The high polyunsaturated fatty acid, or PUFA, content in the human brain makes it particularly vulnerable to the oxidative stress produced by a typical western style dietary pattern. An emerging, but compelling body of evidence demonstrates that such a dietary pattern can have deleterious effects on cognitive function, and may lead to neuro-degenerative disorders, including but not limited to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia, and the like.

This continuing education course identifies and examines food safety issues of concern to specific high-risk patients, including pregnant women, infants, young children, the elderly and persons who are immunocompromised due to disease or pharmacological therapy.

This continuing education course reviews the ambiguity of the term "clean eating," explores the various interpretations that have emerged, and examines the evidence for  and against claims pertaining to clean eating.

This continuing education course defines the importance of nutrition in the outcome of dialysis patients and explores possible mechanisms that cause or promote poor nutritional status, with a specific emphasis on nutritional interventions.

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