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81% Diet (12/11/2007 11:15AM)

In order to receive all the nutrients your body needs (protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, and more), it is important to have a good variety of foods in your diet. By choosing different foods within each food group, you should be able to obtain all the vital nutrients you need to stay healthy over time. In order to get that variety, choosing food from all the groups shown on the "MyPyramid" guide is an easy way to help you plan (see MyPyramid.gov).

81% I need to lose 30 pounds (05/22/2007 02:29PM)

Similarly, if you are a big meat eater, cutting back just 1 ounce (the size of a slice of bologna) per day will help you lose 8 pounds in one year. If you use a lot of fats in the diet (butter, margarine, oils, salad dressing, cream cheese, etc.), cutting back 4 teaspoons per day will help you lose 19 pounds in a year! Cutting back just one serving per day (ex: 1 slice of bread or 1/2 cup of pasta or rice) will help you lose 8 pounds in a year.

81% Health concerns (02/05/2007 11:25AM)

My white blood count is high, however my platelet count is low (normal 150-450 :mine was 75) My doctor has prescribed iron supplements 300mg per day. The RD would be able to become familiar with your individual medical needs, talk with your doctor, and get to know your current eating habits. From there, the RD can help individualize a diet plan to help you meet your health and nutrition needs.

81% Diet and health (10/19/2005 10:15AM)

A good resource would also be the book "The College Students Guide to Eating Well on Campus by Ann Selkowitz Litt, MS,RD,LD."& nbsp; It discusses the types of eating styles often seen in students when they have to make independent food choices. The eating styles include: "The Restrictor, The Fat-free Fan, Eating What's Easy, The Sensible Eater, Basically Junk, and Doing the Best you can."&

81% Taste with chemo-drugs (11/21/1999 10:46AM)

" Some cancer patients may experience strong salty flavor, intense sweet flavors, or bitterness in their foods. 2. Try including more sour tasting foods to counter the salty taste (such as vinegar, lemon juice, a cold glass of lemonade, sour cream, or yogurt.) A food prepared with "sweet and sour" sauce may be a good option.

81% Losing Over 100 Lbs. (12/30/1998 04:11PM)

So how do I know that the *current* "mainstream" recommendations aren't as much "behind the times" as they were back when (eg) they used to call lo fat vegetarian diets "Fad" or "Kook" diets, and when VLCD "medically supervised" near-starvation programs were considered "mainstream" and complaints by the obese that "starvation dieting slowed down our metabolism & made us feel sluggish" were dismissed as being "whiney ...

81% SHOULD I DIET (05/26/1999 08:03AM)

The Adkins diet (along with other popular fad diets such as Sear`s Zone diet) is a diet that may be detrimental to your health. These types of diets restrict carbohydrate, and make your body go into an unnatural state called ketosis. For more information on high protein diets, search the Diet and Nutrition section of Netwellness for previously answered questions on this topic.

79% LDL (08/11/2008 11:23AM)

The current recommendations for individuals at a high risk for heart disease (family history, high blood pressure, diabetes, smokers, low HDL level, etc) is to maintain LDL cholesterol levels below 100 mg/dL with an option to use drug therapy to lower the level to 70 mg/dL for patients at a very high risk of heart disease whose levels are already below 100 mg/dL.
If your doctor does agree to give you more time to try therapeutic lifestyle changes, I would recommend working with a ...

79% Why am I not losing weight? (11/26/2007 04:05PM)

2 hrs in the gym a day and eating healty surely should mean weight loss right? Weight loss is still an energy balance issue regardless of healthy eating and exercise routines. Remember that healthy eating means something different to each person and does not always mean low calories, portion control is an important skill!

79% Proper nutrition (10/30/2007 04:04PM)

If you are unfamiliar with BMI and the calculation, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm to learn your BMI. Having a BMI lower than 18.5 puts you in the same approximate risk for health issues as having a BMI of 30. ...

