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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a group of endocrine diseases associated with disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. In this case, the body experiences a relative or absolute lack of pancreatic hormone - insulin, which provokes excess of normal blood glucose levels. Prolonged lack of treatment leads to hyperglycemia, when the cells of the organs begin to starve, even with an abundant and timely diet. Diagnosis and treatment of the pathology is performed by an endocrinologist. In many cases, diabetes mellitus is a natural consequence of increased consumption of easily available carbohydrates. Especially dangerous is the abundance of sweets on the background of regular...

Gastroenterology

Gastritis, causes, symptoms and treatment of gastritis

Gastritis is an inflammatory process in the mucous membrane of the inner walls of the stomach (the often encountered diagnosis "gastroduodenitis" means that the process has also spread to the sphincter-pylum and duodenum). For several reasons, gastritis with its characteristic symptoms, - not lethal, but significantly reducing quality of life, and not safe in prognostic terms, - is one of the most common diseases not only in gastroenterology, but also in general medical practice. According to modern data, the incidence rate exceeds 80% of the general population and reaches 90% in older age categories, and even these data - and...

Calories,Nutritiology

Counting nutrients, not calories

It is believed that you need to know the proportions of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, and 30 kg will disappear in six months, as if they were not there. But it is not that simple. The caloric content of foods can change depending on how they are prepared. The calories in a single food can vary depending on how it is cooked and even how it is cut. Nutrients are biologically active elements involved in the body's vital functions. They are divided into micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates). There are many of them, and each has...

Good nutrition,Products

Blood-thinning foods: diet, menu

Blood is one of the main biological fluids in the human body; human health depends on its composition, viscosity and consistency. Today, it is increasingly common to hear that blood is too thick, that is, its viscosity is increased. Correctly balanced nutrition can help to normalize the blood. What should I eat if my blood is too thick? What to do if the blood is thick? The answers to these questions can be found in our article. Causes of thick blood. The dangers of blood clotting and its consequences Thick blood or hypercoagulability is a condition in which blood is...

Good nutrition,Products

Top 10 foods that are killing you

Everything is poison and everything is medicine. Only the dose makes the medicine a poison and the poison a cure. But at the same time, there are foods that are a really big problem today, not only for the individual, but for humanity as a whole. The following 10 foods that are killing us will turn out to be part of someone's regular diet. Unfortunately, we do not always think about their harmfulness. And there are foods that seemingly have no harm, but in combination with others complicate the process of digestion, provoking bloating, heaviness. These tandems are also familiar...

Gastroenterology,Good nutrition

Intestinal motility: dietary rules to improve

Our body is not a set of separate organs, and disorders in one part of the GIT necessarily lead to a chain reaction of disorders in other organs and systems - circulatory, nervous, endocrine. This is why a well-functioning gastrointestinal tract is so important for human health. Today we will consider common gastrointestinal disorders and how to improve its work with the help of diet and lifestyle. Causes and symptoms of intestinal dysfunction The digestive system feeds all of our organs through the blood. For the body to be healthy, you need a healthy digestive system. Then there will be...

Nutritiology

What is nutritionology in simple terms

The word "nutritiology" comes to us from the Greek language and is translated as "the science of nutrition. In simple words, nutritiology is a science that studies such issues as food intake, composition of foods, their combination and their effects on the human body. Even ancient people were interested in how nutrition affects people. Each culture gradually developed certain food habits that corresponded to the habitat and social structure of the particular society. However, traditional food systems are totally inappropriate for modern humanity, which lives in an era of large-scale industrial production and urbanization. The cult of eating on the...

Calories,Nutritiology

Nutriciology for weight loss

Dietetics is a separate field of medicine that deals with the group nutrition of people with various diseases. It includes several subfields, including nutritiology. This discipline studies the elements that make up the diet, their interrelationship and the impact they have on the individual. Based on these data, individual diets are formulated that are optimal for people with specific body characteristics. How much to eat to lose weight Virtually everyone now knows that food is not only a measure of naturalness or taste, but also the value of energy content. For this reason, calculating daily energy expenditures, taking into account...