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Guidelines for selecting food
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Diet

• Webster says
• Diet is the food and drink regularly provided or
  consumed
• Diet is the kind and amount of food prescribed
  for a special reason

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Top Fad Diets in 2009
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• provides timely and objective food and nutrition
  information for consumers, and health
  professionals.

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Red Flagsfor Junk Science

• Recommendations that promise a quick fix
• Dire warnings of danger from a single product or
  regimen
• Claims that sound too good to be true
• Simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study
• Recommendations based on a single study

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Red Flagsfor Junk Science

• 6. Dramatic statements that are refuted by
  reputable scientific organizations
• 7. Lists of good and bad foods
• 8. Recommendations made to help sell a product
• 9. Recommendations based on studies published
  without peer review
• 10.Recommendations from studies that ignore
  differences among individuals or groups

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Use media to find

• Food supplement and diet advertisements
• Determine if the claims raise a red flag
• Make a copy of the ad
• What statements raise a red flag for you?
• Why would you disregard the claim?

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