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• Diet Formulas

- 1 -

• 1000-calorie ADA diet

- A -

• absolute diet – fasting

• acid-ash diet

• Acutrim – phenylpropanolamine

• ADA diet – American Diabetic Association Diet

• adequate diet

• Adipex – phentermine

• AHA diet – American Heart Association Diet

• alkali-ash diet

• anorectic

• anorexia, a. nervosa

• anorexiant

• anorexigenic

• Atkins Diet

- B -

• Bahamian Diet

• balanced diet

• bariatric surgery

• basal diet

• basic diet

• bland diet

• BMI – body mass index

• BMR – basal metabolic rate

• Bohemian diet

• Boost (a dietary supplement)

• BRAT diet – bananas, rice, cereal, applesauce, toast

• bread-and-water diet

• bulimia, b. nervosa

• bulimic

• bulimorexia

- C -

• caffeine-free diet

• Cambridge Diet

• CAPS-free diet – caffeine, alcohol, pepper, spice

• challenge diet ("one-at-a-time diet") Pt eats offending foods in certain order ?to see which is causing the problem, usually recommended for allergy diagnostic purposes.

• Chinese herbal diet

• Christian Science diet

• chromium picolinate

• cleansing diet

• clear liquid diet

• Compleat – a nutritional supplement

• controlled diet

• Cravex Plan by Natrol

• Cyberdiet

- D -

• decoctions – an extract from boiled foods

• Dexatrim – phenylpropanolamine

• dexfenfluramine – Redux (off market)

• diabetic diet – ADA diet

• diet and exercise

• diuretics

- E -

• electuaries – condensed foods

• elemental diet

• elimination diet

• Enforma diet plan

• Ensure – a nutritional supplement; comes in liquid, powder and bars. Nondairy Ensure, Ensure with Calcium, High Fiber Ensure, Ensure for Diabetics.

• ephedra – ma huang

- F -

• Fastin – phentermine

• fasting diet – absolute diet

• fat-free diet

• Feingold diet

• fenfluramine – Pondimin (off market)

• fen-phen – combination of fenfluramine and phentermine - OFF MARKET; however, many patients are still undergoing treatment from side effects of this medication

• Fit For Life diet

• five-juice mix

• full liquid diet

- G -

• gastric bypass surgery

• Gemcor – gemfibrozil

• Giordano-Giovannetti diet

• Giovannetti diet

• gluten-free diet

• gouty (or) gout diet

• Graham Kerr Fat-Free Cooking

• grapefruit and egg diet

• Great Food Diet

• Greene diet/exercise program

- H -

• Healthy Choice program

• Heimlich maneuver

• high-calorie diet

• high-fat diet

• high-fiber diet

• high-protein diet

• Hollywood diet

• hyperorexia

- I -

• IMHCG

• Ionamin – phentermine

• Isocal – a nutritional supplement

- J -

• Jenny Craig program

- K -

• Kaiser Freedom Program

• Kempner diet

• Keofeed

• ketogenic diet

- L -

• lactose-free diet

• leptin-stimulating factor

• Lescol – fluvastain Na

• Lesterol – nicotinic acid

• Lianziliuyl Tang diet

• light diet

• Lindora Program

• linoleic acid

• Lipo Gao diet

• lipotrophics

• liquid diet

• Living Lean

• low oxalate diet

• low-calorie diet

• low-fat diet

• low-purine diet

• low-residue diet

• low-salt diet

- M -

• ma huang – ephedra

• macrobiotic diet

• Medi-Fast

• MegaFirm diet

• Meridia – sibutramine

• MetaboLife, MetaboLife 356 – dietary supplement

• Metabolize and Save (a brand name, believe it or not)

• MetaboNite

• Meulengracht diet

• Mine'rl – a mineral and vitamin supplement (by Metabolife)

• Minot-Murphy diet

• monounsaturated fat (one word)

• Moro-Heisler diet

- N -

• NGD 95-1

• NutriLite

• Nutri-System diet

- O -

• oil-and-vinegar diet

• Olean – olestra (fat substitute)

• one-at-a-time diet; see challenge d.

• Oprah's diet

• Optifast diet

• optimal diet

• orlistat – Xenical

• Ornish prevention diet

• Ornish reversal diet

• Overeaters Anonymous

- P -

• Penny Marshall Diet

• phen-fen – see fen-phen

• phentermine – Ionamin, Fastin, Adipex

• phenylpropanolamine – Acutrim, Dexatrim, etc.

• pica (nonnourishing product consumption)

• polyunsaturated fat (one word)

• Pondimin – fenfluramine

• Portagen diet

• PPA – phenylpropanolamine

• Pritikin diet

• Pro-Balance nutritional supplement

• protein-sparing diet

• provocative diet

• prudent diet

• pseudoephedrine

• purine-free diet

• purine-restricted diet

- R -

• rachitic diet

• reducing diet

• Redux – dexfenfluramine (off market)

• restricted diet

• rice diet

• Richard Simmons Program

- S -

• salt-free diet

• Schemm diet

• Schick Center Program

• Schmidt diet

• Schmidt-Strassburger diet

• sensible diet

• Seventh Day Adventist diet

• Shenxiaozhutu Fang diet

• sibutramine – Meridia

• Sippy diet

• sitomania (food "mania")

• sitophobia (fear of food)

• six miraculous foods gruel

• Slim-Fast diet

• smooth diet

• soft diet

• starvation diet

• subsistence diet

• substitution diet

• Sustacal – a nutritional supplement

• Sustagen – a nutritional supplement

- T -

• Taylor diet

• Thermogenics diet plan

• TOPS – Take Off Pounds Sensibly

• tube feeding

- U -

• Udo's Choice by Flora

- V -

• vegan diet (prophylaxis for prostate cancer)

• vegetarian diet

• Vitam'n – a vitamin supplement by Metabolife

- W -

• Weishen San diet

• Wilder diet

• Wuwei Planshi – partial to one food type

- X -

• Xenical – orlistat

• Xenodrin

- Y -

• Yuhumian diet