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types of diet

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This balanced and healthy diet is based on the consumption of fish and seasonal and local products such as cereals, legumes, fruit and vegetables, and olive oil.

mediterranean diet

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This type of diet avoids fats from, in particular, red meat and industrial pastries, which are high in saturated fat and harmful for health.

low-cholesterol diets

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This diet is designed for people with high blood pressure, who must limit salt in their diet, and substitute it with other spices.

low-salt diet

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This diet sould be followed by coeliac persons who cannot consume the protein present in some cereals such as wheat.

gluten-free diet

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An abnormal response by the immune system to specific components of food.

food allergy

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This type of allergic reaction happens anywhere from a few minutes to an hour after consumption of even a small amount of a food allergen.

immediate hypersensitivity reaction

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This type of allergic reaction happens 24 hours or more after food has been consumed.

delayed effect reaction

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Any form of sensitivity to a food that does NOT activate the immnue system is called __________? Ex: lactose, saccharose, and fructose

food intolerance

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Having excess fat in the body.

obesity

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BMI stands for _____________?

Body Mass Index

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Weighing more than what is considered healthy is known as being ______?

overweight

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This is caused by insufficient food consumption, which makes the body use its reserves.

malnutrition

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This eating disorder is characterised by weight loss that the suffferer causes and continues, which leads to a state of extreme malnutrition.

anorexia nervosa

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This eating disorder is characterised by episodes of lack of food control, in which the sufferer eats large quantities of food compulsively.

bulimia

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This illness is produced by pathogenic microorganisms or toxins. The food is contaminated by inadequate manipulation, preparation, or conservation.

food intoxications

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In 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Health began requiring certain information to be printed on food labels. Name 3 things that must be included on a food label.

Answers will vary. Ex: name of the food, ingredients, any allergens, quantities of ingredients, net quantity of food, best-before date, etc.

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