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Food can help control some chronic health conditions, in some cases eliminating the need for drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1565" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/food-can-help-control-some-chronic-health-conditions-in-some-cases-eliminating-the-need-for-drugs/2019/10/18/65207532-e93f-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html" target="_blank"><strong>Food can help control some chronic health conditions, in some cases eliminating the need for drugs - Washington Post</strong></a></p><p></p><p>If you have a chronic health condition — and about 60 percent of Americans live with at least one — you can use food to help manage your problem. Yet too many Americans don’t eat with their particular health demands in mind.</p><p></p><p>Those chronic conditions include hypertension (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/faqs.htm" target="_blank">75 million Americans</a>), high cholesterol (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/cholesterol_education_month.htm" target="_blank">102 million</a>), and diabetes or prediabetes (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html" target="_blank">100 million</a>), according to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/index.htm" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>.</p><p></p><p>Each of these conditions can be at least partially managed by good eating habits. Your overall diet matters, though many people pay little heed. Most <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/pdf/2009-power-of-prevention.pdf" target="_blank">guidelines</a> say we should eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables, but only 1 in 4 people actually does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1565, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/food-can-help-control-some-chronic-health-conditions-in-some-cases-eliminating-the-need-for-drugs/2019/10/18/65207532-e93f-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html'][B]Food can help control some chronic health conditions, in some cases eliminating the need for drugs - Washington Post[/B][/URL] If you have a chronic health condition — and about 60 percent of Americans live with at least one — you can use food to help manage your problem. Yet too many Americans don’t eat with their particular health demands in mind. Those chronic conditions include hypertension ([URL='https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/faqs.htm']75 million Americans[/URL]), high cholesterol ([URL='https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/cholesterol_education_month.htm']102 million[/URL]), and diabetes or prediabetes ([URL='https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html']100 million[/URL]), according to the [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/index.htm']Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[/URL]. Each of these conditions can be at least partially managed by good eating habits. Your overall diet matters, though many people pay little heed. Most [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/pdf/2009-power-of-prevention.pdf']guidelines[/URL] say we should eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables, but only 1 in 4 people actually does. [/QUOTE]
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