Special diets

• Anaemia

  Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there isn't enough red blood cells because the body does not have enough iron to produce them.
• Anaemia symptoms


  Tiredness
• Anaemia causes

  shortage of iron in your body:

  Without iron, your body can't produce enough hemoglobin for red blood cells
• Anaemia treatment

  Folic acid supplements
• (bowel) IBS

  affects large intestine
• (Bowel) haemorrhoids

  swollen veins around anus, get irritated when going toilet
• (Bowel) constipation

  Hard to pass bowel movements
• Bowel disorders symptoms

  cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea or constipation
• Bowel disorder causes

  Not enough fibre
• Coeliac

  digestive condition where a person is

  intolerant (has an adverse reaction) to the protein gluten.
• Coeliac symptoms

  Stomach pain, bloating
• Coeliac causes

  autoimmune disease in which gluten in your diet triggers your white blood cells to attack the villi that line your small intestine. The lining is eroded until it's worn smooth.
• Coeliac treatment

  Gluten free diet
• Coronary heart disease (CHD)

  When coronary arteries become too narrow due to buildup of cholesterol
• CHD symptoms

  Heart failure
• CHD causes

  High cholesterol
• Diabetes type 1

  Pancreas produces little to no insulin. Hereditary. Can’t be reversed
• Diabetes type 1 causes

  Immune system destroying cells in pancreas that make insulin
• Diabetes type 1 treatment

  Insulin and diet changes
• Diabetes type 2

  stops the body from using insulin which can lead to high levels of blood sugar. Develops later in life in overweight people. Can be reversed if weight is lost
• Diabetes type 2 causes

  Develops when your body becomes resistant to insulin or when pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin
• Diabetes type 2 treatment

  Non insulin medication
• Osteoporosis

  occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. As a result, bones become weak and may break from a fall
• Osteoporosis symptoms

  A stooped posture

  A bone that breaks much more casily
• Osteoporosis causes

  female hormone ostrogen is essential for healthy bones. After the menopause, gestrogen levels fall. This can lead to a rapid decrease in bone density, also not enough Calcium
• Osteoporosis treatment

  Exercise
• Obesity causes

  Poor food choices, hormonal imbalance, medication
• Obesity treatment

  Exercise, low calorie diet (reduce saturated fat, avoid refined carbs)
• Marriage 


  Socially and legally acceptable union between two people.