1. Anemia Colon Cancer Diabetes Heart Disease Osteoporosis
HEALTH CONCERNS

2. DIET AND HEALTH
There is a relationship between a proper and healthy diet and the prevention, control and maintenance of health concerns.
A doctor should always be consulted if you have any of the following health concerns.

3. ANEMIA

4. ANEMIA – CAUSES
There is a severe depletion of iron stores resulting in low blood hemoglobin
Hemoglobin: a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates

5. ANEMIA – SYMPTOMS
Person is weak and tired. Their mental state is affected.
Loss of blood creates a loss of iron.

6. ANEMIA – HIGH RISK
Anyone who has lost a lot of blood
Females

7. ANEMIA – PREVENTION Meat is an excellent source of iron
Not all ingested iron is absorbed; vitamin C helps to absorb iron when taken together.
Fortified cereals have iron added

8. COLON CANCER

9. COLON CANCER – CAUSES
Hereditary
Not enough fiber in the diet.

10. COLON CANCER – SYMPTOMS
Rectal bleeding or blood in your stool
Persistent abdominal discomfort, such as cramps, gas or pain
A feeling that your bowel doesn't empty completely
Weakness or fatigue
Unexplained weight loss

11. COLON CANCER – HIGH RISK
Some factors are: age, family health history, genetics, high protein and low fiber diet.

12. COLON CANCER – PREVENTION
Diets should consist of grams of fiber a day
Fiber helps food move through large intestine
Good sources of fiber include fruits, whole grains, vegetables
Insoluble fiber significantly inhibits the development of precancerous colon and rectal polyps

13. DIABETES

14. DIABETES Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes
a condition characterized by high blood glucose levels caused by a total lack of insulin. Occurs when the body's immune system attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and destroys them. The pancreas then produces little or no insulin.
Type 2 Diabetes
Adult Onset
Hyperglycemia - blood glucose levels are too high
Causes damage to the kidneys, eyes, and other body parts

15. DIABETES – CAUSES
Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease; type 2 diabetes is caused by genetics and lifestyle factors.
Diabetes affects the body’s production and use of insulin - making blood glucose levels abnormally high
Insulin is a hormone produced in the body.

16. DIABETES – SYMPTOMS Excessive urination and thirst
Weight loss with nausea, easy tiring, weakness, irritability
cravings for food; especially sweets
vision disturbance; blurred vision
slow healing of cuts and bruises.

17. DIABETES – HIGH RISK
Many people have a genetic predisposition to acquiring the disease.

18. DIABETES – PREVENTION
Maintaining a healthy body weight helps to prevent hyperglycemia
Soluble fiber may improve the control of blood sugar and can reduce the need for insulin or medication
Important to manage carbohydrate intake through diet and/or receiving insulin

19. HEART DISEASE

20. HEART DISEASE
Coronary heart disease (CHD) refers to disease of the heart and blood vessels
Arteriosclerosis – plaque forms along the inner walls of the arteries.

21. HEART DISEASE – CAUSES
Plaque forms along the inner walls of the arteries
Saturated fat in the diet is changed to cholesterol which forms the plaque

22. HEART DISEASE – SYMPTOMS
Severe pain in the left arm and chest proceed a heart attack.
Overweight
Low exercise

23. HEART DISEASE – HIGH RISK
factors increasing the risk:
genetics, age, high-fat diet (high blood cholesterol), lack of exercise, stress, smoking and tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, low fiber intake, low vitamin/mineral intake

24. HEART DISEASE – PREVENTION
Decrease consumption of foods high in saturated fats and sodium
High sodium/salt foods - onion rings, pickles, french fries, potato chips, some soft drinks

25. OSTEOPOROSIS

26. OSTEOPOROSIS – CAUSES
Bones become porous and fragile due to the lack of calcium
Bone density is developed during the first 25 years of life. After age 25, calcium consumption helps to maintain the existing bone density

27. OSTEOPOROSIS – SYMPTOMS
Curving of the spine. Bones become porous. Bones break very easily.

28. OSTEOPOROSIS – HIGH RISK
A condition manifested in older adults
Females at higher risk
Low-calcium diet
Thinness
Smoking
Lack of exercise
Alcoholism
Chronic steroid use

29. OSTEOPOROSIS – PREVENTION
Recommended daily fluid milk intake
children – 2-3 cups
adolescents – 3-4 cups
adults – 2-3 cups