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Title:   Sporting performance and food
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Good diet and nutrition can enhance sporting performance. Carbohydrates should form the basis of the sportsperson' s diet. For most athletes, a varied healthy diet will provide vitamins and minerals as well as protein to promote growth and repair of muscle tissues. Adequate fluid intake is essential to help performance and prevent dehydration.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Fuel for your body
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Your body is like a wonderful machine. First of all it builds itself in your mothers womb. It works hard on growing bigger and stronger.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Vegetarian eating
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vegetarians are people who don' t eat meat or seafood and may not eat eggs or dairy foods. Vegans consume only plant foods. A vegetarian diet has many health benefits. With careful planning, a vegetarian diet can provide all your essential nutritional needs.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Cheese in the diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Cheese is a good source of protein, calcium, vitamins and minerals and is a good way to fulfil one of the 2-3 recommended daily serves of dairy.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Cow's milk allergy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Proteins in cow's milk are some of the chemicals that can set off an allergic reaction in some babies.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Food - eating and sport
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   You need to provide your body with the right sort of fuel if you are exercising regularly and training for your sport. What you need to eat.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Energy and protein intake in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A baby developing inside the womb receives all its nutrition from its mother. Thus, advising women on diet and providing food supplements in pregnancy may help babies to grow and thrive, particularly babies of undernourished mothers. The review of trial...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Protein
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Protein makes up about half of the human body's dry weight. Many of the foods we eat contain protein, particularly flesh foods (chicken, beef, lamb and fish) and legumes. Proteins are digested to release amino acids. In the body the amino acids are used to make new proteins, converted into hormones such as adrenalin or used as an energy source.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Soybeans
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Eating soybeans can reduce the risk of a range of health problems, including coronary heart disease. Soybeans contain hormone-like substances called phytoestrogens that mimic the action of the hormone oestrogen. Health benefits for menopausal women could include fewer hot flushes, protection from coronary heart disease and lowered risk of osteoporosis. Whole soy foods like soymilk, soy yoghurt, soy bread and tofu are high in phytoestrogens.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dietary protein is needed for normal growth and development. The protein intake required for growth of the low birth weight infant has been estimated by the growth rate of the fetus to be 3.5 to 4 g/kg/day. Controlling the amount of protein given to low...
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Low protein diets for chronic kidney disease in non diabetic adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Kidney disease (nephropathy) can lead to kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease). A diet low in protein is sometimes recommended to try to slow the progression of kidney disease. Monitoring compliance with a protein-restricted diet is possible by dete...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Oral protein calorie supplementation for children with chronic disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A lack of growth and poor nutrition are common in children with chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis and kidney disease. This may be due to reduced appetite, food not being absorbed properly and the need for extra calories caused by their disease. Oral...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Protein restriction for children with chronic kidney disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Low protein diet can delay kidney failure in adults with kidney disease, however a diet low in protein in children raises concern of poor growth. The review identified 2 studies (250 children) in children with kidney disease and found that a low protein...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Protein restriction for diabetic renal disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Based on 12 studies, including from eight to 160 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes for at least an average four-month period, restricted protein intake appeared to slow progression of diabetic kidney disease, but not by much on average. However, in...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Bread in the diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Bread is inexpensive, low in fat and healthy. It is a valuable source of protein, carbohydrate, dietary fibre and many vitamins and minerals.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Nuts in a healthy diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Nuts are high in protein, carbohydrates and fibre as well as containing many vitamins and minerals.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Undernutrition in the community
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients who are undernourished may benefit from dietary modifications, including eating foods with a high energy and protein content. A varied diet including all food groups should ensure adequate intakes of vitamins and minerals.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Protein supplementation of human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to show the effect of protein supplementation of breast milk for promoting growth in preterm babies. Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for full-term babies but babies born preterm (before 37 weeks) have different nutritiona...
Date:   Dec 1999

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