#Dietetics

[nothing-but-tears]

Jak pozbyć się nadmiar wody z organizmu

Paradoksalnie trzeba pić dużo wody, nie przesadzać z solą, ewentualnie ograniczyć węglowodany

[jasminejava]

Are there any studyblrs/blogs here interested in studying (or already studying) dietetics, nutrition or kinesiology? Let’s be friends and talk about what our goals are! 😊

[learningisadangerousthing]

January 28th, 2025

📖Today's Study Goals 📖

Study for Nutrition Care Process - Exam 1 ✅

Research Topic for Controversial Issues Class ⏹️

Make Outline for Case Study ⏹️

❤️How I'm Taking Care of Myself❤️

Gratitude Journal, Morning Devotional, Staying Hydrated

🏁Completed 🏁

Tutoring

Cardio Workout

Study Guide Exam 1

[anaswaraseo]

Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics: Science for Better Health

Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics is a specialized field that uses nutrition to manage and prevent disease, improve health outcomes, and promote overall well-being. Here’s a deep dive into the essential aspects of this field:

What is Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics?

Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics involves assessing, diagnosing, and treating nutrition-related health issues. Dietitians and clinical nutritionists work closely with patients to develop dietary plans tailored to their medical conditions, lifestyle, and specific health goals.

Key Areas of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics

Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): MNT is the cornerstone of clinical dietetics, involving specialized dietary interventions based on scientific evidence. It’s used to treat chronic illnesses like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and kidney disease.

Nutritional Assessment: This includes evaluating a patient’s diet, medical history, physical health, and lab results to create personalized nutrition plans. Tools include BMI, body composition analysis, dietary history, and blood tests to assess nutrient levels.

Therapeutic Diets: Dietitians often develop therapeutic diets to manage health conditions, which can include:

Low-sodium diets for hypertension and heart health.

Low-glycemic diets for managing diabetes.

High-protein diets for malnutrition and muscle recovery.

Renal Diets for kidney disease patients to reduce the intake of specific nutrients.

Pediatric and Geriatric Nutrition: Clinical dietitians specialize in creating age-appropriate nutritional plans for children and elderly patients, addressing issues like growth, development, bone health, and cognitive function.

Mental Health and Nutrition: Dietitians are increasingly focusing on the connection between nutrition and mental health, as certain nutrients (e.g., omega-3s, and B vitamins) can impact mood and cognitive function.

Emerging Areas in Clinical Nutrition

Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Functional foods (like probiotics) and nutraceuticals (such as dietary supplements) are increasingly used in clinical nutrition to support specific health outcomes, such as immune function or gut health.

Personalized Nutrition and Genomics: Nutrigenomics studies how genes influence individual responses to nutrients, leading to personalized nutrition plans based on a patient’s genetic makeup. This method works especially well for treating chronic illnesses.

Integrative and Holistic Nutrition: Integrative nutrition considers lifestyle factors, stress, and mental health along with diet, promoting a more holistic approach to patient care.

Plant-Based Diets: The use of plant-based diets in clinical settings is becoming popular for their benefits in reducing inflammation, improving heart health, and supporting weight management.

Role of Clinical Dietitians in Healthcare Settings

Hospitals: Clinical dietitians are essential in hospitals, where they design dietary plans for patients recovering from surgeries, dealing with chronic illnesses, or undergoing treatment that affects their nutritional status.

Outpatient Clinics: Many dietitians work in clinics, providing ongoing support for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes or high cholesterol.

Rehabilitation Centers: Nutritionists here help patients with recovery, focusing on high-calorie or high-protein diets to promote healing.

Skills for Clinical Dietitians

Analytical Skills: Strong understanding of biochemistry and physiology to interpret lab data and develop dietary plans. Counseling and Communication: The ability to communicate effectively with patients to promote adherence to dietary plans.

Evidence-Based Practice: Staying updated with the latest research to provide science-backed advice. Career Opportunities

Clinical dietitian: employed by long-term care homes, clinics, or hospitals.

