Comparing diet plans like HCG, Paleo, and Atkins can help you find the best extreme weight loss meal plan. Learn the consequences of junk food and how to navigate low-carb cooking with soy flour.
Dizziness is a perceived sensation of spinning or movement, often accompanied by nausea, confusion and poor balance. Causes may include brain disorders, fluid in the inner ear, motion sickness, diabetes medications, tumors, allergies and infections.
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There are a host of diet plans available claiming to promote rapid weight loss. A low-carb diet is a popular diet plan in which only 15 to 20 percent of your calories come from carbs and the rest come from fats and proteins.
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The slippery, often thick substance that accumulates in your throat and nasal passages during a cold is called phlegm. It is one of your body's natural responses to inflammation associated with upper-respiratory infections, such as colds, bronchitis and sinusitis, allergies and chronic cough.
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Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas — the large gland behind the stomach that secretes enzymes used for digestion. While acute pancreatitis occurs suddenly, chronic pancreatitis develops gradually and continues long term.
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Yeast diets, also called candida diets, are used to reduce the negative effects of an overgrowth of candida -- a yeast-like fungus that occurs naturally in the body. Although candida itself is harmless, an overgrowth can cause yeast infections, or candidiasis, in your mouth, stomach, groin, urinary tract or skin.
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Bloating occurs when air or fluid builds up in your abdominal area, causing uncomfortable fullness, pressure and/or pain. Numerous factors can contribute to bloating, including stress, anxiety, smoking, digestive illnesses, irritable bowel syndrome and certain foods. Your eating habits can also play a role.
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A raw food diet is based upon uncooked, unprocessed plant-derived foods. Staples of the diet include organic fruits and vegetables, sprouts, unprocessed grains, nuts, beans and seaweed. In some cases mildly heated foods, such as warm vegetable soup, are permitted.
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Candida is a yeast-like fungus in the digestive tract that, when present in normal amounts, does not cause problems. When candida grows excessively it is a condition known as candidiasis, or yeast infection.
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Most everyone overeats on occasion. If you have compulsive overeating disorder, also called binge eating disorder, however, you consume excessive amounts of calories repeatedly, feel as though you can't stop and likely experience shame, poor self-esteem and depression.
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Low-carb diets promote restriction of carbohydrates -- your body's primary energy source -- to lose weight. While these diets may reduce your appetite and promote short term weight loss, according to MayoClinic.
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