Diet Book Research Articles

To review the properties of rice and wheat according to its types as in Ayurveda

Rice and wheat are staple food of India. Now days, it is recommended to eat only small grains, protein rich food and pulses. As per Ayurveda, the food which is grown in our area, where we live is suitable for us. Ayurveda gives detail description about types of rice, its qualities according to cultivation, variety, cooking etc. This data is extracted from the major text of Ayurveda, charak, sushruta, vagbhat and also other important text such as bhavprakash, Kashyapsamhita, chakradatta, ayurved mahodadhi-a diet book, websites, research thesis etc. As all this data is scattered and difficult to understand it is compiled for the better understanding about our important staple food. Rice is a very important grain as per Ayurvda; to study qualities of rice and wheat according to it types is aim of this study. Rice grown in arid land with minimum water, Rice which is old for more than one year and less than 2 year is good for nourishment and also healthy for diabetes patients. Red rice has good medicinal value. Method to cook rice is also very important. Wheat and yava is recommended to use when they are new, as after aging they become less nutritious. This article will help to know more about varieties of rice, its properties, its effect on body, its use in different diseases, and specific action on human organs. This article will give new insight about rice and wheat to common man as well as researcher.

Seeing Mediterranean

Food columnist Craig Claiborne wrote in 1988 that Mediterranean food had been named the “latest culinary trend,” noting the “flood” of restaurants, cookbooks, and even a diet book that were “riding the Mediterranean wave.” This so-called trend, the culinary Mediterranean that appeared in the American press of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, was of course a constructed geography. One of the things that makes it intriguing today is what it can tell us about historically constructed categories of race, religion, and ethnicity that marked diverse Middle Eastern and North African peoples who made homes for themselves in the United States in the twentieth century. Representations of this newly popular, supposedly unitary, Mediterranean cuisine filtered into the press in ways that noticeably skewed away from the actual Mediterranean peoples who had originated it, and especially away from those Mediterraneans who were Muslim or Arab. To see how the Middle East and North Africa gradually became “Mediterranean” in the American press, I examine how journalists initially distinguished European Mediterranean foodways from what they saw as orientalist cuisines to the south and east. I then trace the growing popularity of these “exotic” cuisines as the boundaries of the Mediterranean expanded to absorb them into a seemingly postcolonial frame whose imperial and Eurocentric legacies nonetheless remained vividly in place. Finally, I point toward tactical choices made by some members of Middle Eastern and North African diasporas to make their voices and agendas heard in rendering their cuisines accessible, and saleable, to American consumers.

Consumption, Wellness, and the Far Right

Consumption, Wellness, and the Far Right

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus the Low FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Non-Inferiority Comparison of Two Self-Help Books

Background: IBS is a highly prevalent, chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disorder of gut-brain interaction that can lead to considerable distress and disability. Although IBS does not respond particularly well to standard medical care, empirically supported treatments exist, including CBT and the low FODMAP diet. Many patients with IBS seek self-help and adjunctive treatments to supplement traditional medical care. Therefore, it is important to rigorously test some of those publicly available options to see if they provide measurable benefit to consumers. Aims: This study compared the efficacy of 2 self-help books (one cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT book and one low FODMAP diet book) for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Method: This study was a randomized, controlled, optional cross-over, single-blind, non-inferiority trial of 2 popular self-help books with 3 months of longitudinal follow-up. The books were Reclaim Your Life from IBS and The Complete Low FODMAP Diet Book. Result: Immediately post-treatment, participants in both conditions showed significant improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQL), GI symptom severity, catastrophizing, anxiety about visceral sensations, and depressive symptoms. There were no significant between-group differences at post-treatment in HRQL; although, the low FODMAP group did show greater declines in GI symptom severity. By 3-month follow-up, both groups continued to show significant improvement over baseline in HRQL, and there were no significant between group-differences on any measure. Conclusion: Reading either book with no professional guidance resulted in substantial improvement in patients with self-reported IBS.

Books: The Pioppi Diet: A 21-Day Lifestyle Plan: It's Not Just a Diet: It's a Lifestyle.

