Diet guide news 2008-02

2008-02-07 How is food allergy diagnosed

The advantage of a food challenge is that if the patient has an allergic reaction only to the suspected foods and not to the other foods tested, the diagnosis of food allergy is confirmed. Just as with a rechallenge after the elimination diet and with the skin tests, however, someone having a history of severe reactions should not be tested with a food challenge because of the danger of inducing another severe reaction. In addition, this procedure is expensive because it is difficult and requires a lot of time, especially for patients with multiple food allergies. Consequently, double-blind food challenges are done infrequently. They are done most commonly, however, when the doctor wishes to obtain evidence to confirm the suspicion that the patients symptoms are not due to a food allergy. Then, additional efforts may be directed at

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2008-02-15 Vue Weekly : Edmontons 100 pct. Independent Weekly : Pollan battles on the frontlines of food

Though the food landscape Pollan reveals is undoubtedly bleak, he does offer hope. Again using a broad, common sense approach - I resist calling it and ldquo;holistic and rdquo; mostly because Pollan and rsquo;s rigour and thoughtfulness don and rsquo;t deserve to be lumped in with some of the quacks and charlatans who like to propagate the term - Pollan demonstrates how we can escape the Western diet. By taking the time not only to find out where our food is coming from but also to prepare it and eat it - one of Pollan and rsquo;s sharpest criticisms is of the Western way of eating in itself, a hurried, solitary affair that holds none of the pleasure, to say nothing of the health benefits, of other cultures and rsquo; habits - he says, we can go a long way towards getting ourselves back into a healthy way of eating. While it may not be entirely as simple

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2008-02-07 Lowering LDL Cholesterol Without Drugs - US News and World Report

Notable exceptions worth exploring include niacin, plant sterols, and soluble fiber supplements. Though niacin can raise blood sugar and cause flushing, a daily dose can raise HDL levels by 15 to 35 percent and lower LDL levels by about 20 percent. Niacin has a risk of side effects, however, especially when combined with a statin. A daily serving of plant sterols (about 2 grams), in fortified foods such as margarine, orange juice, and rice milk, can also lower LDL by about 15 percent. Eating plenty of soluble fiber, which occurs naturally in products such as oats, nuts, flax, and psyllium husk and in dietary supplements such as Metamucil, can also drop LDL. Red rice yeast, a popular dietary supplement, also works. But be warned that it contains lovastatin, the active ingredient in Mevacor, a prescription statin, and is

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Beyond statins, try exercise, diet, and a supplement or two. - Voiland Adam; cholesterol; prescription drugs; exercise; supplements; statins; diet

2008-02-15 Score a Point for Seth Roberts and the Shangri-La Diet - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Column, Roberts bases his diet on the idea that, when you get your calories from sugar-laden foods, they provide a signal to your body to eat more, because the presence of sugar means that it must be a time of plenty. On the other hand, when your calories come from relatively tasteless food sources, they tell your body not to work too hard to obtain food, because your energy will be better spent waiting until the tasty stuff is available again. In this new experiment, adding the flavorful yogurt to the rats diets may have told both types of rats to eat all they could. Also, I would imagine that the artificially sweetened yogurt was even sweeter than the glucose flavored yogurt, in which case the signal to eat more was stronger for the saccharine-fed rats.

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2008-02-03 Time to get back to basics on food - Analysis, Opinion - Independent. ie

Donal, however, seemed the odd man out. At 42 years of age and just over 14 stone, he wasnt huge and seemed, well, average. For this reason, one of the expert panel admitted, Donal nearly didnt make the show. Though the 5ft 7in truck driver had a diabolical diet of sweets and fast food, he was almost dismissed for not being fat enough, until they realised that Donal represents a greater proportion of Irish people than the larger participants in Operation Transformation. Hes one of thousands of men whose Body Mass Index (BMI) hovers around "obese" without him ever doing anything about it, whose kids are more likely to be overweight because of the example of his diet, who is rarely motivated to do anything more about the excess weight hes carrying than to moan about it.

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Earlier this month, the first television installment of rtes operation transformation had the

2008-02-26 The Facts

Most Americans consume more than double the sugar that they should, and they consume it in forms that are nutritionally negligible. Up until about the 17th century, sugar was a luxury treated as a spice toflavor food. Sugar in the diet was obtained from fruits, berries, milk (lactose) and other relatively natural sources. As sugar became readily available, consumption skyrocketed, edging out the nutritional sources. Consumption of carbonated beverages has just about tripled in the past 20 or 30 years. So has the rate of obesity.

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2008-02-22 Its the Diet, Stupid

SAN FRANCISCO ---) Over 30 years ago a courageous medical doctor and allergy specialist went against the grain, and a million kids are better off because of it. Ben Feingold, MD, developed a dietary program that helped youngsters with hyperkinesis. Take them off the junk the synthetic chemicals, additives, preservatives, dyes and flavoringsand feed them feed them whole fresh foods, and he said, youll watch their focus return, hyperactivity diminish, and whats more, you can live with the little darlings again.

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Pediatricians Group Finally Admits Food Additives Impact ADHD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global Health Media (SAN FRANCISCO ---) Over 30 years ago a courageous medical doctor and allergy specialist went against the grain, and a million kids are better off because of it. Ben Feingold, MD, developed a dietary program that helped youngsters with hyperkinesis. Take them off the junk

2008-02-20 Take It with a Grain of Salt and mdash; The American, A Magazine of Ideas

But it is not unprecedented for consumer demand to compel industry changes. For example, as the Atkins diet grew in popularity, the food industry created a panoply of low-carb products. Low-fat products, sugar-free products, and portion-control products have all proliferated in response to diet fads. And in the United Kingdom, the combination of a successful education campaign, a media blitz, and a clear and effective labeling system forced manufacturers to start making food products with less sodium.

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The low-sodium campaigners should focus their efforts on consumer demand, not on new FDA regulations, writes SARA WEXLER.

2008-02-23 Welcome to AJC.

Poverty Drains Nutrition From Family Diet

The issue of diet quality in low-income and food-insecure groups is a very serious issue, because the flip side of the low intake of minerals and vitamins is that these kind of low-quality diets are usually characterized by large amounts of starch and refined sugar," he said. "And, its fair to assume, these people are not loading up on brown rice and quinoa (an organic grain). So, were talking about empty calories that predispose people to becoming overweight and definitely increase the risk for heart disease and diabetes. So, this needs to be looked at further. "

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2008-02-15 American Chronicle Elimination Diet

If you suspect that you have a food intolerance, you may benefit from an elimination diet. But before you try one on your own, Anne Simons, M. D. , suggests pursuing a blended-medicine approach. Start with a visit to your primary-care physician to rule out other potential health problems-for example, an ulcer or colitis. Then consult an allergist or immunologist, who can test you for allergies. If you dont have any, you can follow an elimination diet to help pinpoint the source of your symptoms. Your doctor or practitioner can guide you through the steps.

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