In January 2005, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly released the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These new guidelines outline recommendations to promote health and reduce the risk of chronic disease through nutritious eating and physical activity. The new guidelines encourage Americans over 2 years of age (more…)

What you eat can help you achieve optimal performance in military training and in your day-to-day duties. Nutrition experts recommend a balanced diet that is high in complex carbohydrates and low in fat to help you attain peak performance. While it is true that some supplements may provide health benefits, others are unnecessary since food can generally supply all these nutrients. Additionally, many other (more…)

• Eat plenty of fresh and frozen vegetables instead of canned vegetables. If can vegetables are used rinse them prior to cooking under running water for two to three minuets. Rinsing canned vegetables will decrease the sodium content by approximately 40 percent. • Season with herbs, spices, herbed vinegar, herb rub, and fruit juices or prepare easy salt-free herb blends. See recipes on the back (more…)

The countrywide integrated noncommunicable disease intervention (CINDI) programme has identified food and nutrition policy as central to the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. This dietary guide has been prepared to assist CINDI member countries in the development of policies and programmes that foster food consumption patterns that are healthy and consistent with local conditions (more…)

This document is intended to provide a simple summary of the major biomedical treatments available to help children and adults with autism/Asperger’s. Biomedical treatments will not help every child, but they have helped thousands of children improve, sometimes dramatically. This summary is primarily based on the excellent book “Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments” by Jon Pangborn, (more…)

The National Research Council (NRC) report Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children (NRC 1993) concluded that dietary intake represents the major source of pesticide exposure for infants and children, and this exposure may account for the increased pesticide-related health risks in children compared with adults. However, direct quantitative assessment of dietary pesticide exposure (more…)

The gluten-free diet presents unique challenges for children with celiac disease and their families. Prior to diagnosis, children may be quite ill, suffering from poor growth and developmental delay. Upon accurate diagnosis and treatment, children usually improve quickly; however despite rapid improvement of symptoms, compliance with diet may be less than optimal, putting the child once again at risk for the (more…)

If your child has just been diagnosed with celiac disease (CD), you may be experiencing mixed feelings. On one hand, no one likes to hear that his or her child has any kind of medical condition. However, you may be relieved to finally have the answer to your child’s past medical problems. You may also feel better knowing that celiac disease is a treatable disorder, that intestinal damage from celiac disease (more…)

A Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases met in Geneva from 28 January to 1 February 2002. The meeting was opened by Dr D. Yach, Executive Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO, on behalf of the Directors-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization. The Consultation (more…)

What you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension (the medical term). Recent studies show that blood pressure can be lowered by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan—and by eating less salt, also called sodium. While each step alone lowers blood pressure, the combination of the eating plan and a reduced (more…)