Special Diets: Keto, Gout & Condition-Specific Nutrition

Condition-specific nutrition is vital for managing issues like pancreatic cancer or hyperthyroidism. From keto recipes to identifying foods that raise uric acid for gout sufferers, learn how to tailor your diet for your unique health needs.

What Foods to Avoid When You Have Mucus in Your Chest

Chances are, when you have mucus build-up in your chest, you know what foods will help. Chicken soups and other liquids may break up some of that phlegm, while honey and cold, soft foods like applesauce and sorbet may be soothing. What’s less clear is what foods actually aggravate your condition.

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Kanten Diet

Kanten is a traditional Japanese food made from a type of seaweed. Kanten is called agar agar in the United States. It was originally made from one seaweed, Gelidium, and dried in snow, but the Tokyo Foundation notes that modern kanten is more often made from Gracilaria seaweed.

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Liquid Diet for Diverticulitis

Knowing what to eat when you have diverticulitis can save you a lot of pain. When infection and inflammation attack your colon, you need foods that are easy to digest. A liquid diet is just what the doctor ordered for diverticulitis.

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The NASH Diet

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a more severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is a condition characterized by fat deposits, inflammation and damage in the liver. People with this condition are advised to lose any excess weight and exercise more to help limit the progression of their disease.

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The Candida Diet & Bananas

Learn how to control yeast growth on a candida diet, including whether bananas are allowed. Find tips for success, benefits of a low-carb diet, and reasons to avoid certain foods.

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A Diet for B Positive Blood Group

Blood type diets gained popularity in America due in large part to naturopathic physician and founder of the Institute for Human Individuality Peter J. D'Adamo, N.D. D'Adamo's bestselling books, including "Eat Right 4 Your Type" and "Live Right 4 Your Type" promote specific diets based on blood type to improve health.

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Fruits to Avoid With Diverticulitis

As you age, your intestines often develop small pockets or pouches called diverticula. As many as 50 percent of people over age 60 have diverticulosis, the presence of diverticula, MedlinePlus reports. A small percentage of people develop diverticulitis, inflammation of the diverticula and bowel.

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What Can You Eat on the No White Diet?

Eating large amounts of highly processed foods may increase your risk for weight gain, according to a study published in "Health Economics" in February 2011. One way to limit the amount of processed foods you eat -- and generally eat healthier -- is to try the No White Foods Diet.

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Meal Plan for a Low-Residue Diet

According to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a low-residue diet limits the amount of fiber and other materials that need to pass through your colon after digestion.

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List of Foods High in Tyramine

Tyramine, an amino acid found in both the body and in protein-containing foods, helps to regulate blood pressure. Taking an antibiotic medication containing linezolid -- or monoamine oxidase inhibitors to treat depression -- along with foods high in tyramine can result in a dangerous increase in blood pressure.

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Low-Carb Chinese Foods

If you're following a low-carb diet to lose weight or manage a medical condition, Chinese food can still be on the menu. A low-carb diet, as defined by American Family Physician in 2006, is a diet that keeps daily carbohydrate intake to 20 to 60 grams, or less than 20 percent of total daily calories.

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Lactose-Free Milk & Cholesterol

Less than 70 percent of the adult human population is capable of digesting the milk sugar lactose. Not content to stop consuming dairy, humankind has instead invented lactose-free milk. The changes to milk necessary to render it safe for the lactose-intolerant changes its nutrition profile at a fundamental level.

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Can Certain Foods Help Menstrual Cramps?

Menstrual pain affects most women to some extent. If you're part of the up to 15 percent of women who experience severe pain, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, it interferes with work or other activities for one or more days per month.

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Calorie Shifting Diet Meal Plans

Calorie-shifting meal plans change calories consumption from one day to the next so that over the course of a week, calories equal an average number that allows you to reach weight management goals.

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Brands of Wheat-Free Cereal

One of the first things that comes to mind when someone is faced with following a wheat-free diet is what to eat for breakfast. Many breakfast cereals are wheat-based, and if you’re a cereal eater, that can be tough to swallow.

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Low Carb Diet & Yogurt

Going on a low-carb diet can greatly limit the type and amount of foods you can eat, but this doesn't necessarily mean that you'll need to give up yogurt. If you choose a version of the low-carb diet with an induction phase, you may have to wait until the next phase, however, to get your yogurt fix.

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The Benefits of GNC Mega Men Sports Vitamins

If you're having a hard time eating right due to time constraints or lack of skills in the kitchen, you may feel the need to add a vitamin and mineral supplement to your diet as a sort of insurance policy for better nutrition.

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List of Good & Bad Foods for Gallstones

While many gallstones are harmless, some cause gallbladder inflammation, triggering pain and infections. While a healthy diet won't dissolve gallstones, it can help lower your risk of developing the stones and reduce symptoms once they form. Healthy eating can also help by promoting weight control.

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A Diet for RH Negative

The rhesus, or Rh, factor is a protein that is present on the surface of most people’s red blood cells. According to the Nemours Foundation, about 85 percent of people are Rh positive. The Rh negative diet is largely the product of work by Dr. Laura Power, creator of the Biotype Diets. According to Dr.

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