Posts Tagged ‘Dietician’

Nutrition

July 1st, 2009
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It was known from centuries ago that what we eat affects our health. The science that studies our food intake and its effects on our health is called nutrition. The diet that we eat produces either god or bad effects on our health. In nutrition you examine how, why, when, all this happens. The health professionals who are experts in nutrition science, are called dieticians .They give you diet advice which is totally evidence based .If there is some imbalance in your nutrition requirements, they find it out. There can be two types of nutrition imbalances in your food intake. You may be taking certain type of food, excess of which can cause imbalance in your nutrition, causing problems of health.
One simple example is sugar in case of a diabetic patient. The intake of sugar is necessary ingredient of your nutrition but in case of diabetic patient it is necessary to control the sugar to avoid any imbalance in your nutrition.

Second type of imbalance in nutrition can take place because of fewer intakes of certain types of foods. We require vitamins and minerals to maintain our health. Green vegetables are an important source of natural vitamins and minerals. If you are not using much of green vegetables in your diet, it may cause deficiency of vitamins, which in turn will lead to imbalance in your nutrition. Thus in this case a dietician will, advice you to, increase the green vegetables in your diet to correct imbalance in nutrition.
It is oblivious that studies in nutrition will take research for months or years to prove or disprove certain hypothesis from nutrition point of view. You have to note all the food intake first. Then note everything about person’s health at the time of ingestion. Note all the health points after the digestion. Finally note all chemicals present in human waste.
This observations noting has to be continued over prolong time, before coming to any conclusion from nutrition point of view.

When we take food it contains certain chemicals which are useful for our body health. Our body secretes certain chemicals. We can call them digestive juices. These chemicals have reactions on chemicals from the food. After the reaction, two types of chemicals are produced. First type is useful for our health; this is absorbed by our body. The second part is waste chemicals. These are not useful for body health. They are thrown away by the body. This ultimately forms human excreta. Our body has lot many cells. If they function well, our body remains healthy. If these cells do not get their nutrition, our health suffers. It is obvious that our nutrition depends on proper diet.

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Diabetic Diet

June 20th, 2009

There are hundreds types of diets in the world. The main purpose of all these diets is to remain healthy by eating the right types and amount of foods at the right time. There are some specific diets like South Beach Diet, Mediterranean Diet and Atkins Diet. Also there are general diets like rice diets, low carb diets, low fat diets as well that have proven to be effective for the people. Obesity leads to disorders like hypertension, high blood pressure, increased chances of heart stroke and diabetes.

A special diabetic diet is recommended by doctors for those patients who are suffering from diabetes. It is best to visit your doctor who will guide you with the exact directions to be followed in the diabetic diet. Let’s plunge into the main details of a diabetic diet.

A diabetic diet stresses on having foods that are rich in starches. Some foods that are rich in starches are breads, cereals and some types of vegetables. You should have at least 5 servings of these foods every day. See to it that you don’t include a lot of amount of food in each serving and also keep a fixed time interval between each serving. You can also include fruits in your serving. At least have five fruits and vegetables every single day of the diabetic diet. Limit your intake of foods that are high in sugar content. Hence limit your intake of sugar and sweets. You can in fact eat substitutes like low sugar sweets.

Foods like vegetable and some seeds consist of soluble fibers that may prove to be very beneficial for people suffering from diabetes. These foods in fact slow down the absorption of glucose by the body and hence keep the levels of sugar in the body under control. Foods that have soluble fibers are legumes, beans, whole grains and nuts. Hence see to it that you include these types of foods in your diabetic diet. It is necessary that you talk in detail about your current intake of the nature and amounts of foods that you eat. After the diagnosis, your dietician will recommend the best diabetic diet for you that you will have to seriously follow for a few months before the positive effects of the diet are noticed. You can also ask your friends, family or relatives who have followed a similar diet plan for advice and their experiences.

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