Diet

Diet: Various different diet types as risk factors.
Introduction: Different types of diet have various effects as a risk factor for different medical conditions. See also other diet-related risk factors such as fat, salt, protein, alcohol, caffeine, and dieting.

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Condition count: 37; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes: fat (8), salt (4), protein (1)
Related risk factors: fat (8), salt (4), protein (1), alcohol (36), caffeine (2), dieting (0), cholesterol (14)
Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

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Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Diet' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

Acute Appendicitis ... refined carbohydrate diet, low-fiber diet

Acute rheumatic fever ... poor nutrition

Anemia ... dieting, not eating red meat, vegetarians

Aneurysm ... high saturated fat diet

Angina ... high salt diet, high saturated fat diet

B

Beriberi ... malnutrition

C

Cancer ... Diet

Cervical Cancer ... malnutrition, poor nutrition

Colorectal cancer ... high-fat diet, Diet, low-fiber diet, poor diet

Colorectal Polyps ... refined foods, low-fiber diet, poor diet

Coronary heart disease ... poor diet

Cysticercosis ... eating pork, undercooked pork

D

Diseases contagious from pigs ... pork

Diverticular Disease ... high salt diet, low-fiber diet

F

Folate deficiency ... poor diet

G

Gallstones ... dieting

Gout ... purine-rich foods

H

Heart attack ... high-fat diet, poor diet

Heart block ... high cholesterol diet, poor diet

Heartburn ... poor diet

High Cholesterol ... high-fat diet

Hypertension ... high salt diet, high saturated fat diet

M

Mouth conditions ... poor diet

N

Neurocysticercosis ... eating pork, undercooked pork

O

Osteoporosis ... low-calcium diet, high salt diet, low vitamin D diet, poor diet, high protein diet

P

Pancreatic cancer ... high-fat diet

Prostate Cancer ... high-animal-fat diet, Diet, poor diet

R

Relapsing fever ... malnutrition

Rheumatic fever ... poor nutrition

S

Scurvy ... poor nutrition

Stomach cancer ... diet

T

Tapeworms ... undercooked pork

Thiamine deficiency ... malnutrition

Thyroid cancer ... iodine deficiency

Trichinosis ... undercooked pork

Tuberculosis ... malnutrition

V

Vincent's disease ... malnutrition

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