Questions tagged [therapeutic-diet]
An eating patterns that aims to assist with recovery or mitigation of chronic disease or other conditions.
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Can a vegetarian diet help prevent recurrence of heart attack?
If somebody has already experienced a heart attack and recovered, can adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet help to prevent a second heart attack? If yes, is one more effective than another, or is there ...
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Have vegetarian or vegan diets been shown to help people with mental illness?
I recently had a discussion with a friend who struggles with mental health, and that friend was planning to try a more plant-based diet (or even a totally plant-based diet) in an attempt to improve ...
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Can going vegan have additional benefits for people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
My ex wife read some things online a while back which suggested that she could possibly mitigate some of her symptoms from her Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (a connective tissue disorder) by going vegetarian,...
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Diabetes and vegan diet to control blood sugar
I want to learn more about ways that blood sugar levels and diabetes can be adequately controlled without needing to include more protein from animal sources.
What are some foods to eat that are high ...
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How should one adapt a vegetarian diet after breaking a bone?
I was wondering how one should adapt one's diet to optimize bone reconstruction efficiency.
Popular knowledge tends to highlight the need for calcium, but I'd like to know if there are any scientific ...
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Does a vegan diet help to reduce allergy symptoms?
Several studies have shown the positive impact that vegan diet can have on gut microbiota1. At the same time several studies have shown the connections between a gut in a poor status and the ...
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Is there any evidence that vegan and/or rawfood diets are beneficial to people that suffer from rheumatoid arthritis?
Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis often get worse on diets abundant in meats, especially red meats.
Can vegan and/or raw food diets have positive effects on people with this disease?
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Can vegan diets have a positive effect on people with diabetes?
I'm wondering whether a diet rich in plant foods, such as a vegan diet, can have a positive impact on people with diabetes and/or people with pre-diabetes, the condition in which blood glucose levels ...
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