Diet therapy involves altering one's diet to prevent or treat diseases and promote optimal health. A healthy diet, rich in various nutrients, is essential for preventing chronic diseases and supporting overall well-being, while poor dietary choices can lead to serious health issues. This document outlines the benefits of healthy eating, potential diet-related diseases, and the importance of diet therapy in managing various health conditions.

1. Memoona Arshad
Group 11 – 6th Sem.
ISM – IUK
Presented to: Mam Rahat

2. • Diet therapy is a broad term for the alteration or
adoption of a diet to prevent or treat a disease or to
simply promote optimum health.
• In some cases, an alternative dietary lifestyle plan
may be developed to eliminate certain foods to
reclaim health.
• An incorrect diet can cause not only weight gain and
skin conditions but may promote exhaustion and
fatigue.
• Depending on the disease, if you do not follow the
diet advised to you by a specialist it may have
serious consequences on your health.
• A good diet can prevent various diseases.
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3. •A healthy diet is essential for good health and
nutrition. It protects you against many chronic
non-communicable diseases, such as heart
disease, diabetes and cancer.
•Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt,
sugars and saturated and industrially-produced
trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet.
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4. •For example, if it is to treat obesity or excess
weight, weight loss is closely related to a
decrease in the number of calories released in
the body; in fact, the energy balance must be
negative, that is, the calories consumed must be
lower than those burned.
•This is achieved not only by integrating a sports
activity into the patient's routine but also by
changing the patient's eating habits. 4

5. A healthy diet is a diet that maintains or improve overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with
essential nutrition: fluid, macronutrients, micronutrients, and adequate food energy.
• Beans
• Grains
• Cauliflower
• Cantelope
• Pasta
• Bread
• Orange
• Turkey
• Salmon
• Carrots
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• Turnips
• Zucchini
• Snowpeas
• string beans
• Radishes
• Asparagus
• Summer squash
• Lean beef
• Tomatoes
• Potatoes.

6. • Benefits of Healthy Eating
• May help you live longer.
• Keeps skin, teeth, and eyes healthy.
• Supports muscles.
• Boosts immunity.
• Strengthens bones.
• Lowers risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.
• Supports healthy pregnancies and breastfeeding.
• Helps the digestive system function.
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7. Diets high in sugars, saturated and trans- fats, low fiber foods and high-sugar drinks contribute to non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) and other health problems. High intake of fast food and processed
foods increases these health risks.
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• Overeating of fatty and greasy food
• Milk Products
• Sweet Foods
• Highly Flavored Food
• Pungent Food
• Leading to the formation of Damp-Heat
• Overeating of cold food and raw food

8. • Causes of unhealthy food
• being overweight or obese
• tooth decay
• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• heart disease and stroke
• type-2 diabetes
• osteoporosis
• some cancers
• depression and eating disorders.
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9. Diet therapy is not limited to
weight loss: in fact, this
treatment can prevent and
treat a whole range of different
diseases, with very different
characteristics and the diet
may depend on the nature of
the disorder treated.
Here is the list of diseases that
can be treated with diet
therapy and other clinical
treatments:
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Constipation Diarrhea Osteoporosis
Meteorism Alcoholism Ulcers
Aerophagia Hypothyroidism Atherosclerosis
Heart disease Headache Hypertension
Cholecystitis Ulcerative colitis Irritable bowel
Diabetes Renal insufficiency Anaemia

10. •Healthy diet – Wikipedia
•This is your body on fast food - The Washington Post
•Diet therapy: what is it, symptoms and treatment | Top
Doctors
•The Risks Of Poor Nutrition | SA Health
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