Malhotra Aseem and O’Neill Donal Penguin , 2017 , PB, 384 pp, £8.99, 978-1405932639 This is not just a diet book; it’s a healthcare manifesto. Both my parents are Maltese, and although I have spent the vast majority of my life outside Malta I return on a frequent basis to visit my elderly mother. At 87 years old and despite recent falls she is still going strong. She enjoys playing bridge and taking the sea air. She comes from a long line of women in her family who have lived well into their 90s. I am not sure the same is going to be said of the next generation on this tiny, …

Listlessness in the Archive

Listlessness in the Archive

Indigenous nutrition research and the low-carbohydrate diet movement: Explaining obesity and diabetes in Protein Power

Low-carbohydrate diets were particularly popular in English-speaking Western countries in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Based on a critical analysis of the bestselling low-carbohydrate diet book Protein Power (Eades and Eades 1996), this paper examines and critiques the use of anthropological and nutritional research about Indigenous people in the low-carbohydrate diet movement. I argue that Protein Power turns the popular scientific gaze onto Indigenous groups as a purported explanatory microcosm for the West, in which the negative effects of ‘civilized’ diet and lifestyle appear magnified and accelerated. However, the reduction of Indigenous foodways to the binary formation ‘urbanized Western diet’ versus ‘traditional Indigenous diet’ cannot account for the cultural and historical context in which food practices take place, nor for the social and environmental factors implicated in the development of diabetes and obesity. Rather, this binary reflects an investment in the ideology of ‘nutritional primitivism’: pursuit of a more natural and authentic, and therefore ostensibly healthier, diet.

Meal Replacements for Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes in a Community Setting

Background. There is limited information on the effectiveness of meal replacements (MRs) as a weight-loss strategy in an unsupervised community setting. Aim. To evaluate the use of MR compared with a diet book for 6 months. Subjects and Methods. Obese subjects (n = 120) with type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruited from the community in Adelaide, South Australia, and randomised to intervention or control. Subjects in the intervention were advised to consume 2 MR/day for 3 months and 1 MR/day for 3 months and follow the manufacturers' instructions from printed material and the website. Subjects in the control arm were given a commercially available diet book. Results. Consumption of 2 MR for 3 months and 1 MR for the subsequent 3 months led to weight loss of 5.5 kg (5%) and a 0.26% decrease in HbA1c while the diet book group had a weight loss of 3 kg (3%) (P = 0.027 for difference between groups) and a decrease in HbA1c of 0.15% (between group ns) in those who completed the 6-month study. On intention-to-treat (last observation carried forward) weight loss at 6 months was 3.4 kg in MR and 1.8 kg in control (P = 0.07). Decreases in HbA1c were 0.22% and 0.12%, respectively (P = ns). HDL cholesterol increased by 4% in MR and decreased by 1% in control (P = 0.004). Blood pressure decreased equally in both groups. There were reductions in fasting glucose in both groups at 6 months with no changes in LDL-cholesterol or triglyceride concentrations. Conclusion. MR confers benefits in HbA1C reduction and weight loss at 6 months in those who completed the study.

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Book 1: sociodemographic differences and impact on weight loss and well-being in Australia

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet (TWD) publication is an evidence-based weight management strategy utilising a structured higher protein diet as part of a nutritionally balanced lifestyle programme. Despite its popularity, the impact of TWD on weight status, weight loss and food choices of Australians was unknown. An independent representative survey was conducted in 2006. Sociodemographic differences in awareness, use of TWD and the impact on weight status and well-being were investigated via computer-aided telephone interviews and web-based surveys. Australia. A total of 5026 men and women aged 18-60 years. Consumers were highly aware of TWD (66 %) with personal use reported by 7·5 % of the total sample (n 5026). An additional 2·5 % (126 people) were members of a household that used TWD. In all, 80 % of TWD purchasers actively used the eating plan with approximately 3·8 % losing an average self-reported weight loss of 5·7 kg (sd = 1·72 kg; range = 1-13 kg). Results showed that awareness was greatest among women (73·79 % v. 58·27 %), those over 50 years of age (69·39 % v. 62·88 %) with no children in the household (69·00 % v. 64·88 %), tertiary educated people (72·58 % v. 63·22 %) and those with more previous weight loss attempts (79·66 % v. 70·24 %). Logistic regression was unable to predict an identifiable sociodemographic profile of TWD users. The present study shows widespread uptake of TWD in Australia with few sociodemographic differences. Self-reported increased awareness of nutrition and well-being as well as weight loss indicates that TWD has been a successful delivery mechanism for lifestyle advice.

