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Diet therapy is a broad word that refers to changing or adopting a diet in order to prevent or treat disease or just maintain good health. In some circumstances, an alternate dietary lifestyle plan may be developed to eliminate certain foods to reclaim health. A poor diet can lead to not just weight gain and skin problems, but also tiredness and lethargy. If you do not follow the diet recommended by a doctor, it may have serious effects for your health, depending on the ailment. A healthy diet can help you avoid a variety of ailments. Diet therapy isn't just for weight reduction; it may also be used to prevent and treat a variety of diseases, each with its own set of symptoms, and the diet used will vary depending on the disorder being treated. Diet therapy and other clinical treatments can be used to treat the following diseases: Constipation, diarrhea, osteoporosis, meteorism, alcoholism, ulcers, aerophagia, hypothyroidism, atherosclerosis, heart disease, headache, hypertension, cholecystitis, ulcerative colitis, intolerance to lactose, gluten or carbohydrates, irritable bowel, diabetes, renal insufficiency, anemia, diverticular disease, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia.