What is weight management? Weight management is a strategy to stay healthy and prevent future illness. It is commonly applied in people who already suffer from some type of chronic disease. However, it is mostly performed in people who need to lose weight or gain weight, in stages of growth and in cases of eating … Read more
Overweight and obesity are defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can be detrimental to health. Directly measuring this excess body fat requires the use of very complex methods. One approximate way to calculate this excess fat is to use the BMI or body mass index, a simple indicator of the relationship … Read more
What is the post digestive surgery diet? Post-digestive surgery nutrition is essential in the recovery of patients who have undergone surgery. These people often presented malnutrition or alterations in their nutritional status before the intervention, as a consequence of the pathology they present, and this is aggravated by the surgery itself, by the fasting period … Read more
What is lumbar osteoarthritis? Lumbar osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease in which the cartilage between the vertebrae in the lumbar region wears away. What are the symptoms of lumbar osteoarthritis? In many cases lumbar osteoarthritis is suffered without presenting symptoms, so it is often diagnosed by chance by X-rays taken for other reasons. If symptoms … Read more
What is the hypocaloric diet? The hypocaloric diet is characterized as a low-calorie diet or dietary regimen. That is, it consists of applying a daily calorie restriction or reducing the intake of food that provides calories. It includes the essential nutritional requirements for the proper functioning of the body but in the right measure, adapted … Read more
What is dermatomyositis? Dermatomyositis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the presence of skin rashes. Symptoms may include pain and stiffness in the muscles, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing food and skin rashes, among others. There are some variants of this pathology such as paraneoplastic dermatomyositis, associated with cancer, and … Read more
What is Infectious Diseases? Infectiology is a specialty of medicine that focuses on studying, diagnosing and offering treatment to patients, regardless of their age, who suffer from acute or chronic infectious diseases. The professional who works in this specialty is called an infectologist. To achieve this professionalization, three years of specialization in internal medicine and … Read more
What is spondylitis? Spondylitis, also known as ankylosing spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis and morbus Bechterew, is an inflammatory disease of the joints of the spine and sacroiliac joints (at the junction of the pelvis and spine). The consequences are loss of mobility and progressive joint deformity, and some patients have ocular inflammation and alteration of the … Read more
What is nutrition during pregnancy? During gestation, the mother-to-be should opt for a healthy diet that includes all the necessary nutrients and vitamins. These include: fruits and vegetables well-cooked meat well-cooked fish aged cheeses and yogurt On the other hand, you should reduce the intake of: complex carbohydrates, such as bread and sweets salt fats … Read more
Hypertension Diet What is the hypertension diet? The hypertension diet is the diet recommended for patients suffering from this type of arterial pathology. Hypertension is an excessive degree with which the heart pumps blood to distribute throughout the body. It is considered a high blood pressure when the value is 140 mm Hg systolic and … Read more