Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

in the CBS program ‘‘60 Minutes’’ in 1977. The Pritikin Diet soon became the most popular diet of the 1970s. Since that time, ma ...

two servings of calcium-rich foods such as nonfat milk, nonfat yogurt or fortified and enriched soymilk. no more than one 3.5 ...

The biggest criticism of the Pritikin Plan is that it requires rigorous self-discipline to stay on for a life- time. People who ...

There is some research that suggests a diet rich in soyproducts, berries, sunflower seeds, and peanuts can contribute to prostat ...

condition also seems to be uncommon in Chinese and other Asians, for reasons that are not clear. Causes and symptoms Prostate ca ...

and the patient will decide on the treatment mode after considering many factors. For example, the patient’s age, the stage of t ...

Prostate Cancer, Prostatitis, and BHPNew York: Pen- guin, 2005. Katz, Aaron E.Dr. Katz’s Guide to Prostate Health: From Conventi ...

atom (H), and a fourth group, referred to as the R-group, that determines the structural identity and chemical properties of the ...

cells’’ that line the stomach wall. Once converted into the active form, pepsin attacks the peptide bonds that link amino acids ...

tissue because of their large size. Blood fluid is pulled into the capillary beds from the tissue through the mechanics of oncot ...

Disease, 9th edition. M. E. Shills, et al, eds. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins. Robinson, Corrinne H. (1975).Basic Nutrit ...

R Raw foods diet Definition The raw food diet is a lifestyle diet where at least 75% of all food consumed eaten raw and never co ...

young coconut milk seaweed and sea vegetables (not acceptable to all raw foodists) wheatgrass sprouts of all kinds purified ...

eating ‘proper,’ ‘pure,’ or ‘superior’ foods.’’ People with orthorexia allow their fixation with eating the correct amount of pr ...

standard American diet. They found that the raw foodists were thinner and had a lower average body mass index(BMI) than voluntee ...

certain groups (e.g., Christians and Jews), and many of these practices may still be found among these same groups today. Practi ...

The Role of Fasting Many religions incorporate some element of fast- ing into their religious practices. Laws regarding fasting ...

Mormonism. The law of health—the Word of Wisdom—contains the laws for proper eating and the rules of abstinence for tobacco, alc ...

also ethical issues that involve the killing of animals for food, and environmental issues regarding the rais- ing of livestock ...

Heredity: Some kidney diseases result from heredi- tary factors, and run in families. Kidney disease interferes with the vital ...