Diet in Diseases

Diet in Diseases
by Sunita Pant Bansal

Diet perhaps is the most critical component of our day-to-day existence.Wrong diet can play havoc with our lives and make our lives miserable forever--while the right diet can make us healthy and happy.!

Consequently its role in promoting or preventing a disease remains critical.The appropriate therapeutic diet can speed up the recovery process and even boost the immune system.

Simply put, over-nutrition, under-nutrition or wrong nutrition must equally be avoided if one wishes to stay slim, trim and fighting fit.

This book lists an array of ailments and conditions and outlines the right diet that could cure or control these problems. Once you begin having balanced, sensible meals, it won’t be long before you kiss goodbye to those pills.

The book recommends:

• High fibre-content in your diet if you suffer from constipation
• Avoidance of too much or eating too fast if you have acidity
• Soft,low-fibre,high-protient diet if you have Ulcerative colitis

About The Author :

Born and educated in New Delhi, Sunita Pant Bansal did her schooling from St Thomas School, and graduation with honours in Food and Nutrition and post-graduation in Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition from Lady Irwin College.

She subsequently worked as an Honorary Dietician at Sir Ganga Ram and G.B. Pant Hospitals, and began writing on Health and Nutrition, with her articles and columns appearing in major newspapers and magazines (over 600 articles published in English, Hindi and Telugu). 

She has also aired programmes on Health on All India Radio and Doordarshan.She was the first practising Dietician in Delhi. She is currently associated as an Advisor with Life Positive (a magazine on holistic living).

She has also authored Healing Power of Foods.