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Introduction

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Welcome to the Diet Center. Here you will find all the information you need on diets and healthful eating—from therapeutic, hospital-prescribed diets, to popular diets, to everyday eating tips.

Therapeutic Diets

  • Balanced diet
  • Calorie-counting diet
  • Carbohydrate counting
  • Cholesterol-lowering diet
  • Fat-restricted diet (low-fat diet)
  • Gastroenteritis diet
  • GERD Diet
  • Heart healthy diet
  • High-fiber diet
  • Lactose-controlled diet (lactose-free diet)
  • Pregnancy diet
  • Vegetarian diet
  • More Therapeutic Diets

Popular Diets

  • Dr. Phil’s ultimate weight loss solution
  • Hollywood diet
  • Jenny Craig
  • The macrobiotic diet
  • NutriSystem diet
  • Weight Watchers diet
  • More Popular Diets

Healthful Eating

Finding the Right Diet
  • The best diet for you
  • Cueing into your eating patterns
  • The DASH diet
  • Detox diets debunked
  • Diet detectives: spotting sensible diets
  • Diet shakes and meal replacements: can they really help me lose weight?
  • Getting to the heart of a healthful diet
  • The macrobiotic diet
  • The Mediterranean diet and good health
  • The raw or the cooked: Do raw food (living food) diets promote good health?

Healthful Eating (Continued)

Changing Your Diet
  • Decreasing your caffeine intake
  • Decreasing your salt intake
  • Decreasing your triglycerides through dietary changes
  • Food cravings
  • Just how much food is on that plate? Understanding portion control
  • Limiting potassium in your diet
  • Limiting your intake of sugar
  • Saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol
Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
  • 70 and beyond: what you need to eat
  • Are three squares a day the only healthy way?
  • Deciphering the nutrition facts label: Do you know what you are eating?
  • Eating a diet moderate in protein-rich foods
  • Eat a diet rich in calcium
  • Eat a diet rich in vitamin D
  • Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
  • Eating healthfully on a tight budget
  • Eating healthfully: tips to make it easier
  • Good food sources of vitamin B6
  • Good food sources of iron
  • Healthful eating for teens on the run
  • Healthful snacking: Is it possible?

Related Conditions

  • Celiac disease
  • Coronary artery disease (CAD)
  • Crohn's disease
  • Diverticulitis
  • Dyspepsia
  • Gastric ulcer
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • High cholesterol
  • Hypertension
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Obesity
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes

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  • Therapeutic and Popular Diets

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