Therapeutic Diets for Special Conditions

Therapeutic Diets for Special Conditions
Many of us often take the word “diet” as cutting on food consumption. While it’s a fact that there might be some food restriction, it is a mistake to say that dieting is associated to skipping meals. Therapeutic diets are intended to aid in treatment of diseases or alterations in metabolic patterns. They are modified to cater to the special needs of certain medical conditions. These are diets that we often encounter at hospitals, ordered by our dietician. Read along to see their indications:
Clear Liquids. This short-term diet does not supply adequate protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals, or calories and is commonly indicated as preparation for diagnostics tests, or before and after surgery to minimize stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract, This diet is limited to water, tea, coffee, clear broths, ginger ale, or other carbonated beverages, strained and clear juices, and plain gelatin.
Full liquid diet contains only liquids or food that turn to liquid at body temperature, such as ice cream, milk,

10 Foods that Are Better to Buy Organic

Buying organic is good for your health and beneficial for the planet, but not all fruits and vegetables respond to organic farming practices in the same ways. Some foods are just as clean and healthy when not farmed organically, and in these cases you may want to save the extra pennies by opting to buy non-organic. For example, vegetables with thick skins—such as avocados, pineapple, mangoes, oranges, and bananas—usually aren’t affected either way by organic practices. To help you get a better sense of what types of fruits and vegetables most benefit from organic farming, here are a few items that experts recommend buying organic.

1. Celery: Celery works very much like a straw and is highly absorbent of any liquids that are in the soil and atmosphere. This means that whenever there are pesticides or other chemicals used in celery farming, those celery stalks are going to suck it right up. And the worst part is that these toxins can’t be washed off.

The Proper Outlook for Healthy Eating Habits

The average person usually takes eating habits for granted, without understanding the impact that healthy eating habits can have on one’s overall well-being. The problem with poor eating practices is that they are usually developed over a long course of time, making them hard to change. After all, habits are called habits for a reason: they are something that someone already has gotten used to so much that they almost seem like second nature to the person.

There is such a thing as a good outlook towards eating. Much of the habits that anyone has formed have been a result of whatever perspective that person has towards food. Following is a list of proper outlooks about food to lead one to healthy eating habits:

Eating vegetables can be fun.

The Wonders of Virgin Coconut Oil

Once wrongly mistaken as causing high cholesterol levels, and filled with bad saturated fats, Coconut Oil in all forms have suffered a very negative reputation in many countries, particularly in North America.

However, Asia and the Pacific have been using this product for health, medicinal, beautification and culinary purposes for centuries, leaving researchers intrigued and curious, that eventually lead them to research about another type of coconut oil, the Virgin Coconut Oil. In the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries, it is widely called VCO.

So what exactly makes VCO superior among other oils?

Well, the answer is lauric acid. Clinical studies have proven that the anti-microbial and anti-viral properties of VCO. So potent, that it has even been said to treat HIV and AIDS patients. The medical community marvels at how it drastically improved overall health conditions of HIV and AIDS victims by reducing their viral load.
Contrary to common belief that all saturated fats are bad for the body, especially for the cardiovascular system, VCO contains a unique form of saturated fat that actually helps prevent heart disease, stroke, and hardening of the arteries. The saturated fat in coconut oil is identical to a special group