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 […]
Medical Nutrition Therapy
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 […]