Nutrition Researcher: Contributing to research on disease prevention and dietary interventions.

Consultant Dietitian: Providing freelance or consultancy services for healthcare facilities, wellness centers, or private clients.

Corporate Wellness Programs: Supporting employees’ health and well-being through nutritional guidance in corporate settings.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics is a transformative field that bridges the gap between nutrition science and patient care, offering personalized approaches to health and wellness. By understanding the intricate relationship between diet, disease, and overall health, clinical dietitians play a crucial role in improving health outcomes and enhancing quality of life. As new research and innovations in nutrition continue to emerge, this field remains essential in advancing preventive care, supporting disease management, and promoting holistic well-being.

[autistic-clownfish]

Shout out to my new blog @dorian-gets-healthy where I’ve been pursuing my interest in food, cooking and health as a way to improve the lives of everyone, including those of us with chronic and mental illness :) give it a follow and tell me what you think!

[shady-cypress]

Warming up to study by reading this month's chunker.

[thatnerdynutritiongirl]

What this Tumblr is About

This Tumblr is basically my brain dump from learning.

I LOVE to learn! Hopefully, you do too!

I love to learn about about nutrition, Biochemistry/chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, medicine, physiology, and anatomy, for example.

For the sake of this Tumblr, I am going to stick with primarily these topics and not so much languages -- which is my other interest, though those may drop in from time to time. We'll see!

A little about me...

I am a senior nutrition student in the United States. I plan on becoming a registered dietitian and working with those with eating disorders and interests ranging from treatment of eating disorders, nutrition education, research in nutrition intersection with multiple disciplines such as medicine, psychology, religion, sociology, etc, and nutritional biochemistry. I have interests in practice, teaching, and research. I also am an honors student, an ambassador for my major and school, a regular volunteer at my food pantry, and a lover of knowledge. I have 8 cats (YES I SAID EIGHT!!) that were all once strays (I originally had three but found a fourth cat that was malnourished, took her in, nourished her, then she left and came back pregnant after we thought she was fixed, and so that is how I ended up with four extra unexpecteds!!)

I hope you click that follow button and join me on my learning journey!

[mission-to-dietitian]

Food and Nutrition Books to Read

 Catching Fire, How Cooking Made us Human

Current views on hunter‐gatherer nutrition and the evolution of the human diet - Crittenden - 2017 - American Journal of Physical Anthropology - Wiley Online Library

Hunter-gatherers, Human Diet, and Our Capacity for Cooperation | Alyssa Crittenden | TEDxUNLV -> Hunter-gatherers, Human Diet, and Our Capacity for Cooperation | Alyssa Crittenden | TEDxUNLV - YouTube

Briana Pobiner | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program (si.edu)

AnthroSource (wiley.com)

[nutritioneducationwithlsfitness]

Serum Vitamin B12 vs. Urine Methyl Malonic Acid: Which is the Superior Marker for B12 Status?

Introduction:

Vitamin B12 plays a pivotal role in numerous physiological processes. Determining its deficiency with accuracy is essential for effective healthcare. While serum vitamin B12 is a standard test, urine methyl malonic acid (MMA) may offer a clearer window into the body's B12 status.

1. Biochemical vs. Functional Indicators

Serum Vitamin B12: Reflects the vitamin's concentration in the blood but may not truly indicate its functionality at a cellular level.

Urine MMA: Elevated levels suggest a functional B12 deficiency, showcasing metabolic changes due to insufficient B12.

2. Sensitivity and Early Detection

Serum B12 might not detect early or mild deficiencies. In such borderline scenarios, urine MMA's elevated levels can indicate even the slightest B12 shortages.

3. Specificity of the Test

Urine MMA is closely linked to B12 status, making it a more specific marker. In contrast, serum B12 can be influenced by factors like inflammation or liver conditions.

4. Pernicious Anemia and Its Challenges

In this autoimmune condition, serum B12 levels can be misleading. MMA, however, provides a more direct insight into the body's B12 status.

