PSY 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Red Meat, Leptin, Stimulus Control
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Dietary factors are implicated in a lot of diseases and risk for disease. E. g. cholesterol levels and low density lipoproteins. Recommendations: switching from trans fats and saturated to polyunsaturated and monounsaturated, reducing red meat and fatty foods, increasing fruit and veggie. Diet is implicated in development of may cancers: colon, stomach, pancreas, May contribute to 30% of all cancers. Unhealthy diet + stress = promote inflammation. High fiber diet protects against obesity and cardiovascular disease by lowering. Diet high in fruits, veggies, whole grain, peas and beans, poultry, fish, low in. Reduced calorie diets have been seen to increase lifespan in certain species not grains potatoes and red meats lowers risk of chd insulin levels techniques implement- drastic changes, tastes are hard to alter. Insufficient attention to need for long term monitoring and for relapse prevention. Dietary recommendations are restrictive, monotonous, expensive and hard to.
