Sentences with phrase «in dietary therapy»

There is also likely trepidation regarding such a high fat intake — particularly saturated fat — despite mounting evidence even in the medical mainstream that saturated fat intake is not associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and that reductions in carbohydrate intake, in fact, can improve risk for heart disease.55 Promising avenues for research in dietary therapy for AD are hindered by an outdated nutritional paradigm.

Not exact matches

A diet low in FODMAPs («a Low FODMAP Diet») is scientifically proven1, and is now recommended internationally, as the most effective dietary therapy to manage symtpoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Dietary medium - chain triglycerides prevent chemically induced experimental colitis in rats: Medium chain triglycerides show promise for nutritional therapy of inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease and colitis) as an anti-inflammatory nutrient in the colon.

Additionally, you will learn about the developmental landmarks the baby undergoes in the uterus, dietary guidelines, labor procedures, and natural therapies that can encourage and support you in your journey to motherhood.

It typically takes many years to initiate such trials because of the stringent safety testing that must be done before testing in humans begins, but Reynolds said it may be possible to move faster as the therapy only involves modifying a patient's dietary intake and supplementing with a medium - chain triglyceride oil, both of which have no known side effects.

Dietary supplements in general should not be supplanting proven therapies, he cautions, but I don't see any reason to use words like alternative or complementary to describe them.

A team of researchers from the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida (USF) doubled survival time in an aggressive metastatic cancer model using a novel combination of non-toxic dietary and hyperbaric oxygen therapies.

Treatment is with a change in dietary habits, laxatives, fiber therapy, enemas, and rarely surgery.

«Dietary therapies for Crohn's disease should be examined more systematically, and this study provides a good first step,» said Dennis Ko, an assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology in the Duke School of Medicine.

The researchers from Bochum and Erlangen now plan to employ the gained insights to develop innovative dietary add - on therapies to established immunotherapies in multiple sclerosis.

Although there has been recent progress in the treatment of GSDIa, including a new dietary product approved by US FDA, there are no drug therapies approved for this disease.

The combination of innovative field research and in lab analysis enabled us to identify a dietary neurotoxin and amino acid therapy for neurodegenerative diseases.

Many patients with endometriosis explore dietary changes, take part in support groups to share and gain emotional support, and explore various forms of relaxation and alternative therapies, such as yoga, massage, reiki, acupuncture and meditation.

Most importantly, all patients in this study were able to reduce or discontinue insulin therapy and reduce their cholesterol levels without any changes in body weight, clearly demonstrating that less dietary fat results in less insulin (6,7).

The integrative practitioner combines nutritional therapy with supplementation, correction of hormonal / mineral / vitamin / EFA deficiencies, detoxification, and dietary modifications in an individualized plan for each patient to re-establish balance.

In view of these recommendations, we would propose that all children with LGS who have failed appropriate AED therapy are funded for an initial assessment of suitability for ketogenic dietary therapy.

Medical giants in starch - based diet - therapy, include Walter Kempner MD, the founder of the Rice Diet at Duke University; Nathan Pritikin; and Roy Swank MD, founder of the dietary treatment of multiple sclerosis at Oregon Health & Science University.

International consensus recommendations suggest that ketogenic dietary therapy should be strongly considered in a child with epilepsy who has failed two or three AEDs, and may be particularly beneficial in certain epilepsy syndromes such as infantile spasms (14).

Although it is often suggested that children with epilepsy who are benefiting from ketogenic dietary therapy continue this for at least two years, duration of treatment could be shorter in patients with infantile spasms who become seizure - free; one study reported no adverse effect on seizure outcomes and less risk of growth disturbances when treatment was tapered down after 8 months (15).

Barb was instrumental in developing the low glycemic index, Modified Mediterranean dietary program for FirstLine Therapy.

A classical ketogenic diet — with a staggering 70 - 90 percent of total calories coming from fat — might not be necessary.51 Classical ketogenic diets restrict protein as well as carbohydrate, since 48 - 58 percent of the amino acids in dietary proteins can be glucogenic, thereby undermining the purpose of a diet intended to generate a high amount of ketones and limit glucose as much as possible.46 As therapy for AD, however, simply lowering carbohydrate intake to a point where some ketones are generated and hyperinsulinemia is corrected could have positive effects just by easing the metabolic burden on the brain.

1935 Effects of the high carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial

Because potassium is crucial to cardiovascular and nerve functions and is lost in diuretic therapy for edema or hypertension, a prevalent disease, it must be added as a dietary supplement frequently.

This dietary therapy has been shown to be particularly beneficial in MAE where seizures are often resistant to AEDs.

