Click on the links below to find out facts and recipes on special diets that effect our daily diets.
Introduction
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Kids' Health
An excellent site that gives teenagers information about why people have special diets as a result of their culture, religion, health, finance.
Calcium and Osteoporosis
- Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones
This site is aimed at encouraging girls to eat calcium rich foods in order to prevent osteoporosis later in life.
Diabetes
These sites give information on the different types of Diabetes as well as recipes to cook healthy meals suitable for diabetics.
- Teen Health - About Diabetes
- Diabetes Federation of Ireland
Vegetarian Diet
These sites focuses on the different types of vegetarian diets to choose from and how to balance a healthy diet.
- Vegetarian Diets - Some Quick Facts
- Simply Going Vegetarian
Iron Rich Diet – Preventing Anaemia
- BBC Health - Iron Deficiency
Find out about this disease which is caused by a low intake of iron in the body.
Coeliac Diet
- Celiac Teens
This site gives information to teenagers on frequently asked questions about Coeliac disease, its symptoms and also what foods have to be avoided in the diet.