Dietary

Diseases Symptoms Causes Prevalence

Changes

TYPE 2 DIABETES Early ● Excess body fat Type 2 diabetes ●

symptoms may or obesity can prevalence of Carbohydrates
Diabetes is a chronic include: cause insulin 16.1/100,000 (95 to include are
condition wherein resistance. percent CI 1.9 to brown rice,
the body’s ability to ● Constant 58.1), which was whole wheat,
manage or process hunger ● A diet high in similar to that of quinoa,
blood glucose or calories, fat, and black children, a oatmeal, fruits,
● Lack of cholesterol
blood sugar is recognized high- vegetables,
energy increases the
impaired. The insulin, risk population, beans and
a body hormone, is body's resistance to who had a lentils. 
● Fatigue
responsible for insulin. prevalence of
helping the glucose ● Weight loss 13.3/100,000 (95 ●
● Genes and family Carbohydrates
move from the blood percent CI 1.9 to
● Excessive history. NOT TO
to the cells to be 58.1). (95 percent
used as energy. In thirst CI 3.6 to 34.1). The INCLUDE are
● Lack of exercise.
Type 2 Diabetes, the median current sugar, pasta 
● Frequent white bread,
body cells are unable ● Too much HbA1c value was
urination flour, cookies
to properly use or glucose from the 51 mmol/mol
respond to insulin. It liver. (6.8%), and four and pastries.
● Dry mouth
is a compilation of (33%) of the
● Bad •Protein
the body’s usage and ● Itchy skin children met the
communication packed-food to
regulation of fuel target HbA1c of 48
● Blurry vision between cells or eat are beans,
from sugar or mmol/mol set by
broken beta cells. legumes, eggs,
glucose. It is also the the International
seafood,
most common type Society for
If blood dairies, peas,
of diabetes. Pediatric and
glucose levels tofu, and lean
Adolescent
have been high meats and
Diabetes 6.5
for a long time, poultry. 
percent . Seven
the symptoms
youngsters (59%) • EXCLUDE
may include:
were successfully EATING:
● Yeast managed. refined fats,
infections sugar, beer,
soft drinks,
● Slow-healing candy and any
cuts or sores addition of
salt. 
● Dark patches
on your skin, a •
condition SUPERFOODS:
known as chia seeds, wild
acanthosis salmon, white
nigricans balsamic
vinegar,
 ● Foot pain cinnamon and
lentils. 
● Feelings of
numbness in
your
extremities, or
neuropathy

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
● Chest pain ● Damage to the According to a ● Vegetables:
It is also known as (angina)  endothelium, the study published in 4-5 daily
the hardening of the inner lining of the the British Journal servings
● Numbness or artery, causes the of Clinical
arteries. It is a
weakness in disease to develop. Oncology, the ● Fruits: 4-5
chronic disease
your arms or prevalence and daily servings
wherein the walls of
legs ● High Cholesterol incidence of
the arteries are ● Fish: 2-3 
abnormally thickened cardiovascular
● Difficulty ● High Blood serving a week
and hardened disease (ASCVD) in
speaking or Pressure
resulting in a loss of South Korea grew ● Lean meats:
slurred speech.
elasticity and ● Insulin resistance from 65.30 7 serves a week
flexibility which is a ● Temporary or diabetes. percent in 2013 to
necessary loss of vision in 98.25 percent in ● Poultry: 3 or
characteristic for one eye. ● Inflammation 2014 and 101.11 more serving a
effective blood from other diseases percent in 2015. week
transport. The ● High blood The increase in the
pressure. total number of ● Reduce
thickening and
individuals with intake of fatty
hardening of the
● Drooping ASCVD seems to meat, milk,
arteries causes
facial muscles. be driven by eggs, and high
restriction of blood
peripheral arterial fat cheese
flow. ● Kidney
disease.
failure. ● Include fruits,
vegetables,
whole grains,
fish, lean meats
and poultry,
low-fat dairy
products, nuts,
seeds, and
legumes (dried
beans and
peas) in daily
diet.

● Limit sodium,
saturated and
trans fats,
 refined
carbohydrates,
and alcohol.

● Avoid fruits
canned in
heavy sugar-
based syrup,
and frozen
fruits with
sugar added.

