The Cholesterol Nuclear Option. Source: http://imgur.com/gallery/V2dtI
- Harvard Health Letter Spreading your way to lower cholesterol?
Week 3: Diabetes
Defining and Diagnosing Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association, Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2012
- MedlinePlus – Diabetes, Diabetes Interactive Tutorial
- International Diabetes Federation
Physical Activity and Weight in Diabetes
- NIH, Diabetes Prevention Program
- CDC – Prevent Diabetes
- WHO – The Cost of Diabetes
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse – What I need to know about Physical Activity and Diabetes
Meal Planning for Diabetes
- MedlinePlus, Diabetes – When you are Sick, Diabetes and Meal Planning, Hypoglycemia
- American Diabetes Association – Planning Meals, MyFoodAdvisor
- USDA Nutrient Database
Carbohydrate Counting and Exchange Lists For Meal Planning
- American Diabetes Association – Carbohydrate Counting
- Clinical Diabetes – Carb Counting, the Basics
- Mayo Clinic, Full Exchange lists (2008)
- USDA Carbohydrate Counting and Exchange Lists
Dietary Fiber and Blood Sugar Control
- WebMD “Fiber-o-Meter” Dietary Fiber Calculator
Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
- MedlinePlus Sweeteners – sugars
- Nutrition and Food Web Archive ADI Calculator
_Gestational Diabetes: _PubMed Health, American Diabetes Association, UCSF Patient Education – Diabetes in Pregnancy
Week 4: Cancer
Cancer Prevention
- World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and American Institute for Cancer Research (ACRI), Second Expert Report Recommendations
- American Cancer Society (ACS) Prevention Guidelines
Diet and Cancer
- American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) Quiz: How Healthy is Your Diet? [Oh, if I lived in a lower latitude where fruits were more readily available…]
- ACS Calculators
- HSPH Fiber and Colon Cancer: Following the Scientific Trail
- Ornish Spectrum – Prostate Cancer
- National Cancer Institute – Prostate Cancer, Nutrition & Supplements
- American Cancer Society: Bottom Line on Soy & Breast Cancer Risk
- WCRF Alcohol Calorie Calculator. [Yes, excess alcohol can increase your risk of cancer and awkward hook-up]
_Debunking Cancer and Diet Myths _[Executive summary: eat sensibly. There’s no silver bullet, but there’s a big pile of bullshit out there.]
- NCI Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Guide for People with Cancer
- AICR Foods that Fight Cancer
- AICR Foods that Fight Cancer Glossary
Nutrition Needs in Cancer
- MedlinePlus – Diet and Cancer Treatment
- American Cancer Society “I Can Cope” online nutrition class
Week 5: Obesity and Weight Management
_Defining Obesity: _World Health Organization, HSPH Measuring Obesity
_Energy Balance: _NIH/NHLBI, National Cancer Institute
_Metabolic Syndrome _[These are risk factors that, when occur together, imply a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular problems.]: Medline Plus, PubMed Health
Pediatric Obesity [Children who are obese are more likely to be obese adults.]
- HSPH, Healthy Weight Checklist, Child Obesity
- CDC, Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition (WeCAN)
- CDC, Child & Teen BMI Calculator
- Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Family Nutrition & Physical Activity Survey
- ChooseMyPlate.gov – Children Over 5
_Guest Lecturers _[These were the two folks I remember as they offered different viewpoints.]
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Robert Lustig: Sugar – The Bitter Truth [This was interesting; I now understand the concerns about high-fructose corn syrup in diets.]
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Linda Bacon, PhD: Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight, HAES Community Resources. [The premise is that weight loss is irrelevant if one is healthy. More here.]
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Nutrition Journal, Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
**Week 6: Disorders of the GI Tract **
_Nutrient Digestion and Absorption: _National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse – Your Digestive System and How it Works
FODMAPS [fermentable oligo-, di-, and monosaccharides and polyols — groups of foods containing short-chained carbohydrates that cause problems] Approach to IBS [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] _Management: _Today’s Dietition – Successful Low-FODMAP Living, Shepherd Works – Low FODMAPs Diet
_Celiac Disease _[Your immune system gets drunk on gluten, goes medieval on your small intestine.]
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Medline Plus, Celiac Disease
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Today’s Dietitian, Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
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The Gluten Free Diet book by Shelley Case
_Diets for Diverticular Disease _[This sounds awful.]: UCSF Patient Education – Diverticular Disease Diet, NDDIC – Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
Other:
- World Health Organization, Diarrhea
- MedlinePlus – Diet, Constipation
- NDDIC Intestinal Gas
- MedlinePlus – GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease – food leaks back up. Among other problems, this can cause your teeth to weaken.)
- Nobel Prize, H. pylori [The cause of peptic ulcers is bacteria]
Food Allergies [Key learn: allergy == can kill you; sensitivity == makes you feel bad, but doesn’t kill you] The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Food Allergy
Dysphagia
- American Speech Language Hearing Association: Dysphagia
- MedlinePlus: Swallowing Disorders
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Probiotics and Prebiotics
- NCCAM – Oral Probiotics, an Introduction