Feingold strongly recommended that the hyperactive child help prepare the special foods and encouraged the entire family to participate in the dietary program. Parents are also advised to avoid certain over-the-counter and prescription drugs and to limit their purchases of mouthwash, toothpaste, cough drops, perfume, and various other nonfood products to those published in FAUS's annual "Food List and Shopping Guide." Feingold's followers now claim that asthma, bedwetting, ear infections, eye-muscle disorders, seizures, sleep disorder ...

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Feingold diet, Feingold diet - Introduction, Feingold diet - Research findings, Feingold diet - Unbounded claims, Feingold diet - Real risks

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In this sense, it commonly refers to the Reichstag assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire; see Reichstag (institution), Diet of Augsburg, Diet of Nuremberg, Diet of Regensburg, and Diet of Worms. The Riksdag of the Estates was the diet of the four estates of Sweden, from the 15th century until 1866. The Diet of Finland, was the successor to the Riksdag of the Estates in the Grand Duchy of Finland, from 1809 to 1918. In other countries the name of the comparable assembly came from the generality of the States:

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Diet assembly, Diet assembly - Historic uses, Diet assembly - Current uses

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The National Diet Library has in recent years compiled a detailed website in both Japanese [2] and English [3]. Its online databases consist of the National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog (NDL-OPAC), the Digital Library of the Meiji Era, the Rare Books Image Database, and the Minutes of the Imperial Diet and National Diet. National Diet Library - National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog NDL-OPAC. The NDL provides an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), by which users can search the NDL ...

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National Diet Library, National Diet Library - History, National Diet Library - Main Collection, National Diet Library - Important Special Collections, National Diet Library - Modern Political and Constitutional History, National Diet Library - Materials Concerning the Postwar Occupation of Japan, National Diet Library - Laws and Preliminary Records, National Diet Library - Science and Technology, National Diet Library - Maps, National Diet Library - Music, National Diet Library - Foreign Books About Japan, National Diet Library - Rare Books and Old Materials, National Diet Library - The Kansai-Kan, National Diet Library - National Diet Library Online Resources, National Diet Library - National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog NDL-OPAC, National Diet Library - Digital Library from the Meiji Era, National Diet Library - Rare Books Image Database, National Diet Library - Minutes of the Imperial Diet and National Diet, National Diet Library - Sources

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Not until June 1863, after the Crimean War had taken place, did Alexander II call the Estates again. On September 18 the opening ceremony was held and the Emperor made his declaration where he promised to introduce changes to the constitution. The changes included making the diet a regularly convening body, a promise which was kept by the Emperor when the diet convened again in January 1867, where it established an act on the working order of the diet. The diet was to convene at least every fifth year but in practise it would come to convene ...

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Diet of Finland, Diet of Finland - The Porvoo Diet, Diet of Finland - The Estates convene again, Diet of Finland - The first period of oppression, Diet of Finland - Reform, Diet of Finland - Sessions and meeting places of the Diet

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In an effort to cash in on the surging popularity of low-carbohydrate diets, in 2004 both Coca-Cola and Pepsico released reduced-calorie versions of their flagship sodas that contain approximately half the sugar of the regular version. The Pepsi variant, Pepsi Edge, is sweetened with sucralose and corn syrup. The sweetening of the Coca-Cola variant, C2, is a combination of corn syrup, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose. In May of 2005, Pepsi announced that they will abandon the market by the end of the year, citing lackluster s ...

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Diet soda, Diet soda - Sweetening, Diet soda - Cyclamates, Diet soda - Saccharin, Diet soda - Aspartame, Diet soda - Sucralose and acesulfame potassium; sugar-free sodas, Diet soda - History, Diet soda - Health Risks, Diet soda - Nomenclature, Diet soda - Reduced-calorie soda, Diet soda - Incomplete list of major diet soda brands or brands with diet versions with sweetener, Diet soda - Acesulfame potassium, Diet soda - Aspartame, Diet soda - Saccharin, Diet soda - Sucralose, Diet soda - Currently Unclassified please file

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Raw food diets have been criticized in the mainstream medical community as being too harsh and restrictive. Critics of the diet argue that a raw food diet requires special care to include the recommended amounts of several important vitamins and nutrients, including vitamin B-12 and protein. They say that any restrictive diet can lead to nutritional deficiency, if adopted for an extended period of time withou ...

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While there are many different historical and modern schools of Taoism, with different teachings on the subject, it is safe to say that many Taoists regard their diet as extremely important to their physical, mental and spiritual health in one way or another, especially where the amount of qi in the food is concerned. A typical Taoist diet could focus on: Taoist diet - Increase intake of the following:. Whole grains and products made with them Vegetables (ideally organic and seasonal) Fruit (not tropical; dried fruit is very good) Seeds and nuts ...

