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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alteration in diet" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications made to one's eating habits or nutritional intake.
Example: "After consulting with a nutritionist, I decided that an alteration in diet was necessary to improve my overall health."
Alternatives: "change in diet" or "modification of diet".
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Pathologies that arise from these insults include diabetic retinopathy or retinopathy of prematurity, both of which are growing concerns worldwide because of the alteration in diet and lifestyle or the increased survival of premature infants due to advancements in neonatal medicine.
The development of hypertrophy did not appear to be affected by the alteration in diet, although the animals maintained on the WD did show a greater weight gain by 14 weeks.
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If alterations in diet fail to counteract the hypertension, drugs such as diuretics may be prescribed along with potassium supplements (because most diuretics may deplete potassium).
In addition, increased severity of fatty liver and obesity phenotypes in 129S6 mice fed a 40% HFD deficient in choline illustrates the strong impact of apparently minor alterations in diet composition on disease progression [31].
Moreover, exogenous factors, including diet, are most often not taken into account, despite the demonstrated effect of diet on the microbiota and the potential alterations in diet associated with IBS.
Although this finding could reflect beta cell failure in ageing, it might also be due to alterations in diet or gastric emptying, or even to an enhancement in insulin sensitivity in older age.
Although it has been known for some time that alterations in diet and disease states such as diabetes affect the P450 system, there has been little evidence that P450s can play a direct role in metabolic control [ 35– 35].
The promise of SNP and haplotype analysis is that it will yield insights into exposure and cancer, and specifically lay the foundation for primary preventive strategies pertaining to lifestyle (i.e., alterations in diet, exercise and weight control) and chemoprevention.
Although lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity is generally regulated at the post-transcriptional level in adipose tissues (e.g. [ 53]), allowing rapid responses to alterations in diet, LPL mRNA levels correlate with PPARγ mRNA levels in epididymal WAT [ 54] and increase with PPARγ agonist treatment [ 55], likely due to a transcriptionally active PPAR response element upstream of the LPL gene [ 56].
Poor oral health, while in itself associated with a decline in quality of life (Brennan et al. 2008; Naito et al. 2006), is also linked to adverse alterations in diet and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and a number of other systemic conditions (Bahekar et al. 2007; Michaud et al. 2007; Walls et al. 2000).
But at the same time the epidemiological evidence shows a dramatic rise in T2D rates over the past 60 years that clearly cannot be due to genetic change, but is associated with alterations in diet and behavior, including a more sedentary lifestyle and increased consumption of calorie-dense foods [ 6].
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