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Milk and its derivative products are a rich source of dietary calcium and also provide protein, phosphorus, vitamin A, and vitamin D. However, many dairy products are high in saturated fat and cholesterol compared to vegetables, fruits and whole grains, which is why skimmed products are available as an alternative.
For example, researchers found that milk and dairy drinks that had protein claims were classified as less healthy over 61% of the time, while non-protein claim milk and dairy drinks were only ...
A low-protein diet is a diet in which people decrease their intake of protein. A low-protein diet is used as a therapy for inherited metabolic disorders, such as phenylketonuria and homocystinuria , and can also be used to treat kidney or liver disease.
VLCDs are defined as a diet of 800 kilocalories (3,300 kJ) per day or less. [8] [9] Modern medically supervised VLCDs use total meal replacements, with regulated formulations in Europe and Canada which contain the recommended daily requirements for vitamins, minerals, trace elements, fatty acids, protein and electrolyte balance.
The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid is a nutrition guide that was developed by the Oldways Preservation Trust, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the World Health Organization in 1993. It summarizes the Mediterranean Diet pattern of eating, suggesting the types and frequency of foods that should be enjoyed every day.
A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It encompasses a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of fiber-rich [ 3 ] plant products such as vegetables , fruits , whole grains , legumes , nuts , seeds , herbs, and spices .
The process of making a diet version of a food usually requires finding an adequate low-food-energy substitute for some high-food-energy ingredient. [2] This can be as simple as replacing some or all of the food's sugar with a sugar substitute as is common with diet soft drinks such as Coca-Cola (for example Diet Coke). In some snacks, the food ...
Macrobiotic diet: a plant-based diet that may include occasional fish or other seafood. [27] Cereals, especially brown rice, are the staples of the macrobiotic diet, supplemented by small amounts of vegetables and occasionally fish. Some advocates of the macrobiotic diet promote a vegetarian (or nearly vegan) approach as the ideal. [28]