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Taoist diet, Taoist diet - Basic Guidelines, Taoist diet - Increase intake of the following:, Taoist diet - Decrease intake of the following:, Taoist diet - Herbs, Taoist diet - Recipes

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In the ideal experiment, children whose behavior seems to have improved on the Feingold diet are kept on the diet but are periodically challenged with one or more suspected substances. Under ideal circumstances, the procedure should be double-blind, so that neither the participants nor the experimenters know when the substances are being administered. In 1980, an expert review team assembled by the Nutrition Foundation concluded: Based on seven studies involving approximately 190 children, there have been no instances of consist ...

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Feingold diet, Feingold diet - Introduction, Feingold diet - Research findings, Feingold diet - Unbounded claims, Feingold diet - Real risks

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Emperor Charles V opened the imperial Diet of Worms on January 22, 1521. Luther was summoned to renounce or reaffirm his views. When he appeared before the assembly on April 16, Johann Eck, an assistant of Archbishop of Trier, acted as spokesman for the Emperor. He presented Luther with a table filled with copies of his writings. Eck asked Luther if the books were his and if he still believed what these works taught. Luther request ...

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Diet of Worms, Diet of Worms - Luther's Defense, Diet of Worms - Edict of Worms, Diet of Worms - External References

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While these drinks are marketed to those who are weight conscious, no published study has shown that drinking diet soda will cause a person to lose weight. Changing the food energy intake from one food will not necessarily change a person's overall food energy intake, or cause a person to lose weight. One study [1], at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, reported by Sharon Fowler at the ADA annual meeting, actually showed the opposite, where those who consumed diet soda were more likely to gain weight than those who ...

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Diet soda, Diet soda - Sweetening, Diet soda - Cyclamates, Diet soda - Saccharin, Diet soda - Aspartame, Diet soda - Sucralose and acesulfame potassium; sugar-free sodas, Diet soda - History, Diet soda - Health Risks, Diet soda - Nomenclature, Diet soda - Reduced-calorie soda, Diet soda - Incomplete list of major diet soda brands or brands with diet versions with sweetener, Diet soda - Acesulfame potassium, Diet soda - Aspartame, Diet soda - Saccharin, Diet soda - Sucralose, Diet soda - Currently Unclassified please file

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The claims of Feingold advocates have steadily expanded, and some resemble those made by clinical ecologists. The 1986 Feingold Handbook for example, states that "sensitivity to synthetic chemicals in the food or environment, or to some natural salicylates" can cause adults to suffer from nervous habits, chronic fatigue, impulsiveness, poor self-image, poor coordination, mental and physical sluggishness, temper flare-ups, headaches, depression, erra ...

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Feingold diet, Feingold diet - Introduction, Feingold diet - Research findings, Feingold diet - Unbounded claims, Feingold diet - Real risks

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The National Diet Library (NDL) is the successor of three separate libraries: the library of the House of Peers, the library of the House of Representatives, both of which were established at the creation of Japan's Imperial Diet in 1890; and the Imperial Library, which had been established in 1872 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. The Diet's power in prewar Japan was limited, and the its need for information was "correspondingly small." The original Diet libraries "never developed either the collections or the serv ...

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National Diet Library, National Diet Library - History, National Diet Library - Main Collection, National Diet Library - Important Special Collections, National Diet Library - Modern Political and Constitutional History, National Diet Library - Materials Concerning the Postwar Occupation of Japan, National Diet Library - Laws and Preliminary Records, National Diet Library - Science and Technology, National Diet Library - Maps, National Diet Library - Music, National Diet Library - Foreign Books About Japan, National Diet Library - Rare Books and Old Materials, National Diet Library - The Kansai-Kan, National Diet Library - National Diet Library Online Resources, National Diet Library - National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog NDL-OPAC, National Diet Library - Digital Library from the Meiji Era, National Diet Library - Rare Books Image Database, National Diet Library - Minutes of the Imperial Diet and National Diet, National Diet Library - Sources

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The term Raw Food Diet, has come to embody as diverse a set of definitions as there are types of food. While most "'raw foodists'" are vegetarian or vegan, some are also carnivorous or omnivorous. Most of the foods consumed in a typical vegan raw food diet are fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. The exact definition of raw food varies, but the general consensus is that a food has not been altered by any method which would alter the chemical structure, especially through cooking, freez ...

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Raw food diet, Raw food diet - Overview, Raw food diet - History, Raw food diet - Food preparation, Raw food diet - Beliefs and research, Raw food diet - Raw food movement, Raw food diet - Criticism, Raw food diet - Poisoning

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Throughout the past 50 years, governments throughout the world have been involved in the pursuit of engaging with their constituencies in attempts to help them eat healthily, and to remove strain on the governmental health services. Several problems, however have overshadowed government schemes and involvements; particularly media coverage of mass-produced, processed, "snack" or "sweet" products directly marketed at children. Hea ...

