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Allergy
Autoimmune Diseases
Hyperglycemia
Offending Food
Essential Fatty Acid Content of Foods
There is confusion about the intake of vitamin A


	Allergy : Diet Changes And Supplements Help A central function of the immune system is to distinguish foreign molecules from the molecules that belong to the body tissues. The immune system respond to foreign particles by creating specialized white blood cells (lymphocytes) and by producing antibodies. In allergy however the immune response is exaggerated. download this document ...
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	Autoimmune Diseases : Diet Changes And Supplements Help Sometimes there is a failure to discriminate between self and non-self (foreign), and an inappropriate immune response will arise, an autoimmune response. download this document ...
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	Hyperglycemia : Sugars, Carbohydrates, And The Glycemic Index Of Food. Sugars are carbohydrates. Sugars are carbohydrates with a strong sweet taste. Glucose is such a carbohydrate. Glucose is also the sugar found in our blood. Physicians use the word hyperglycemia when the level of sugar in the blood circulation is high. (Hyper = high and glycemic = glucose in blood.) The word Hypoglycemia defines the opposite situation where the level of glucose in the blood circulation is low (Hypo = low). download this document ...
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	Offending Food : Immune System Stimulating Food Some food contains molecules that stimulate the production of omega-6 derived prostaglandins. An omega-6 derived prostaglandins excess is one of triggers of an exaggerated activity of the immune system causing allergy and autoimmune diseases. download this document ...
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	Essential Fatty Acid Content of Foods : What is an Essential Fatty Acid? What Do We Use It For? Human make all kind of fatty acids from carbohydrates except for two types we can not synthesize and have to find in food. Hence, their name Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs). download this document in Word format
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	There is confusion about the intake of vitamin A. The term "vitamin A" is employed to define at least eleven different molecules with a molecular structure resembling the "all-trans retinol" structure of vitamin A (the most potent molecule in the group) and a similar, although weaker biological activity. download this document ...
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