Health Concerns

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Health Concerns
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Diet and Health

• There is a relationship between a proper and
  healthy diet and the prevention, control and
  maintenance of health concerns.
• A doctor should always be consulted if you have
  any of the following health concerns.

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Anemia Causes

• There is a severe depletion of iron stores
  resulting in low blood hemoglobin

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Anemia Symptoms

• Person is weak and tired. Their mental state is
  affected.
• Loss of blood creates a loss of iron.

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Anemia High Risk

• Menstruating females are at higher risk

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Anemia Prevention

• Meat is an excellent source of iron
• Not all ingested iron is absorbed vitamin C
  helps to absorb iron when taken together.
• Fortified cereals have iron added

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Colon Cancer Causes

• Hereditary
• Not enough fiber in the diet.

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Colon Cancer Symptoms

• One of the top causes of cancer deaths in the
  U.S.

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Colon Cancer High Risk

• Fiber helps food move through large intestine
• Insoluble fiber will not dissolve, absorbs water,
  contributes bulk, lowers the risk for cancer

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Colon Cancer Prevention

• Diets should consist of 20 - 35 grams of fiber a
  day
• Fiber helps food move through large intestine
• Good sources of fiber include fruits, whole
  grains, vegetables
• Insoluble fiber significantly inhibits the
  development of precancerous colon and rectal
  polyps

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Diabetes

• Type 1 Diabetes
• Child or juvenile diabetes
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Adult Onset
• Hyperglycemia - blood glucose levels are too high
• Causes damage to the kidneys, eyes, and other
  body parts

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Diabetes Causes

• Diabetes affects the bodys production and use of
  insulin - making blood glucose levels abnormally
  high
• Insulin is a hormone produced in the body.

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Diabetes Symptoms

• Excessive urination and thirst
• Weight loss with nausea, easy tiring, weakness,
  irritability
• cravings for food especially sweets
• vision disturbance blurred vision
• slow healing of cuts and bruises.

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Diabetes High Risk

• Many people have a genetic predisposition to
  acquiring the disease.

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Diabetes Prevention

• Maintaining a healthy body weight helps to
  prevent hyperglycemia
• Soluble fiber may improve the control of blood
  sugar and can reduce the need for insulin or
  medication
• Important to manage carbohydrate intake through
  diet and/or receiving insulin

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Heart Disease

• Coronary heart disease (CHD) refers to disease of
  the heart and blood vessels
• Arteriosclerosis plaque forms along the inner
  walls of the arteries.

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Heart Disease Causes

• Plaque forms along the inner walls of the
  arteries
• Saturated fat in the diet is changed to
  cholesterol which forms the plaque

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Heart Disease Symptoms

• Severe pain in the left arm and chest proceed a
  heart attack.
• Overweight
• Low exercise

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Heart Disease High Risk

• factors increasing the risk
• genetics, age, high-fat diet (high blood
  cholesterol), lack of exercise, stress, smoking
  and tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption,
  low fiber intake, low vitamin/mineral intake

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Heart Disease Prevention

• Decrease consumption of foods high in saturated
  fats and sodium
• High sodium/salt foods - onion rings, pickles,
  french fries, potato chips, some soft drinks

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Osteoporosis Causes

• Bones become porous and fragile due to the lack
  of calcium
• Bone density is developed during the first 25
  years of life. After age 25, calcium
  consumption helps to maintain the existing bone
  density

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Osteoporosis Symptoms

• Curving of the spine. Bones become porous.
  Bones break very easily.

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Osteoporosis High Risk

• A condition manifested in older adults
• Females at higher risk
• Low-calcium diet
• Thinness
• Smoking
• Lack of exercise
• Alcoholism
• Chronic steroid use

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Osteoporosis Prevention

• Recommended daily fluid milk intake
• children - 2 cups
• adolescents - 4 cups
• adults - 2 cups
• Mypyramid recommends at least 3 cups

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