The past century has unveiled a plethora of preclinical data that has suggested the potential of a ketogenic diet as an aid in cancer treatment.7, 8 The benefits of a ketogenic diet, and dietary manipulation in general, may be a potent adjunct to current cancer treatments by synergistically working with chemotherapy and radiation therapy to starve cancer cells, leaving them more susceptible to damage from these treatments.7 - 10

Because a large change in dietary intake may alter the availability of vitamins such as vitamin K, the monitoring of patients receiving anticoagulation therapy is important (92, 93).

International consensus recommendations suggest that ketogenic dietary therapy should be strongly considered in a child with epilepsy which has failed to respond to two or three AEDs (4).

Seeing the continued dedication of health professionals in the field of dietary therapy gives Tammy hope that all children in need may continue to benefit from their hard work.

In the same year, a Mayo Clinic physician, Dr Russel Wilder, defined a dietary therapy that drastically reduced carbohydrates and replaced most of the calories by fat.

The integrative physician will assess your health status, suggest dietary modifications based on your metabolism, and develop a treatment plan using many of the following state - of - the - art detoxification therapies, which are all available in our integrative health center.

Adrienne Scheck has shown that when applied with curative doses of radiation therapy, the ketogenic diet can make brain tumors vanish in mice.2 However, many dietary changes appear to blunt cancer growth in mice, 3 and the effects in humans are less clear.

Eugene Fine was also there with a poster on his just published pilot study on ketogenic diets and cancer — «Targeting insulin inhibition as a metabolic therapy in advanced cancer: A pilot safety and feasibility dietary trial in 10 patients.»

Finally, although we only have preliminary evidence of the positive effects of VLCKD in PCOS, 77 there are clear mechanisms that are consistent with the physiological plausibility of such dietary therapy.

Targeting insulin inhibition as a metabolic therapy in advanced cancer: a pilot safety and feasibility dietary trial in 10 patients.

It leaves me wondering when in the future studies will show that calorie restriction, exercise and specific dietary factors influence the degree of inflammatory response in the gut and a diet opposite of the recommended diet may be a possible contributory cause of relapses in MS. Peak Physical Therapy Sports and Performance Center works side by side with Whole Health Nutrition.

The discovery about dietary fiber opens a new channel for nutrition therapy in diabetes, Zhao tells MedicalResearch.com.

It is an extreme imbalance in your body that is best addressed from a functional medicine approach: identifying the ROOT CAUSE, and coupling dietary and herbal therapies together to knock down SIBO to the degree that you can address digestive and immune insufficiencies, heal the gut, and rebalance your gut flora.

Such as dietary modifications to aid in the quality / success of therapy?

In the majority of dogs, a positive response to therapy is usually noticed within a week or two of beginning enzyme and dietary treatment.

In some cases, diagnosis may rely on monitoring how a cat responds to a trial of medical therapy or of dietary modification.

The treatment for diabetes in cats includes dietary management (high protein, low carbohydrate) and insulin therapy.

This may explain the poor response to treatment of some dogs, and also the need for indefinite dietary management with controlled diets after apparent successful antibiotic therapy in some dogs with chronic SIBO.

Dr. Pamela Dragos offers Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, veterinary acupuncture including traditional acupuncture, painless laser acupuncture, aquapuncture and electro - acupuncture, herbal therapy, Cold Laser therapy, Moxibustion, Bengston Energy Healing, nutritional supplements and dietary recommendations in a quiet, healing environment centered on individualized, gentle, compassionate care.

Stress in dogs due to environmental changes, dietary indiscretion or drug therapy often results in an imbalance of the intestinal flora.

In people, dietary changes and weight control alone often make insulin therapy unnecessary.

The challenge results in these three studies strongly suggest a dietary role in the pathogenesis of this disorder and also illustrate the potential importance of dietary therapy.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic therapy.

Keeping the disease in check requires strict compliance with dietary and medical therapies.

The therapeutic dotential of dietary precursor modulation by a fish - oil - supplemented diet (n - 3 fatty acids), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5,n - 3) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22: 6,n - 3) in the therapy of ulcerative colitis has been shown to result in a 35 % to 50 % decrease in neutrophil production of LTB4.28 Significant improvement in symptoms and histologic appearance of the rectal mucosa has been observed in several small series of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis given fish oil at 3 to 4 g daily for 2 to 6 months in uncontrolled studies.29 However, a larger, randomized, double - blind trial comprising 96 patients with ulcerative colitis failed to reveal any benefit in remission maintenance or treatment of relapse on 4.5 g of eicosapentaenoic acid daily, despite a significant reduction in LTB4 synthesis by blood peripheral polymorphonuclear cells.30 It should be emphasized, however, that the anti-inflammatory actions of the fish oils, in addition to inhibition of LTB4, include suppression of IL - 1 and platelet activating factor synthesis and scavenging of free oxygen radicals.30 The impact of increased lipid peroxidation after fish oil supplementation should be considered when altering the n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratio.31 Antioxidant supplementation may be able to counteract the potentially adverse effects of n - 3 fatty acids.

In most cases, therapy for IBD includes both dietary and medical management.