CLINICAL AND GENERAL NUTRIENT
Clinical
Nutrition
People face acute illness or chronic disease in a variety of settings and locations. Nutrition support is fundamental for the successful treatment of disease and it's often a primary therapy. “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. The good news is that we have the power to help prevent chronic disease, as making positive diet and lifestyle changes can help reduce risk. Eating healthy foods, getting enough exercise, and refraining from tobacco and excessive alcohol use confer numerous health benefits. including possibly preventing the onset of chronic diseases. Major problems which many of us are facing and one or the other disease is there in our families are diabetes, thyroid, obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, etc ….
The rate of diabetes diagnosis is increasing around the world. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) levels are unusually high. Blood glucose is your primary source of energy, and it is obtained from the foods you consume. Insulin is produced by the Beta-cell of the pancreas, facilitates the passage of glucose from food into your cells for use as energy. It’s possible that your body doesn’t generate enough or any insulin, or that it doesn’t use it effectively. Glucose remains in your circulation and does not reach your cells as a result. Glycemic control is the primary focus when dealing with diabetes management for all patients with diabetes. Through Medical Nutrition therapy diabetic and pre-diabetic situations can be controlled. Major goals are:
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Promote and support healthy eating patterns, emphasizing nutrient-dense foods and proper portion sizes.
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Achieve and maintain blood glucose and lipid profiles.
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Achieve and maintain ideal body weight goals.
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Prevent or slow the rate of development of the chronic complications of diabetes.
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Individualize nutrition plans by taking into account personal and cultural preferences, access to healthy food, and willingness to make behavioral changes.
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Provide practical tools for day-to-day meal planning.
Motivating them to exercise regularly.
Diabetes
Thyroid
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adam's apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle. Over time, untreated hypothyroidism can cause a number of health problems, such as obesity, joint pain, infertility ,heart disease and depression. People with hypothyroidism make less thyroid hormone. This means they have a slower metabolism and burn fewer calories at rest. That is why people with hypothyroidism often feel cold and fatigued and may gain weight easily.
Through proper intake of foods that can speed up your metabolism and certain minerals needed by the people with hypothyroidism and proper guide to exercise we can control thyroid.
The major arteries and their many branches that serve the heart are called coronary arteries because they lie across the brow of the heart and resemble a crown. Thus, the overall disease process is called coronary heart disease (atherosclerosis). Fatty plaques, which are largely composed of cholesterol, are on the inside lining of major blood vessels. If the affected blood vessel is a major artery that supplies vital nutrients and oxygen to the heart muscle i.e myocardium then the event is myocardial infarction or heart attack.
Through the lifestyle management approach we can control this event of heart failure :
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Consume a dietary pattern that emphasizes intake of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, low-fat dairy products.
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Engaging in physical activity at least for 30 minutes daily.
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Reducing intake of saturated fats.
Coronary Heart Disease
Hyper
Tension
Blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls of the body’s arteries, the major blood vessels in the body. Hypertension is when blood pressure is too high.
Blood pressure is written as two numbers. The first (systolic) number represents the pressure in blood vessels when the heart contracts or beats. The second (diastolic) number represents the pressure in the vessels when the heart rests between beats.
Hypertension is diagnosed if, when it is measured on two different days, the systolic blood pressure readings on both days is ≥140 mmHg and/or the diastolic blood pressure readings on both days is ≥90 mmHg.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease.
Regardless of the hypertensive stage, lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise are the foundation for the treatment. By applying DASH. ( dietary approaches to stop hypertension )the diet we can control over hypertension.
Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat.
Symptoms
Body mass index (BMI) is often used to diagnose obesity. To calculate BMI, multiply weight in pounds by 703, divide by height in inches, and then divide again by height in inches. Or divide weight in kilograms by height in meters squared.
BMI Weight status
Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5-24.9 Normal
25.0-29.9 Overweight
30.0 and higher Obesity
Asians with a BMI of 23 or higher may have an increased risk of health problems.
People with obesity are more likely to develop a number of potentially serious health problems, including:
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Heart disease and strokes.
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Type 2 diabetes.
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Certain cancers.
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Digestive problems.
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Sleep apnoea.
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Osteoarthritis.
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Severe COVID-19 symptoms. Obesity increases the risk of developing severe symptoms if you become infected with the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). People who have severe cases of COVID-19 may require treatment in intensive care units or even mechanical assistance to breathe.
Through proper counseling, lifestyle modification, and calculating energy expenditure to control the situation.
Obesity