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Healthy diet, Healthy diet - Healthy diet, Healthy diet - Definition, Healthy diet - Food choice, Healthy diet - How much to eat?, Healthy diet - Regulation of intake, Healthy diet - Eating more or less of particular nutrients, Healthy diet - Government involvement, Healthy diet - Problems with government approaches

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A study conducted by Johns Hopkins reported that 50% of those patients starting the ketogenic diet reported a decrease in seizures of 50% or more, with 29% of patients reporting a 90% reduction in symptoms; these patients had previously tried an average of six anticonvulsant drugs. The success rate on patients who responded to anticonvulsants was not measured in that study (and appears to be lacking in other recent studies as well - there appears to be reluctance to try the diet on subjects except as a last resort). The success rate of the d ...

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Ketogenic diet, Ketogenic diet - Scientific Studies, Ketogenic diet - Double Blind Studies

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As the consumption of raw foods gains popularity, some unsafe foods have occasionally entered human diets. The following should be consumed with caution: Buckwheat greens, particularly if juiced or eaten in large quantities by fair skinned individuals. The chemical component fagopyrin is known to cause photosensitivity of the skin in animals and some serious human side effects have been reported anecdotally. The following is only a concern for those other than vegans: Raw Meat/Fish - The heating to an ...

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Raw food diet, Raw food diet - Overview, Raw food diet - History, Raw food diet - Food preparation, Raw food diet - Beliefs and research, Raw food diet - Raw food movement, Raw food diet - Criticism, Raw food diet - Poisoning

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apple diet (apple-cleansing regimen, apple-diet cleansing routine, apple-diet regimen, apple-diet therapy):  purificatory reducing aid inspired by the readings of religious seer Edgar Cayce (see The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing). The three-day regimen includes enemas and restricts food intake to raw apples (especially Delicious and Jonathan, and peeled unless they are organic), black coffee, and olive oil. Cayce recommended the diet for numerous ailments, including anemia, debilitation, and subluxations.

(See also: Apple diet, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

The Emperor issued the Edict of Worms on May 25, 1521, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic and banning his literature. The Papal nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo Aleandro, drew up and proposed the fierce denunciations of Luther that were embodied in the Edict of Worms, promulgated on May 25. These declared Luther to be an outlaw and banned the reading or possession of his writings. It permitted anyone to kill Luther without legal consequence. The Edict was a divisive move that distress ...

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Diet of Worms, Diet of Worms - Luther's Defense, Diet of Worms - Edict of Worms, Diet of Worms - External References

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Proponents of a raw food diet believe it dates to prehistoric eras, before humans discovered fire. Those who believe that prehistoric humans were largely non-carnivorous vegetarians believe that the human digestive system is largely configured to eat a mainly raw, mainly vegetarian diet, while those who believe their primitive ancestors to have been chiefly hunters, believe the opposite to be true. There are as many shades of variance between the two positions as there is historical evidence for a wide range of hunter gatherer activities, ra ...

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Raw food diet, Raw food diet - Overview, Raw food diet - History, Raw food diet - Food preparation, Raw food diet - Beliefs and research, Raw food diet - Raw food movement, Raw food diet - Criticism, Raw food diet - Poisoning

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Food producers have ascribed a commercial impact to the growing popularity of low-carbohydrate diets in recent years. For example, in May 2004, New World Pasta filed for bankruptcy protection, claiming that low-carbohydrate diets were reducing demand for pasta. In the same month, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts warned investors that its earnings would be below projections, and blamed low-carbohydrate diets on reduced demand for its products. Other producers have taken advantage of the trend. In response to consumer demand for low-carb foods, t ...

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Low-carbohydrate diet, Low-carbohydrate diet - Differences between low-carbohydrate diets, Low-carbohydrate diet - Arguments for low-carbohydrate diets, Low-carbohydrate diet - The evolutionary argument, Low-carbohydrate diet - Favorable studies, Low-carbohydrate diet - Arguments against low-carbohydrate diets, Low-carbohydrate diet - Side effects, Low-carbohydrate diet - Environmental impact, Low-carbohydrate diet - Food industry response, Low-carbohydrate diet - External sources

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Sears emphasizes a hormonal paradox which "low-fat" advocates were unaware of, namely that low-fat carbohydrates increase the production of the hormone insulin, causing the body to store more fat. He points to the cattle ranching practice of fattening livestock efficiently by feeding them lots of low-fat grain. He and others have noted the irony that human diets in the West for the last twenty years have been full of low-fat carbohydrates, yet peo ...

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Zone diet, Zone diet - Hormonal paradoxes, Zone diet - The low-carb craze, Zone diet - The Zone in Italy

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acu-diet (Dr. Bahr's acu-diet): Subject of Dr. Bahr's Acu-Diet: Weight Loss at Your Fingertips (William Morrow & Company, Inc.), by Munich-born Frank R. Bahr, M.D. The acu-diet is a combination of diets, exercises, and self-applied acupressure. According to acu-diet theory, one can influence the compulsive eating center in one's brain by massaging specific acupressure points.

(See also: Acu-diet, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)