Due to the rise of fad diets, cleanses, and unrealistic beauty standards, it can, unfortunately, be seen that eating disorders have had an exponential growth. Eating disorders are the first ranked mental disorder that has caused death in people, and the factors can be external (environmental, lifestyle, social), or internal (genetics) [1, 15]. Research has […]
Medical Nutrition Therapy
Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Gut Microbiome
This article is specifically discuss about a recent research done by Su et al (2021) about the effect of Ramadan Fasting on Gut Microbiome. In this particular research, they collected the samples of feces and blood from the subjects, and also took the longitudinal physiologic data in 2 cohorts, in 2 years. Results showed that […]
Essential Nutrients for Boosting Immunity Against Covid-19
Consumption of good nutritious food is essential in forming a strong immune system. Boost your immunity and help protect yourself from infections, flu-like diseases (including the Covid-19) and other health problems by consuming nutritious foods in your daily meals. Although food is not entirely as an antidote to viral infections, good nutrition will provide extra […]
The Specialty of Dates
Date (Phoenix dactylifera) is a very familiar sweet fruit in the community, especially for muslim. They generally consume dates during the Holy Month of Ramadhan, but in the Middle East, dates are also considered as the staple food. The tree is the kind of palm that grows and bears fruit in the Arab countries, Iraq […]
Food-Drug Interactions: Let’s be Aware of It!
It is important to recognize food-drug interactions in management of many diseases that requires drug therapy. Medical team members should be aware that food-drug interactions can: Alter the intended response to the medication Cause drug toxicity Alter normal nutritional status The terms food-drug interaction and drug-nutrient interaction are often used interchangeably. Actually, drug-nutrient interactions […]
Food Allergy & How to Deal with It
Food Allergy (hypersensitivity) is an adverse immune response to a food protein. It caused by an immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated reaction that occurs when the immune system reacts to a normally harmless food protein that the body mistakenly identified as harmful (Mahan & Stump, 2004). The reaction occurs consistently after ingestion, inhalation of touch of […]