Paleolithic diet - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - Practices
One of the basic premises of this nutritional theory is that many of the foods that humans eat today are not suitable for consumption due...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia - Nutrition
Nutrition is the study of the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. It is defined as the study of food. Absence of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Health
Ill health can be brought about by an imbalance of nutrients, producing either an excess or deficiency which in turn affects body functio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Beliefs And Research
Those who follow this way of eating generally believe that: Raw foods contain enzymes which act as catalysts to regulate the digestive p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Health
Ill health can be caused by an imbalance of nutrients, producing either an excess or deficiency, which in turn affects body functioning c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Current Issues And Challenges
Challenging issues in modern nutrition include: 'Artificial' interventions in food production and supply: Should genetic engineering be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Longevity
Nutrition - Calorie restriction. Lifespan may be somehow related to the amount of food energy consumed: this was first systematically i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Overview
The human body comprises chemical compounds such as water, amino acids (proteins), fatty acids (lipids), nucleic acids (DNA/RNA), and car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Sports
Nutrition is very important for improving sports performance. The most common means to improve performance through diet is the practice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Issues
Challenging issues in modern nutrition include: 'Artificial' interventions in food production and supply: Should genetic engineering be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Longevity
Nutrition - Calorie restriction. Lifespan may be somehow related to the amount of food energy consumed: this was first systematically i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Sports
Nutrition is very important for improving sports performance. The most common means to improve performance through diet is the practice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - History
Proponents of a raw food diet believe it dates to prehistoric eras, before humans discovered fire. Those who believe that prehistoric hum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Overview
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 ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Raw Food Movement
Leading proponents of the raw food movement currently include Doug Graham, Nora Lenz, Victoria Boutenko, Jinjee and Storm Talifero, Gabri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Food Preparation
Most foods in raw food diets are simple in preparation, and can be eaten immediately. These include fruit and salads. Other foods can req...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Overview
The human body comprises chemical compounds such as water, amino acids (proteins), fatty acids (lipids), nucleic acids (DNA/RNA), and car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Poisoning
As the consumption of raw foods gains popularity, some unsafe foods have occasionally entered human diets. The following should be consum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raw Food Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Raw Food Diet - Criticism
Raw food diets have been criticized in the mainstream medical community as being too harsh and restrictive. Critics of the diet argue tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Low-carbohydrate Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Low-carbohydrate Diet - Arguments For Low-carbohydrate Diets
Low-carbohydrate diet - The evolutionary argument. Some advocates of low carb diets argue that the Paleolithic diet did not include gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Signs And Symptoms
The typical patient is a young man of 15-30 years old (although women are also affected) with pain and stiffness in the spine. It is also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is by X-ray studies of the spine, which show characteristic spinal changes and sacroiliitis. A normal X-ray does not exclud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Pathophysiology
AS is a systemic rheumatic disease, and about 90% of the patients are HLA-B27 positive. HLA-DR and IL1ra are also implicated in ankylosin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Low-carbohydrate Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Low-carbohydrate Diet - Food Industry Response
Food producers have ascribed a commercial impact to the growing popularity of low-carbohydrate diets in recent years. For example, in May...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Low-carbohydrate Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Low-carbohydrate Diet - Arguments Against Low-carbohydrate Diets
In 2004, a Canadian court ruled that foods sold in Canada could not be marketed with reduced or eliminated carbohydrate content as a sell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Therapy
Physical therapy and exercise, along with medication, are at the heart of therapy for ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis - P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Therapy
Physical therapy and exercise, along with medication, are at the heart of therapy for ankylosing spondylitis. There are four major types ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Pathophysiology
AS is a systemic rheumatic disease, and about 90% of the patients are HLA-B27 positive. HLA-DR and IL1ra are also implicated in ankylosin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankylosing Spondylitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is by X-ray studies of the spine, which show characteristic spinal changes and sacroiliitis. A normal X-ray does not exclud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - Overview
Supporters of this theory argue that since human genetics have scarcely changed since the stone age, an ideal diet would be a reconstruct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - Food Sources And Preparation
For many practitioners of paleolithic nutrition, the foods' source is just as important as the kind of foods being consumed. It is common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - Benefits
The benefits of a paleolithic diet are, as with most dietetic theories, widely debated. There are however a number of medically diagnosed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - Cautions About Poisoning
As the consumption of raw foods gains popularity, some unsafe foods have occasionally entered the human diet. It should be pointed out th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paleolithic Diet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paleolithic Diet - History
Paleolithic diet - History of the human diet. Contributions are needed for this section Paleolithic diet - History of this theory. Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition, Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article