Diet, exercise, smoking and other environmental factors may have also contributed to their disease.

# Diet: Following a low-oxalate diet may help those whose urine oxalate levels are high and may be causing or exacerbating irritation.

At age six he may have been sent to the Imperial court in Germany as a hostage, according to the agreements of the Imperial Diet of Quedlinburg ( although historians now dispute this detail ).

His irenical character often led him to adapt himself to the views of others, as may be seen from his correspondence with Erasmus and from his public attitude from the Diet of Augsburg to the Interim.

A duke may or may not be, ipso facto, a member of the nation's peerage: in the United Kingdom and Spain all dukes are / were also peers of the realm, in France some were and some were not, while the term is not applicable to dukedoms of other nations, even where an institution similar to the peerage ( e. g., Grandeeship, Imperial Diet, Hungarian House of Magnates ) existed.

A typical wafer weighs about half a gram Wheat flour contains around 10 to 13 % gluten, so a single communion wafer may have more than 50 mg of gluten, an amount which will harm the health of many coeliac patients especially if consumed every day ( see Diet above ).

* Diet: as the colon is exposed to many dietary substances which may encourage inflammation, dietary factors have been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Although it is generally held every week while the Diet is in session, it may be cancelled with the agreement of the opposition: this often happens during the budgeting period and at other times when the Prime Minister must sit in the Diet.

In other countries, in which cyclamates are not banned ( as they were in the U. S. and the United Kingdom in 1970 ), Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Light may be sweetened with a blend containing cyclamates, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium.

A precise English translation of this German-Nordic word does not actually exist, but " Meeting of the Realm " may serve as a literal translation, though perhaps " Diet of the Realm " would be more accurate ( dag literally means " day ", and is thus either cognate to the use of German tag for a Diet, or even a direct borrowing ; the former comes from Latin dies with the same meaning ).

" Diet of walnuts, blueberries improve cognition ; may help maintain brain function ", ScienceDaily, 7 November 2007

* Diet: Dietary changes such as reducing intake of sodium ( salt ) may help.

Diet may affect Spotted Owl's reproductive output.

A majority of the Cabinet, including the Prime Minister, must be members of the Diet ( but may be members of either house ), and all members must be civilians.

§ 3: The Diet shall have the right, moreover, to suppress on its own authority, without being petitioned, such writings included in Article I, in whatever German state they may appear, as, in the opinion of a commission appointed by it, are inimical to the honor of the union, the safety of individual states, or the maintenance of peace and quiet in Germany.

§ 7: When a newspaper or periodical is suppressed by a decision of the Diet, the editor thereof may not within a period of five years edit a similar publication in any state of the union.

Diet may be varied according to availability of prey.

Diet may be modified to help control blood-sugar levels.

" News Release: Diet of walnuts, blueberries improve cognition ; may help maintain brain function ", Society for Neuroscience, 5 November 2007

Frederick claimed direct Imperial control over Italy at the Diet of Roncaglia ( 1158 ).

The final composition of the People's Government, its powers and actions, are to be sanctioned by a Diet elected on the basis of universal equal direct suffrage by secret ballot.

After suspending the Constitution, and dissolving the Diet, the Emperor and his military defenders should work for a " collectivist direct voluntarism " to unify people and leaders.

Imperial immediacy ( German: Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit ) was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular principalities, as well as individuals such as the Imperial knights were declared free from the authority of any local lord and placed under the direct (' immediate ') authority of the Emperor, and later of the institutions of the Empire such as the Diet ( Reichstag ), the Imperial Chamber of Justice and the Aulic Council.

Kotoku Shusui originally attempted to realize socialism through the Diet, however, he became a unionist and he argued for a direct action by a general strike.

For the young officers it meant a return to some form of " military-shogunate in which the emperor would re-assume direct political power with dictatorial attributes, as well as divine symbolism, without the intervention of the Diet or liberal democracy, but who would effectively be a figurehead with day-to-day decisions left to the military leadership.

* 1521 – Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.

Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi ( later Pope Honorius II ) and the Diet of Würzburg ( 1121 ) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V entered into an agreement that effectively ended the Investiture Controversy.

Regular ceremonies of the Emperor with a constitutional basis are the Prime Minister investitures in the Imperial palace throne room and the Speech from the Throne ceremony in the House of Councillors in the National Diet Building.

The federal Diet met at Frankfurt under Austrian presidency ( in fact the Habsburg Emperor was represented by an Austrian ' presidential envoy ').

In the following year he went to Germany to be present as papal nuncio at the coronation of Emperor Charles V, and was also present at the Diet of Worms, where he headed the opposition to Martin Luther, advocating the most extreme measures to repress the doctrines of the reformer.

In 973, twelve illustrious Magyar envoys, whom probably Géza had assigned, participated in the Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.

The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg were elevated by the Holy Roman Emperor to the rank of Prince-Elector in 1692, and this elevation was confirmed by the Diet in 1708.

The chief of the executive branch, the Prime Minister, is appointed by the Emperor as directed by the Diet.

* 1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.

* 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

The exact judgment of the Emperor is unknown, but it's certain that the sentence wasn't carried out because he died a few weeks after the Diet.

He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office.

The Peace of Augsburg ( 1555 ), signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, confirmed the result of the 1526 Diet of Speyer, ending the war between German Lutherans and Catholics, and establishing that:

* February 15 – The February Manifesto is issued by the Emperor of Russia subjugating the Diet of Finland to Imperial legislation.

* January 22 – Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.

* April 16 – April 18 – Martin Luther is examined before Emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms.

* May 25 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

* May 8 – Otto von Guericke demonstrates the power of atmospheric pressure and the effectiveness of his vacuum pump using the Magdeburg hemispheres before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.

For the upcoming Diet of Augsburg, while still at Ingolstadt, Eck compiled what he considered to be 404 heretical propositions from the writings of the reformers as an aid to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

In November 1274 it was decided by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg that all crown estates seized since the death of the Emperor Frederick II must be restored, and that King Ottokar II must answer to the Diet for not recognising the new king.

* September 21 – Magdeburg is now the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, after a Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Under Article 73 the new constitution was formally submitted to the Imperial Diet by the Emperor, through an imperial rescript issued on 20 June.

Charles abdicated as Emperor in 1556 in favor of his brother Ferdinand ; however, due to lengthy debate and bureaucratic procedure, the Imperial Diet did not accept the abdication ( and thus make it legally valid ) until 24 February 1558.