Is a Life Lived On the Edge of Starvation Worth Living? Our Hungry Reporter Gives ...

history who have worked with foods, herbs, teas and other natural remedies to assist the body’s own healing energy. Beginning in ...

Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, elevated lip- ids such astriglyceridesand cholesterol. Medical Anti-Inflammatory Treat ...

Lean poultry Protein is used in the body to repair and manu- facture cells, make antibodies, enzymes and hor- mones. Lean protei ...

benefits go beyond disease prevention. Studies have shown an alleviation of symptoms associated with chronic diseases. As well, ...

The common feature of free radicals is that their molecular structure contains and unpaired electron. Free radical molecules wit ...

lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL or ‘‘bad cholesterol’’) appears to react with free radicals. This changes the LDL cholesterol in a ...

supplements. There is also little information on the safety of antioxidant supplements in children and women who are pregnant or ...

Arthritis diet Definition Arthritis is the general medical term for the inflammation of a joint or a disorder characterized by s ...

OA, although some studies indicate that African American women have a higher risk of developing OA in the knee joints. Other ris ...

risk of heart attacks and stroke. RA differs from OA, too, in the joints that it most commonly affects—often the fingers, wrists ...

Avocado soybean unsaponifiables (ASU). ASU is a compound of the fractions of avocado oil and soy- bean oil that are left over f ...

Benefits Osteoarthritis The benefits of weight reduction in overweight patients with OA are a noticeable reduction in discom- fo ...

Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT), reported in 2006 that these supplements appear to be more beneficial to a small subgroup of ...

Lee, S., K. M. Gura, S. Kim, et al. ‘‘Current Clinical Appli- cations of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.’’Nutri- tion in Clinic ...

(CFSAN). EAFUS is an acronym for ‘‘Everything Added to Food in the United States.’’ Artificial preservatives as used in the earl ...