By Harriet Diamond, CEO, Foodicine Health, Inc. and Nancy Patin Falini, MA, RDN, LDN
Navigating the world if you must follow a “Special Diet” because of a chronic illness or a
Join The Foodicine Health Revolution!
What is Foodicine Health?
Foodicine Health promotes Educational, Advocacy, Training, and Motivational projects related to the various “Special Diets” that are part of the treatment for chronic health conditions-such as Diabetes, Celiac Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Crohn’s Disease and Colitis, Lactose Intolerance, Kidney Disease, and Food Allergies that affect millions of people worldwide.
WHAT WE DO
We develop programs for individuals, such as our “Special Diet” cooking demonstrations, and for restaurants, colleges, public schools, hospitals, etc., encouraging them to provide access to the foods that help individuals to follow their “Special Meal Plan”.
WHO WE ARE
Foodicine Health is a non-profit organization focused on public education and advocacy regarding the importance of “Special Diets” that are prescribed for individuals with chronic illnesses or food allergies.
HOW TO HELP
Foodicine Health needs your help to complete our mission of transforming the lives of individuals with medical conditions and food allergies that can be treated by adhering to a Special Diet. To us, food is medicine!!
WHAT WE DO
We develop programs for individuals, such as our “Special Diet” cooking demonstrations, and for restaurants, colleges, public schools, hospitals, etc., encouraging them to provide access to the foods that help individuals to follow their “Special Meal Plan”.
WHO WE ARE
Foodicine Health is a non-profit organization focused on public education and advocacy regarding the importance of “Special Diets” that are prescribed for individuals with chronic illnesses or food allergies.
HOW TO HELP
Foodicine Health needs your help to complete our mission of transforming the lives of individuals with medical conditions and food allergies that can be treated by adhering to a Special Diet. To us, food is medicine!!
For a healthier life
Medical Conditions
Find your medical condition and learn about the diet that can accelerate your healing. See how the food you eat can support your treatment and contribute to your overall well-being.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body is unable to properly use and store glucose..
Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is a condition in which an individual’s immune system reacts to the ingestion of gluten, a protein..
Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance results from an individual’s inability to produce an enzyme called lactase, which is the enzyme that digests the sugar, lactose..
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease occurs when either the heart or its blood transport system (veins/arteries) are not working properly…
Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract that may involve a portion or the entire gastrointestinal tract from the mouth..
Medical Conditions
Find your medical condition and learn about the diet that can accelerate your healing. See how the food you eat can support your treatment and contribute to your overall well-being.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body is unable to properly use and store glucose..
Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is a condition in which an individual’s immune system reacts to the ingestion of gluten, a protein..
Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance results from an individual’s inability to produce an enzyme called lactase, which is the enzyme that digests the sugar, lactose..
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease occurs when either the heart or its blood transport system (veins/arteries) are not working properly…
Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract that may involve a portion or the entire gastrointestinal tract from the mouth..
The Diets
Here are some diets that are often prescribed to treat various medical conditions. Developing healthy eating habits isn’t as confusing or as restrictive as you might imagine.
- Gluten-Free
- Lactose-Free
- Low-Salt
- Low-Fat
- Low Carbohydrate, Low-Sugar
- Low-Vitamin K
- Low-Protein
- High-Protein
- Low-Fiber
- High-Fiber
- Allergen-Free
- DASH Diet
- Low-FODMAP Diet
- High-Calcium
- Low-Calcium
- High Vitamin D
- Specific Carbohydrate Diet
- Weight Loss Diets
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News & Updates
If you are required to follow a Special Diet because of a chronic medical condition or a food allergy and require assistance with your on-flight meal or snack or avoiding
Traveling on airlines can be difficult, at best, if you have to follow a “Special Diet”. Some airlines only provide meals that can be purchased in-flight and most do not
Asking for special foods in restaurants can take the pleasure out of dining out. Thankfully, many restaurants now have food allergy- and special diet-friendly meals on their menus.
There's still a
TO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT RIGHT
USE A FOOD TRACKER
Make sure your daily diet includes the RIGHT amount of calories, nutrients, vitamins, and minerals and excludes the WRONG amounts, use a food tracker.