HYPERTENSION
● Early ● Smoking Now at initial ● Grains: 7-8
It is when blood morning screening, the daily servings 
headaches ● Being overweight blood pressure
pressure, or the force
or obese distribution was ● Vegetables:
exerted by the
● Nosebleeds 81.1 percent 4-5 daily
circulating blood ● Lack of physical
normal, 9.5 servings
against arterial walls ● Irregular activity
is too high that it percent
heart rhythms ● Fruits: 4-5
may eventually cause ● Too much salt in prehypertension,
daily servings
other health ● Vision the diet and 9.4 percent
problems like heart changes hypertension. ● Low-fat/ fat-
diseases. Stage 1 ● Too much alcohol being classified as free Products:
hypertension usually ● Buzzing in consumption (more at-risk for or 2-3 daily
has systolic blood the ears than 1 to 2 drinks overweight were servings 
pressure reaching per day) all found to be
● Shortness of connected with ● Meat,
130-139 mmHg while
breath ● Stress being overweight. Paultry, and
the diastolic blood
pressure reaches Only being Fish: 2 or less
● Flushing ● Older age
between 80-90 overweight was daily servings
mmHg. Stage 2 ● Dizziness ● Genetics linked to a higher
risk of ● Nuts, Seeds,
hypertension,
● Chest pain ● Family history of hypertension. and dry beans:
indicating more
high blood pressure 4-5 servings per
serious risks, has
week 
readings with 140 or ● Chronic kidney
more for the systolic ● Fats and oils:
disease
blood pressure and 2-3 daily
90 or more for the ● Adrenal and servings
diastolic blood thyroid disorders
pressure. ● Sweets: limit
● Sleep apnea intake to less
than 5 servings
per week

● AVOID
EATING:
 refined fats,
sugar, beer,
soft drinks,
candy and any
addition of
salt. 

 
STROKE ● Difficulty in Stroke is the ● Consume a
speaking ● Being overweight Philippines' second wide variety of
It is a (Dysarthria) or obese leading cause of whole, mostly
cerebrovascular mortality and one plant-based
● Confusion ● Family heredity
disease which occurs of the top five foods, as well
or history  
when the blood causes of as plenty of
● Arm
vessels are blocked ● Consuming too disability. Stroke vegetables.
weakness
or bleeding, thus much salt. prevalence
reducing the blood estimates range ● Processed
● Paralysis 
supply to the brain. ● Lack of physical from 0.9 percent foods, salt, and
(face, arm, or
When the blood activity of the population sugar should all
legs)
supply to the brain is in 2005 to 2.6 be avoided.
reduced, it results in ● Numbness ●Overconsumption percent in 2017.
of alcohol ● Consume
deficiency of oxygen Thirty-six percent
● Blurred, more Legumes
and/ or nutrients in of all stroke deaths
double or ● Use of cigarettes
the brain resulting in occur without the ● Instead of
darkening and tobacco.
possible occurrence presence of red meat, eat
of damage or injury. vision medical workers. fish and
It is considered a poultry.
● Headache
medical emergency
as it may lead to ● Trouble ● Snack on
disability or even walking seeds and nuts
death though it is instead of
treatable. saturated fat.
 SLEEP APNEA ● Loud snoring ● Obesity Recurrent sleep ● Avoid refined
● Gasping for apnea affects an Carbs such as
It is a common but air during sleep ● Anatomical estimated 936 white bread,
serious sleep ● Awakening Characteristics million persons white pasta,
disorder with a dry aged 30 to 69 pizza, white
● Family History
characterized by mouth years (including rice etc.  
repeated stopping or ● Morning ● Smoking men and women).
brief interruptions of headache China had the ● Avoid too
breathing which ● Difficulty ● Sleeping on your most people many high fat
would then disrupt staying asleep back affected, followed meals like dark
sleep due to (insomnia) by the United chocolates,
breathing struggles. ● Excessive ● Nasal Congestion States, Brazil, and nuts, eggs,
It often decreases daytime India. For 16 tofu, etc.
● Hormone
oxygen level and sleepiness nations, data on
abnormalities ● Avoid
increases carbon (hypersomnia) OAP prevalence
excessive
dioxide level in the ● Difficulty was available from
intake of dairy
blood. paying 17 studies
products like
attention while
ice cream,
awake
pudding,
● Irritability
evaporated
 
milk, butter,
etc.
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