elderly, 2:861–862
South America, 2:887
Power foods
Abs diet, 1:2
Perricone diet, 2:792–793
Sonoma diet, 2:884
PPIs.SeeProton pump inhibitors
Prader-Willi syndrome, 1:331
Pre-maintenance phase (Atkins diet),
1:85
Pregnancy
alcohol consumption, 1:427
Asian diet, 1:83
caffeine, 1:144
gestational diabetes, 1:271
hypertriglyceridemia, 1:550
vegetarianism, 2:778
See alsoFetal development
Pregnancy diet, 2:805–809, 805t, 1014
biotin, 1:104t, 105
calcium, 1:146t, 147
choline, 1:215t, 216
chromium, 1:217t
copper, 1:227t
echinacea, 1:339
fiber, 1:382t, 521
fluoride, 1:390
folate, 1:392, 392t, 393, 394,
2:806–807
iron, 1:572, 573
magnesium, 2:639t, 641, 643
manganese, 2:646t, 647
mercury in fish, 2:744–745
molybdenum, 2:693–694, 693t
niacin, 2:709t, 710
pantothenic acid, 2:786t
peanut butter diet, 2:790, 791
protein, 2:816t, 819
riboflavin, 2:834–835, 834t
selenium, 2:855t, 856
sodium, 2:800t, 801
St. John’s wort, 2:904
vitamin A, 2:964t, 966
vitamin B 6 , 2:968t, 969
vitamin B 12 , 2:972t, 973
vitamin C, 2:975t, 976
vitamin D, 2:755, 769, 979t, 981
vitamin E, 2:983t, 984
vitamin K, 2:987t, 988
water, 2:1003t
zinc, 2:1021t, 1023, 1024
Prehypertensive blood pressure,
1:544, 544t
Preloading of water before meals,
2:1003
Premenstrual cravers, 1:213
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), 2:1014
Preparation phase (pancha karma),
1:590
Prepared foods.SeeProcessed and
prepared foods
Prescription drugs
for coronary heart disease, 1:233
for diabetes, 1:274
for digestive diseases, 1:303–304
diuretics, 1:307–308, 309–310
dyspepsia, 1:324, 325
folate, 1:394
grapefruit, 1:484, 2:657
for IBD, 1:561
niacin as, 2:711, 712
for osteoporosis, 2:762
Patient Package Insert, 2:682
preservatives for, 1:69, 73
secondary diabetes, 1:272
weight effects on dosage,
2:748
See alsoOver-the-counter drugs
Preservatives.SeeArtificial
preservatives
Prevention
anorexia nervosa, 1:49
binge-eating disorder, 1:100–101
bulimia nervosa, 1:136–137
childhood obesity, 1:205, 209
coronary heart disease, 1:234
cravings, 1:236
diabetes, 1:275
diarrhea, 1:279
digestive diseases, 1:306
eating disorders, 1:333
food contamination, 1:405–406
food poisoning, 1:416
giardiasis, 1:456
heartburn, 1:509–510
hyperlipidemia, 1:543–544
hypertriglyceridemia, 2:936–937
osteoporosis, 2:762–763
prostate problems, 2:815
traveler’s diarrhea, 2:934
ulcers, 2:946
yersinia outbreaks, 2:1018, 1019
Prevention(magazine), 2:791
Preventive medicine
Ayurveda, 1:590–591
major minerals, 2:690
Mediterranean diet, 2:676
niacin, 2:711–712
vegetarianism, 2:774, 777
Primary bile duct gallstones, 1:445
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC),
1:300, 304
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC),
1:300, 304, 305
Prime grades of meat, labeling of,
1:410
Pritikin, Nathan, 1:624, 2:809–810
Pritikin, Robert, 2:810
Pritikin diet, 1:624, 2:809–812
Pritikin Longevity Center, 2:809, 810,
811
The Pritikin Principle: The Calorie
Density Solution(Pritikin), 2:810
Proanthocyanidins, 2:800
Processed and prepared foods
adolescents, 1:15–16
adults, 1:19
Dr. Feingold diet, 1:317–320frozen-food diets, 1:429–434
fructose intolerance, 1:439
Jenny Craig diet, 1:585, 586–587
low-sodium diet, 1:630
NutriSystem, 2:722, 723–724
nutritional concerns, 2:638–639
sodium in, 1:250–251
Suzanne Somers plan, 2:911–912
See alsoMeal replacement
products
Procter & Gamble, 1:367
Procyanidin, 1:426
Prokinetic drugs, 1:325, 509
Prolapsed hemorrhoids, 1:510
Propionates, 1:71
Prospective Diabetes Study (UK), 1:93
Prostate, 2:685,812–816,2:813
Prostate cancer
demographics, 2:813
lycopene, 1:178
symptoms and treatment,
2:814–815
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests,
2:814, 815
Protein, 2:816–820
acid-base balance, 2:769
Beverly Hills diet, 1:95
Body for Life diet, 1:114
bodybuilding diet, 1:123, 124, 125
in breast milk, 1:128
Caribbean Island diet, 1:174
CSIRO total wellbeing diet, 1:241,
242, 244
Eating for Life, 1:336
in eggs, 2:779
Fat flush diet, 1:362, 363
French paradox, 1:426
Hay diet, 1:498, 499
ketogenic diet, 1:597–598
kidney diet, 1:603–604, 2:829–830,
832
lacto-vegetarian diet, 1:615
low-protein diet, 1:626–627
as macronutrient, 2:634–635
Mayo Clinic plan (endorsed by
clinic), 2:661
metabolism of, 2:687
mood connection, 2:727t
Neanderthin diet, 2:701
negative calorie diet, 2:708–709
nutrigenomics, 2:718, 719
NutriSystem, 2:724
nutrition facts panel,1:408,
1:410–411
osteoporosis, 2:766–767
during pregnancy, 2:806
Pritikin diet, 2:810, 811
recommended amounts,
1:524–525, 2:816t
in rice, 2:837t
sources, 2:816t, 819
in soy, 2:891–892, 891t
in spirulina, 2:894
Suzanne Somers plan, 2:911Index