Especificidades da tradução técnica de receitas - alguns problemas e possíveis soluções

Neste trabalho apresentamos, inicialmente, um esboço de categorização, com finalidade didática, das características do tipo/gênero textual “receita”. Em seguida relatamos nossa experiência pessoal e as dificuldades experimentadas na tradução das receitas de um livro de dieta. A partir disso, propomos, na sequência, algumas estratégias de tradução, discutindo as implicações do nosso estudo para a prática da tradução e para a terminologia da Culinária.

Demystifying Weight Loss Diets

For virtually every letter of the alphabet there is a diet book and the numbers are growing. It is becoming increasingly difficult for consumers to make sound choices among the various weight loss books with conflicting weight loss approaches. Embattled by the burden of escalating rates of obesity and limited successes with achieving long term weight loss in a slimness-revered society many consumers opt for the diet that is receiving the most media coverage and word of mouth promos at the time. This article presents a rubric for evaluating weight loss diet books to reduce the likelihood that nutritional, health, and economic status will be compromised by such unreliable decision-making. The criteria of the rubric—nutritional adequacy, balance, calorie control, disease prevention, and economic affordability (A, B, C, D, E) are simple and familiar enough for most consumers to grasp and apply with minimal guidance from nutrition professionals or paraprofessionals.

BRIEF REPORT: nutrition and weight loss information in a popular diet book: is it fact, fiction, or something in between?

Diet books dominate the New York Times Advice Best Seller list and consumers cite such books as an important source of nutrition information. However, the scientific support for nutrition claims presented as fact (nutrition facts) in diet books is not known. We assessed the quality of nutrition facts in the best-selling South Beach Diet using support in peer-reviewed literature as a measure of quality. We performed structured literature searches on nutrition facts located in the books' text, and then assigned each fact to 1 of 4 categories (1) fact supported, (2) fact not supported, (3) fact both supported and not supported, and (4) no related papers. A panel of expert reviewers adjudicated the findings. Forty-two nutrition facts were included. Fourteen (33%) facts were supported, 7 (17%) were not supported, 18 (43%) were both supported and not supported, and 3 (7%) had no related papers, including the fact that the diet had been "scientifically studied and proven effective." Consumers obtain nutrition information from diet books. We found that over 67% of nutrition facts in a best-seller diet book may not be supported in the peer-reviewed literature. These findings have important implications for educating consumers about nutrition information sources.

A life-threatening complication of Atkins diet

In February, 2004, we saw a 40-year-old obese white woman who complained of dyspnoea. 5 days earlier, her appetite had decreased, and she had felt nauseous and had since vomited four to six times daily. She became increasingly short of breath, and presented to us as an emergency. She had strictly followed the low-carbohydrate high-protein Atkins diet, eating meat, cheese, and salads for the previous month. She took vitamins recommended by the diet: chromium picolinate, Atkins Basic3 (multivitamins; Atkins Nutritionals, Inc, USA), Atkins Essential Oils (omega fatty acids), Atkins Dieters' Advantage (electrolytes and extracts), and Atkins Accel (a “thermogenic” formula). As instructed by the original Atkins diet book, 1 Atkins RC Dr Atkins' diet revolution. Bantam Books, New York1972 Google Scholar she monitored her urine twice daily, with dipsticks strongly positive for ketones. She reported a weight loss of about 9 kg over this 1-month period. Carbohydrates: how low can you go?In today's Lancet, Tsuh-Yin Chen and colleagues1 describe a patient admitted to hospital for ketoacidosis presumably as a result of following the Atkins low-carbohydrate diet. The Atkins diet can be appealing to overweight and obese individuals because it boasts good health and, most importantly, rapid weight loss without hunger in the first and most restrictive stage of the diet.2 This dangling carrot often provides the motivation needed to propel individuals to continue with a diet that they might otherwise quit within the first few days because of its significant restriction in food choices. Full-Text PDF

