Diet Basics
Diet Basics - Circle of Health
"The Department of Health and Human Services created the 2005 Dietary Guidelines based upon the recommendations of a handpicked expert panel. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, of the thirteen selected committee members, seven have or had financial relationships with industry groups such as the Sugar Association, National Dairy Council, and Procter & Gamble."
"On the heels of the Dietary Guidelines, the new Food Pyramid will be released shortly. If it is more of the same, as Minsky suspects, it will create more, not less, obesity in the United States. Thus, Minsky has created an alternative, entitled Circle of Health Food Chart. Scaled to an average dinner plate, Minsky feels it exhibits exactly what is required to maintain normal weight, and most importantly, optimal health. In addition, the Circle of Health plan encompasses a simple how-to, in which every version of the Dietary Guidelines has failed to accomplish."
Bonnie Minsky MA, MPH, LDN, CNS.
"Vegetarianism is generally defined as the practice of living on a diet made up of vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and sometimes certain animal products. Vegetarian diets encompass a wide variety of eating patterns."
Pat Beck, Nutrition Specialist
"The purpose of this site is to introduce basic Macrobiotic diet principles, recipes and menu planning. Topics include:
Seven Essential Components of a Macrobiotic diet and where to find them;
Expansive and Contractive Forces;
The Five Element Theory;
The Theory of Acid and Alkaline;
How to organize a menu plan; and
Recipes and seasonal menu plans."
Linda Wemhoff
Food Basics 101: Your Diet Makeover
"While working out and transforming your body, a commonly overlooked factor is diet. Sure, working out hard will allow for some change in your physique, but the true task is to feed your body the necessities it requires for gaining lean muscle mass, decreasing body fat and keeping up the energy level for these extra activites."
Karen Lisa Borders
Diet Basics for Arthritis Pain
"Don’t let this give you the idea that you have to lose 30 or 40 pounds to make a difference. You don’t necessarily have to go on a major diet or spend hours in the gym to get relief. In fact, it may take less effort than you anticipated. [Carol Henderson, PhD, RD; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition at Georgia State University] says losing only 11 pounds can reduce the risk of osteoarthritis over a ten year period by as much as 50%."
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
"The ketogenic diet is a special high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps to control seizures in some people with epilepsy. It is prescribed by a physician. It is not the same as other popular low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet."
"Doctors usually recommend the ketogenic diet for children whose seizures have not responded to several different seizure medicines. It is particularly recommended for children with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome."
"Doctors seldom recommend the ketogenic diet for adults. When it has been tried with adults, it doesn't seem to work nearly as well. The reasons for this difference are unclear."
Epilepsy.com
