‘Nutrition’

Rich Nutritional Benefits for the Body’s Inflammatory

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

A diet rich in antioxidant nutrients exerts anti-inflammatory power that achieves slow the development of diabetes, obesity and cancer, said today the president of the Spanish Federation of Societies of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics (fesnad), Alfredo Martinez.

Martinez explained that this is the conclusion of a major study presented at the Second Congress of the fesnad held up today in Barcelona, and stressed that this statement Underlying medical thinking, but has now been found.

“Some foods have a higher level of antioxidants that prevent inflammation,” noting that this, in turn, “acts as the trigger diseases such as diabetes, obesity and dyslipidemia,” remarked the professor of nutrition at the University Navarre.

The researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, Boston, biochemist Barry Sears, a medical doctor at the conference explained the important role of inflammatory Zone Diet, which proposes the proportion of 40% carbohydrate , 30% protein and 30% fat with extra intake of Omega 3. (more…)

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Nutrition and Cancer

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

nutrition and cancer

Set random nutritional requirements of a cancer patient is an impossible task, since each patient by age, sex, type of cancer and medical history is a particular case. But we can talk about the advice in nutrition, as general guidelines that should always be confirmed with the oncologist.

Cancer treatment and the disease itself produce states of malnutrition in the patient, which directly affects their quality of life.

Consider the general nutrition advice for cancer:

  • Fats: As cancer patients often experience fat loss and muscle mass, it is recommended that the daily calorie intake is at least 25% of everything consumed.
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