ABO blood group and diet prescription for weight loss

The ABO blood group phenotype has been related to risk of myocardial infarction and type 2 diabetes mellitus, but there is no evidence that ABO blood group influences diet prescription for effective weight loss. We examined retrospectively whether ABO blood group was associated with weight loss potential on high-protein (HP), calorie-restricted diets. Healthy, overweight subjects (n=11 blood group O; n=7 blood group A) consumed experimental diets composed of common foods including meat (HP: ~30% energy from protein and 30–55% energy from fat) for 6 weeks in tightly controlled feeding trials. Body mass and metabolic indices were measured at weeks 0 and 6. At baseline, body mass (95±6 [mean±SE] and 94±11 kg), fat mass (38±4 and 39±8 kg), LDL cholesterol (133±8 and 129±14 mg/dL), and fasting insulin (23±1 and 25±5 mU/L) did not vary by blood group (O and A respectively). However, fasting glucose tended to be higher in blood group O versus A (98±3 versus 91±2 mg/dL; p=0.065). After 6 weeks of diet adherence, mean body mass was reduced significantly in both blood groups (−6%), and mean blood indices were favorably affected in all subjects: LDL cholesterol was reduced 6% (p=0.612) and 16% (p=0.027), and fasting insulin was reduced 20% (p=0.087) and 25% (p=0.031) in blood groups O and A respectively. These data suggest that HP diets are effective for weight loss and healthy outcomes in overweight individuals with either the O or A blood group phenotype. These data do not support the contention of a popular diet book that individuals with the A blood group phenotype should adhere to low-protein, vegetarian diets for health and weight management. This research was supported in part by the Inflammation Research Foundation and the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Foundation.

The China study: the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss, and long-term health

Even today, as trendy diets and a weight-loss frenzy sweep the nation, two-thirds of adults are still obese and children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, typically an adult disease, at an alarming rate. If we're obsessed with being thin more so than ever before, why are Americans stricken with heart disease as much as we were 30 years ago? In The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The report also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and opportunistic scientists. The New York Times has recognized the study as the Grand Prix of epidemiology and the most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. The China Study is not a diet book. Dr. Campbell cuts through the haze of misinformation and delivers an insightful message to anyone living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and those concerned with the effects of aging. [This book is also available in Spanish, El Estudio de China.]

Effects of a Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diet with Nutritional Supplementation in Overweight Individuals