5. Detecting Subclinical Deficiencies

Even with "normal" serum B12 levels, some might suffer at a cellular level. Urine MMA is adept at identifying such subclinical deficiencies.

Conclusion:

While serum B12 is still widely used, urine MMA brings several advantages to the table, especially in nuanced or complex cases. As always, it's essential to consider the whole clinical picture, including symptoms and patient history, when gauging vitamin B12 status.

[angelitacamilastudies]

Low quality pic but high quality moment… It has been a while since I have posted something here… I’m taking a moment to write about my graduation 👩🏻‍🎓 from @heldb.bruxelles after a few month. I was over the moon to be graduated after 3 years of hard (but not so hard) work. let me explain…I obviously did worked hard to get my degree but I wasn’t making me sick and overthinking to get things done. Studying and dedication does pay ! 🙃 I have grown so much since medschool and I’m proud of me. This 3 years of dietetics and lockdown (best time of my life truly) allowed me to heal from my experience in med school. I honestly can tell now that I wouldn’t have been happy as doctor … I’m a happy dietician now So goodbye Medecine Thanks a lot dietetics And Hello biomedical sciences Thanks to my teachers for passing their knowledge and passion for dietetics and also for their support #rdfinally #rd #dietetics #dietitian #dietician #diet #dietetique #dieteticienne #grad #graduation #graduate #graduated #classof2022 (à Haute École Lucia de Brouckère) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGVCytIxQ3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sleep-safe]

gonna be so good at Healthcare, a thing that is normal to want and possible to achieve /cp

[nonhapiupareti]

The ethical consideration of concepts such as ferocity and brutality is far from a trivial process. Maybe gradually progressing from aesthetics to dietetics.

#nonhapiupareti 2025

[learningisadangerousthing]

August 30th, 2024

Today's Study Goals

Review Community Nutrition Lecture 1

How I'm Taking Care of Myself

Morning Workout

Afternoon walk

Things to Improve from Yesterday

Pomodoro Method

Be mindful of distractions

[a-hormonious-life]

Using Food to Help Fight Depression

Many people with depression have elevated monoamine oxidase (MAO) levels. This enzyme breaks down serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine (all of which help regulate mood). Quercitin, a phytochemical found only in plant foods, inhibits MAO and increases the amount of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine in the brain. Foods high in quercitin include apples, kale, grapes, berries, onion, and green tea (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, n.d.).

Plant-based sources of tryptophan, which the body converts into serotonin (a neurotransmitter largely responsible for feelings of happiness and wellbeing), include leafy greens, sunflower seeds, watercress, soybeans, pumpkin seeds, mushrooms, broccoli, and peas (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, n.d.).

Carbohydrates make it easier for tryptophan to cross the blood-brain barrier, increasing serotonin levels. This may explain the link between depression and carbohydrate cravings (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, n.d.).

Depression is associated with inflammation in the brain. Omega 3 fatty acids (found in chia seeds, walnuts, flax seeds, and leafy green vegetables) are anti-inflammatory, and have been found to cause a significant reduction in depressive symptoms (Mehdi et al., 2023).

Reference:

Mehdi, S., Manohar, K., Shariff, A., Kinattingal, N., Wani, S. U. D., Alshehri, S., Imam, M. T., Shakeel, F., & Krishna, K. L. (2023). Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation in the treatment of Depression: an observational study. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(2), 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13020224

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. (n.d.). Food and Mood: Eating plants to fight the blues. https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/food-and-mood

[anastasiablogg01]

Also remember not to torture yourself with excessive exercise in the morning because you saw someone else doing it. Adapt to your own possibilities and try to keep a balance between your dream body/appearance and your own genes.

🌸"We must be dreamers but know that we live in a world of realism."🌸

[shady-cypress]

11/4/2023

To do before Monday

Revise Thesis

Send thesis to 2ndary advisor

Update defense meeting info

E-mail poster presentation scholarship docs

HW #8 for 220A

Research wtf happens at a project defense

Start defense slides