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81%	Diet (12/11/2007 11:15AM)
	In order to receive all the nutrients your body needs (protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, and more), it is important to have a good variety of foods in your diet. By choosing different foods within each food group, you should be able to obtain all the vital nutrients you need to stay healthy over time. In order to get that variety, choosing food from all the groups shown on the "MyPyramid" guide is an easy way to help you plan (see MyPyramid.gov).
81%	I need to lose 30 pounds (05/22/2007 02:29PM)
	Similarly, if you are a big meat eater, cutting back just 1 ounce (the size of a slice of bologna) per day will help you lose 8 pounds in one year. If you use a lot of fats in the diet (butter, margarine, oils, salad dressing, cream cheese, etc.), cutting back 4 teaspoons per day will help you lose 19 pounds in a year! Cutting back just one serving per day (ex: 1 slice of bread or 1/2 cup of pasta or rice) will help you lose 8 pounds in a year.
81%	Health concerns (02/05/2007 11:25AM)
	My white blood count is high, however my platelet count is low (normal 150-450 :mine was 75) My doctor has prescribed iron supplements 300mg per day. The RD would be able to become familiar with your individual medical needs, talk with your doctor, and get to know your current eating habits. From there, the RD can help individualize a diet plan to help you meet your health and nutrition needs.
81%	Diet and health (10/19/2005 10:15AM)
	A good resource would also be the book "The College Students Guide to Eating Well on Campus by Ann Selkowitz Litt, MS,RD,LD."& nbsp; It discusses the types of eating styles often seen in students when they have to make independent food choices. The eating styles include: "The Restrictor, The Fat-free Fan, Eating What's Easy, The Sensible Eater, Basically Junk, and Doing the Best you can."&
81%	Taste with chemo-drugs (11/21/1999 10:46AM)
	" Some cancer patients may experience strong salty flavor, intense sweet flavors, or bitterness in their foods. 2. Try including more sour tasting foods to counter the salty taste (such as vinegar, lemon juice, a cold glass of lemonade, sour cream, or yogurt.) A food prepared with "sweet and sour" sauce may be a good option.
81%	Losing Over 100 Lbs. (12/30/1998 04:11PM)
	So how do I know that the current "mainstream" recommendations aren't as much "behind the times" as they were back when (eg) they used to call lo fat vegetarian diets "Fad" or "Kook" diets, and when VLCD "medically supervised" near-starvation programs were considered "mainstream" and complaints by the obese that "starvation dieting slowed down our metabolism & made us feel sluggish" were dismissed as being "whiney ...
81%	SHOULD I DIET (05/26/1999 08:03AM)
	The Adkins diet (along with other popular fad diets such as Sear`s Zone diet) is a diet that may be detrimental to your health. These types of diets restrict carbohydrate, and make your body go into an unnatural state called ketosis. For more information on high protein diets, search the Diet and Nutrition section of Netwellness for previously answered questions on this topic.
79%	LDL (08/11/2008 11:23AM)
	The current recommendations for individuals at a high risk for heart disease (family history, high blood pressure, diabetes, smokers, low HDL level, etc) is to maintain LDL cholesterol levels below 100 mg/dL with an option to use drug therapy to lower the level to 70 mg/dL for patients at a very high risk of heart disease whose levels are already below 100 mg/dL. If your doctor does agree to give you more time to try therapeutic lifestyle changes, I would recommend working with a ...
79%	Why am I not losing weight? (11/26/2007 04:05PM)
	2 hrs in the gym a day and eating healty surely should mean weight loss right? Weight loss is still an energy balance issue regardless of healthy eating and exercise routines. Remember that healthy eating means something different to each person and does not always mean low calories, portion control is an important skill!
79%	Proper nutrition (10/30/2007 04:04PM)
	If you are unfamiliar with BMI and the calculation, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm to learn your BMI. Having a BMI lower than 18.5 puts you in the same approximate risk for health issues as having a BMI of 30. ...