how might diet defiency weaken a person's resistance to disease?
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Im not a nutrition expert, but i learned in school enough to know that : \n\nWithout the intake of the right nutrients, like Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats(good fats - omega 3 etc), Vitamins.\n\nThe persons body is not developed enough to have an immune system, therefore being succeptible(cant spell) to disease.\n\nHaving a balanced diet is very important. Being educated enough to know that iron is best absorbed into the body with vitamin c ( so if eating meat, dark green veg, a glass of orange juice is good ) \nThe same way calcium is absorbed into the body by eating vitamin d.\nPlenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, milk, iron. Exercise.\nThese are the key to a healthy immune system.
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The best way to prevent disease is to have a strong immune system.\n\nThis is acheived by a healthy diet that avoids animal products, processed food and sugar, good exercise for an hour per day, regular sleep, sunshine, and love.\n\nIf you have all those, you will not get diseases.
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Diets alone seldom work long term...I suggest a complete lifestyle change...\nLimit your total carbohydrate intake to 80 grams a day...( Read the labels on your food to get the numbers, and add 'em up )\nI have found that fruits, nuts and high protien does the trick for me...\nImportant also is to get your body burning fat...That takes enough exercise 3 times weekly to make yourself BREATHE HARD...The weight just begins to MELT off..:D
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diet and exercise alone should be enough for a very mild version of disease, I would recommend you to consider systemic immuno suppresive therapy if symptoms are persisting or getting worse, good luck
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You really need to watch your intake of acidic foods. \n\nThere are certain foods that are beneficial and certain you should avoid.\n\nDrink sufficient fluids -- your weight divided by 2 = ounces per day. Take fluids between meals, using reverse osmosis purified water, unsweetened juices, and herbal beverages. Try liquid chlorophyll in pure water, it is delicious and refreshing! \n\n*A minimum of 50% of your food should be alive -- fresh, raw, unprocessed. Dead food cannot build strong bodies. Eat foods in season and foods that can spoil. (But eat them before they spoil, of course!)More is preferable! \n\n*Eliminate foods used in a microwave. Try to eliminate using the microwave for anything you eat or drink.\n\n*Eliminate processed sugars and white flour and any foods that contains these; i.e., read labels. \nSubstitute whole grain foods for white -- stone ground whole wheat, brown rice, etc. \n\n*Avoid all stimulants. They are very hard on the adrenal glands. (Coffee, cigarettes, chocolate, cola drinks, alcohol, aspirin, black tea -- herbal tea acceptable.) \n\n*It is easier on your digestive system if you eat fruit by itself. Fruit digests faster than any other type of food. Starches and proteins do not combine well either. \n\n*Eat two-thirds of your daily food intake before mid-afternoon if possible. It is best to use protein in the morning and at noon, not in the evening. \n\n*Eliminate fried foods of all kinds -- bake, roast, or steam instead. \n\n*Avoid pork and any product containing pork -- lunch meats, hot dogs, ham, bacon, sausage, etc. Experts feel that the parasites in pork are heat-resistant. \n\n*Do not use aluminum cookware. \n\n*Replace table salt with Vegetable Seasoning Broth, kelp or B-Salt. Table salt -- sodium chloride -- is an imbalanced chemical which can cause health problems. \n\n*Replace red meat with fish or fowl whenever possible. \n\n*Substitute leaf lettuce -- Romaine, red or green leaf, or butter for head lettuce which has very little food value and is toxic in the colon. \nTry to add cultured products, natural yogurt & keifer (not sweetened) to your diet to help your digestive system. Also add acidophilus supplements to your regimen to increase friendly bacteria in your intestines and support your immune system. \n\n\n*70% of your daily food intake should be selected from alkaline-forming list. 30% from the acid-forming list. \n\nTo accomplish this, you may have: \n5 vegetables* \n2 fruits \n2 starches -- or -- 1 starch \n1 protein 2 proteins\n\nAcid - Forming Foods \nMeat \nFowl \nEggs \nBread\nNuts \nCitrus juices \nFish \nCheese \nRice \nGrains (cereal) \nSugar \nAlkali - Forming Foods \n\nFruit juices/except citrus \nVegetable juices \nRaw Honey \nSoybeans \nPotatoes \n*Liquid Chlorophyll - Chloropyll may be used as a vegetable.\nGoat milk \nsprouted seeds \n\nMe - fitness expert, nutrition and life coach \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoda of ay kind is one of the worst things you can put into your body.\nOne can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites. I can't think of any good reason to ever have it. The diet varieties are also problematic as they are filled with harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame.\n\nAspartame has been linked to \nBirth Defects \nCancer (Brain Cancer) \nDiabetes \nEmotional Disorders \nEpilepsy/Seizures\n\nSplenda is just as bad in fact Splenda is one of the worse things you could ever put in your body. It sugar and chlorine mixed together forming a chemical called sucralose.\n\nSplenda's Sour Side Effects\n\nShrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage) \nEnlarged liver and kidneys \nAtrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus \nReduced growth rate \nDecreased red blood cell count \nDiarrhea \n\nStudies have linked soda to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease, yet the average American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks each year. Pl
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It really depends on what it is that you do eat.  Cetain grains and vegetable combinations carry everything you need to survive.  If you are eating these then you will be an extreamly healty person with no risk of heart disease.
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see Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick  Quillen for the big scoop on all diets and their effect on cancer. A wonderful book!\nAlso see How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine by Michael Murray for more discussion and helpful advice.\nGood luck!
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Thats impossible to say because you'd have to provide use with your dietary information. It is also dependent on how fast your metabolism is.
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Not nearly as well as traditional diet and exercise.  Sorry, but that's the truth. Best of luck.
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I'm not sure that you can.  Have you seen a gastroenterologist about this?  I have a friend who was very sick from this & she had to moderate her diet & has to be very careful of what she eats.  My gastro was checking for this & found that my B-12 was deficient.
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None.  Fix your diet.  It's healthier and will last longer.
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Not sure there is a way but whenever I have went on a strict diet it seems to have that effect on my period. It may not effect everybody like that.
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No we don't. The human immune system is an extraordinary thing much like the rest of it's systems. The more it's exercised the stronger it gets. Avoiding germs and bacteria only makes people weaker.
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Agree with good nature. Diet while not being appetizing or attractively presented is very high in nutritional requirements. Two things happen in prison, you either veg, overeat and become fat or eat healthy and work out.\nTime passing can be the TV or exercise. Your Choice
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an attempt to lose a lot of weight quickly by strictly limiting how much you eat
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Diet and exercize, a 10% loss in weight can actually turn around insulin resistance and diabetes. But don't stop there it is something that you have to do the rest of your life. As far as diet portion sizes are very important and eat your veggies and fiber. I have seen this work with people I love.
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its called drinking some water, getting some multivitamins before you drink, not mixing drinks (like wine and beer and vodka all together), and having genetic resistance (its in your family). also, there are certain food your should not eat.