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A Healing Diet to Plug Pressure Sores
(Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Pressure ulcers are a significant and costly healthcare problem for patients and healthcare providers. An understanding of the role of nutrition in their prevention and management can help ameliorate ...
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Capsulized Protein for Special Medical Needs
(Friday, January 22, 2010 - Protica Staff Writer)
More and more patients and professionals are turning to capsulized foods -- dense nutrition in a compact liquid form -- as part of an overall treatment or diet plan.
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Concentrated Protein Supplementation for Bariatric Patients
(Friday, January 22, 2010 - Protica Staff Writer)
Concentrated protein supplementation is highly recommended for bariatric patients for two specific reasons. One is to aid short-term recovery after bariatric, or weight reducing surgery, and the other...
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Current Dietary Recommendations in Strength Training
(Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Strength is the cumulative expression of the innumerable myofibrils orderly arranged to form the muscle. Strength training attempts to boost these protein motors and the biological machinery that supp...
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Dietary Proteins Can Lower Blood Pressure
(Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Blood pressure as the name suggests is the force of blood against arterial walls. A normal adult blood pressure is below 120/80. High blood pressure has been defined as over 140/90. Hypertension or hi...
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Dietary Recommendations After Gastric Bypass Surgery
(Thursday, March 03, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
When obesity gets out of hand, unresponsive to dietary, lifestyle and medical interventions, drastic measures are needed to cut down calorie intake. Morbid obesity with a BMI (body mass index, a measu...
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Kwashiorkor In An Affluent Society
(Friday, September 16, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Kwashiokor is a form protein-energy malnutrition that we generally associate with children from war-torn countries of Africa. The financial and social affluence generally protects our population, espe...
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Link between Protein and Low Cholesterol
(Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Current research has revealed a promising relation between a high protein diet and low blood cholesterol levels. Many people with high cholesterol levels take medications to control their cholesterol ...
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Liquid Protein for Special Medical Needs
(Friday, January 22, 2010 - Protica Staff Writer)
The term “protein supplement” has always been synonymous with body-building and Olympic athletics, but it is just as appropriate in the treatment of illness and disease.
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Natural Milk Proteins Protect Against Heart Disease
(Monday, May 30, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Proteins form an integral part of natural diet. Epidemiological studies strongly support the hypothesis that increased protein intake can lower blood pressure. Dietary patterns associated with a high...
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Protein - The Denominator Customary to All Diets
(Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - Protica Staff Writer)
The Human Body is in a constant flux with the environment. Matter and molecules flow in and out, casting themselves into its complexities. Although the body lends them structure, it is the intake—the ...
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Protein and Endurance Sports
(Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - Protica Staff Writer)
Endurance Sports are like music concerts. They start at a low key, setting a steady rhythm and culminate into a crescendo that enthralls the spectator and the athlete. And not unlike an orchestra, end...
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Protein Principles for Diabetes
(Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Dietary considerations can present a Hobson’s choice in diabetes. Even when the intake is nutritious, assimilating it can be another matter. Then there is the problem of progression of diabetic compli...
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Protein Requirement in Wound Healing
(Friday, September 16, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Wound healing is the process of repair that follows injury to the skin and other soft tissues. Wounds may result from trauma or from a surgical incision. The capacity of a wound to heal depends in par...
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Protein Requirements During and After Pregnancy
(Friday, August 19, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Pregnancy is one of the physiological states in a women’s life that is nutritionally demanding. A well balanced diet ensures a well-nourished body that can adequately meet the demands of pregnancy, fe...
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Protein Requirements During Treatment of Renal Failure
(Friday, May 06, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Renal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in industrial and post-industrial societies. Kidneys when healthy regulate the amount of fluid, potassium and sodium in the body. Kidneys...
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Protein Requirements for AIDS Patients
(Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
AIDS is a chronic, intractable condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus targets the immune system and ultimately overwhelms it. Given the limitations of current therapy, i...
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Protein Requirements for Dementia Patients
(Friday, May 06, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
In all types of dementia, adequate nutrition may improve physical well-being, help maximize the patient's ability to function, and improve the quality of life. Patients with dementia, who frequently h...
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Protein Requirements in Chemotherapy
(Friday, May 06, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells due to DNA damage (mutations) and occasionally, due to an inherited propensity to develop certain tumors. Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs ...
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Protein Requirements in Hospitalized Patients
(Sunday, May 29, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Hospitalized patients require an understanding of amino acids and protein requirements under special clinical conditions. Improvement of knowledge in this area and prompt diagnosis will help hospitali...
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Protein Requirements in Post-Operative Period
(Friday, August 19, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Nutritional status is one of the important parameters that decide the course of post surgical recovery. The concept of nutritional status in surgery involves various aspects of perioperative nutrition...
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Protein Supplementation for Anorexics
(Friday, January 22, 2010 - Protica Staff Writer)
It has been suggested that protein supplementation for anorexics is not a viable cure for the condition. Well of course it isn't: Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychological condition in which even st...
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Protein Supplementation for Renal Care Patients
(Friday, January 22, 2010 - Protica Staff Writer)
Protein supplementation for renal care patients might at first glance appear irrelevant, since the kidneys, to most people, are more concerned with clearing out the impurities in the blood than with p...
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Protein Supplementation in Burn Patients
(Sunday, May 29, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Severe burn injury over 30% or more of the body surface results in pronounced metabolic response that has prolonged nutritional implications. Understanding the nature of this response and the conseque...
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Review of the Changing Protein Requirements for Seniors
(Thursday, March 03, 2005 - Protica Staff Writer)
Youth, it is said, is wasted on the young. Too busy figuring life they hardly take the time to enjoy it. Fortunately, with medical research and scientific progress, lifespans have doubled over the las...
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