Diet Therapy

Diet Therapy: Diet is another very important part of the management of diabetes. Some adult onset (non-insulin dependent or type 2) diabetics can be controlled with diet and exercise alone.

High-fiber diet therapy is actually a return to nature and the plant-based diets used by our ancestors since the beginning of time.

Exercise therapy
Diet therapy (diabetic diet)
Drug therapy
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Orthomolecular medicine encompasses several different medical practices, including diet therapy.

The best diet therapy is to include a balanced diet with a variety of foods. Diets should be rich in fruits/vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and lean meats.

Mahan LK, Escott-Stump S, eds. Krauses Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy . 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 2000.
Morrison G, Hark L, eds. Medical Nutrition and Disease . 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, Inc.; 1999.

Depression is treated by a combination of various techniques and medications including antidepressant drugs, electroshock therapy (ECT), diet therapy, and exercise and relaxation techniques.

"Cholesterol-lowering effects of psyllium intake adjunctive to diet therapy in men and women with hypercholesterolemia: meta-analysis of 8 controlled trials." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 71, No. 2, 472-479, February 2000.

Anderson JW, Allgood LD, Lawrence A, et al. Cholesterol-lowering effects of psyllium intake adjunctive to diet therapy in men and women with hypercholesterolemia: meta-analysis of 8 controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;71:472-479.

Combination therapy - In some children, a combination of medications and behavioral therapy will stop bedwetting when other treatments have failed.
Other options - Studies show that hypnosis, diet therapy (especially cutting out caffeine) and ...

The sugars are in beet and cane sugar, fruits, honey, sweet corn, corn syrup, milk and milk products, etc.; the starches are in cereal grains, legumes (FABACEAE), tubers, etc. (From Claudio & Lagua, Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary, 3d ed, p32, ...

This treatment can seriously disrupt your life and isolate you from others.
Diet therapy. You eat only certain types of food and take vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. There could be a danger of malnutrition if the diet is not balanced.

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