PURPOSE: Obesity-related illness is the second-leading preventable cause of death in the United States. As the prevalence of obesity increases, many Americans are turning to very-low-carbohydrate diets to lose weight despite little scientific information regarding efficacy and safety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the body mass and metabolic effects of a very-low-carbohydrate diet and nutritional supplementation in healthy, overweight individuals. METHODS: Fifty-one overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2), otherwise healthy individuals (normal history, physical exam and basic laboratory tests) were recruited into this six-month, single-arm, prospective clinical trial. The intervention included dietary counseling based on a popular very-low-carbohydrate (ketone-producing) diet book, group meetings (every other week for 3 months, then monthly for 3 months), daily nutritional supplementation (consisting of vitamins, minerals and oils) and an exercise recommendation. Dietary adherence was monitored by urinary ketone measurement. RESULTS: Forty-one of 51 subjects (80%) attended visits through 16 weeks. This efficacy analysis is based on data from these 41 individuals through 16 weeks. The mean age was 43.7 years (SD = 8.9); 76% were female; 76% were Caucasian, 22% were African-American. At baseline, the mean weight was 87.0 kg (SD = 11.1), BMI was 31.4 kg/m2 (SD = 2.8, range: 25.8 to 39.7 kg/m2), total cholesterol was 214.5 mg/dl (SD = 34.9), LDL was 134.4 mg/dl (SD = 30.4), HDL was 52.5 mg/dl (SD = 13.5), triglycerides were 129.9 mg/dl (SD = 61.9) and total cholesterol/HDL ratio was 4.3 (SD = 1.3). All subjects lost weight after 16 weeks (range: 2.7 to 17.0 kg). Mean weight decreased by 9.7 kg (SD = 3.4, p < 0.001 by paired t-test); mean BMI decreased by 3.5 kg/m2 (SD = 1.2, range: 1.1 to 6.2 kg/m2, p < 0.001). The amount of weight loss positively correlated with level of urinary ketones (p = 0.003). After 16 weeks, there were significant changes in mean total cholesterol of −11.8 mg/dl (p = 0.03), triglycerides of −52.1 mg/dl (p < 0.001), HDL of +4.7 mg/dl (p = 0.006) and total cholesterol/HDL ratio of −0.7 (p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant change in mean LDL. There were no significant changes over 16 weeks in mean serum uric acid (5.1 to 5.2 mg/dl) or creatinine (0.86 to 0.85 mg/dl), but mean BUN increased from 12.7 to 15.9 mg/dl (p < 0.001). There were no clinically significant adverse effects of the diet. CONCLUSION: In this study of healthy, overweight individuals, a very-low-carbohydrate diet with nutritional supplementation led to weight loss of 0.6 kg per week. This dietary approach was efficacious for weight loss while significantly improving total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and total cholesterol/HDL ratio.

EFFECTS OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM ON URINARY OXALATE EXCRETION AFTER OXALATE LOADS

Urinary oxalate is a primary determinant of the level of calcium oxalate saturation and the formation of calcium oxalate crystals, a key event in kidney stone formation. The primary objective of this study was to compare the effects of calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide on oxalate absorption. An experimental model was used that allowed differentiation between endogenously and oxalate load-derived urinary oxalate. Twenty-four healthy subjects (10 males, 14 females) participated in three oxalate load (OL) tests: control (OL alone), calcium carbonate (OL with concomitant calcium carbonate ingestion), and magnesium oxide (OL with concomitant magnesium oxide ingestion). Oxalate loads consisted of 180 mg. unlabeled and 18 mg. 1,2[13C2] oxalic acid. Timed urine samples were collected after the OL for analysis of oxalate, calcium, magnesium, and creatinine. Both the calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide treatments were associated with significantly lower load-derived oxalate levels at all time points within the initial 24-hour post-oxalate ingestion period compared with levels observed for the control treatment. There were no treatment effects on endogenous oxalate levels. The efficiency of oxalate absorption for the calcium carbonate (5.1%) and magnesium oxide (7.6%) treatments was significantly lower than that for the control treatment (13.5%). The results suggested that magnesium was nearly as effective as calcium in reducing oxalate absorption and urinary excretion. Higher levels of urinary oxalate, calcium, and magnesium in males appeared to be largely a function of body size since gender differences either disappeared or were reversed when a correction was made for urinary creatinine excretion.

The irritable bowel diet book

The irritable bowel diet book

The diabetic international diet book

Practical Diabetes InternationalVolume 4, Issue 6 p. 300-300 Book ReviewFree Access The diabetic international diet book Mrs D Turpie, Mrs D TurpieSearch for more papers by this author Mrs D Turpie, Mrs D TurpieSearch for more papers by this author First published: November/December 1987 https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.1960040615AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume4, Issue6November/December 1987Pages 300-300 RelatedInformation

Book Reviews : The Salt-Free Diet Book by G. Mac-Gregor. Pb. £3.50. Dr Anderson's HCF Diet by J. Anderson' Pb. £3.50. The Allergy Diet by E. Workman, J. Hunter and V. A. Jones. Pb. £3.50. Each volume published by Martin Dunitz London, 1984

Book Reviews : The Salt-Free Diet Book by G. Mac-Gregor. Pb. £3.50. Dr Anderson's HCF Diet by J. Anderson' Pb. £3.50. The Allergy Diet by E. Workman, J. Hunter and V. A. Jones. Pb. £3.50. Each volume published by Martin Dunitz London, 1984