Nutritional Requirements During Specific Disease Conditions

Question 1

What vitamins and minerals may help acne issues?

Answer 1

Benefit may be obtained

from supplementation with chromium, vitamin A, vitamin E, selenium and zinc.

Question 2

What foods should be avoided until the inflammation is resolved for Acute Bowel Inflammation?

Answer 2

Intake of dietary fiber can be minimized by avoidance of dry, fresh,
ripe fruits (except ripe banana), whole grains, tough or fibrous meats, nuts, seeds, dried beans,
and corn. Fruits should be limited to canned fruits and pulp-free juices. Vegetables should be
limited to pulp-free juices and cooked seedless low-fiber species (asparagus, spinach, beets).
Only highly-refined flour should be used.

Question 3

What does Chronic alcoholism do to the liver and a certain vitamin?

Answer 3

Chronic alcoholism will produce fatty infiltration of the liver with excessive accumulation of vitamin A and hepatic hypersensitivity to vitamin A toxicity.

Question 4

What symptoms will Chronic alcoholism produce?

Answer 4

Will produce symptomatic thiamin deficiency characterized by mental confusion, memory loss, delusions, and amnesia (Korsakoff Syndrome) or apathy, delusion, and
delirium (Wernicke Disease; these may appear concurrently as Wernicke- Korsakoff Syndrome
or alcoholic dementia).

Question 5

What food sources can increase inadequate production of bile?

Answer 5

Supplementation with taurine, raw beets, choline, Spanish black radishes, inositol, Aloe vera extract and methionine increases bile production. Bile flow may be
increased by supplementation with dandelion root, artichokes, peppermint tea and rosemary.

Question 6

What ions does the electrical activity of the heart depend on to assure cardiac electrical and contraction activity?

Answer 6

Ca++, Mg++ and K+ ions

Question 7

Celiac Disease can cause malabsorption of what?

Answer 7

Malabsorption (severity proportional to the extent of disease associated intestinal mucosal damage) of B-vitamins, fats, sugars, iron, calcium magnesium and zinc is common.

Question 8

Besides malabsorption, what other symptoms might appear for Celiac Disease?

Answer 8

Symptoms that themselves are secondary to induced malabsorption include weight loss, edema, steatorrhea, dermatoses, folate-deficiency seizures and anemias and osteoporosis.

Question 9

Besides intestinal permeability, what other symptoms might appear for Celiac Disease?

Answer 9

Bone pain, joint pain, “autoimmune-like diseases” and food allergies. Other consequences of celiac disease include increased intestinal permeability, occult gastrointestinal bleeding and bacterial overgrowth into
the ileum.

Question 10

What is gluten?

Answer 10

A plant protein complex consisting of about 50% prolamins and 50% glutenins.

Question 11

What are Prolamins?

Answer 11

Prolamins are a toxic lectin that are abundant in grains, legumes, and pseudo-grains (more specifically, in the seed of the plant, which includes wheat, oats, barley, quinoa, rice, peanuts, and soy).

Question 12

What can Acute viral liver infection cause?

Answer 12

Particularly with A- and B-type hepatitis viruses, may cause severe hepatic inflammation, severe nausea, anorexia and a marked decrease in
protein synthesis.

Question 13

What can cause chronic liver dysfunction?

Answer 13

Malnutrition may be caused by concurrent or
causative alcoholism, decreased food intake, severe ascites (which may aggravate
anorexia), or obstructive jaundice (which may decrease food intake, alter digestion and
induce malabsorption).

Question 14

What is Osmotic diarrhea?

Answer 14

(Dumping syndrome; lactose intolerance) is caused by the presence of poorly absorbed solutes in the digesta.

Question 15

What is Secretory diarrhea?

Answer 15

Secretory diarrhea (bacterial diarrhea, viral diarrhea)
results from the secretion of excessive amounts of water and electrolytes into the intestinal lumen.

Question 16

What is Exudative diarrhea?

Answer 16

Exudative diarrhea (ulcerative colitis, radiation enteritis) occurs secondary to mucosal damage and often is accompanied by loss of blood, mucus and plasma proteins.

Question 17

What is Limited mucosal contact diarrhea?

Answer 17

“Limited mucosal contact” diarrhea (Crohn’s disease) results from inadequate mixing of chyme and insufficient contact of chyme with the intestinal epithelium. Bacterial overgrowth of ileum may occur.

Question 18

What is the nutritional therapy for diarrheas?

Answer 18

Eliminate the cause, replace water and electrolytes with oral rehydration solutions (such as chicken broth and rice water) and restore colonic harmony.
Fasting is contraindicated.

Question 19

What does Colonic disorders cause?

Answer 19

May cause malnutrition secondary to severe diarrhea or loss of appetite secondary to severe obstruction or constipation. The colon also may be affected by motility disorders; irritable bowel syndrome; mucosal inflammatory and obstructive lesions;
pseudointestinal obstruction; colonic cancer; diverticulitis with stenosis; Crohn’s disease; and
ulcerative colitis.

Question 20

What is the most effective nutritional means to reduce the risk of all cancers?

Answer 20

To eliminate consumption of alcoholic beverages, reduce saturated fat consumption and increase consumption of high fiber foods, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, foods rich in carotenoids and vitamin C
(such as green leafy and orange foods), and foods from the cabbage family (such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, Kohlrabi and cauliflower).

Question 21

Supplementation with what antioxidant micronutrients may be chemopreventive?

Answer 21

vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, β-carotene and selenium