Most patients do reasonably well if they keep to a diet that strictly curbs their intake of choline.

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This means avoid processed food, and keep to a natural diet, like fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, fish.

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They motivate each other to stick with the diet, keep junk food out of the house and keep moving.

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I've learned to eat a healthy diet and keep up a moderate exercise routine, take my medication and rely on love and support from my family to get through the tough times.

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"I think the two biggest public health messages are to supplement calcium with diet and keep your weight down, " said Dr. Rosen, explaining that excess weight can drive down vitamin D levels.

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But to keep growing, Mattel needs a steady diet of fresh new hits, including, the company hopes, Max Steel.

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While we like the idea of an electronic diet planner that helps us keep the weight off, we're not sure this particular one fits in with our lifestyle.

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The reason reversing such gains is hard is that servicing this extra flesh means a person's maintenance diet (the food required to keep his body ticking over) creeps up with his weight and so does his appetite.

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When I noticed that my wife was taking pictures of her food in order to keep a record of how she was doing diet-wise I wondered if there was an app to make such data management easier.

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Only a relative handful of people are fully compliant with recommendations for diet, exercise and other personal habits well proven to help keep hearts healthy.

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To keep inflammation to a minimum, Dr. O'Keefe recommends a restricted-calorie diet (similar to the Mediterranean diet), consisting of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, nuts, vinegar, tea, and fish oil, as well as low to moderate alcohol intake.

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To keep the disease under control he now takes tablets daily and has to stick to a special diet.

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