Your healthcare espresso shot vol. 5: Nutrition
🥗🍲🫘🫗💯🥇🔑 Proper nutrition is the cornerstone of correct and successful management for a wide range of conditions and is always the first step—even in cases where medication is ultimately necessary.
🩻🩺🩸 Some characteristic conditions include:
Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes
Lipid disorders (cholesterol and triglycerides)
Hyperuricemia (increased uric acid in the blood)
Arterial hypertension
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
Obesity
Stomach disorders (gastroesophageal reflux, hiatal hernia, ulcers, etc.)
Intestinal disorders (diverticulosis, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, etc.)
Gastroenteritis
Biliary diseases (cholecystopathy, cholelithiasis—commonly known as gallstones—cholecystitis, etc.)
Iron deficiency and various vitamin deficiencies
Allergies
Polycystic ovary syndrome
‼️📋 In some cases, patients require advanced training to precisely calculate the amount and quality of calories they consume—even detailed meal plans.
🏃 Physical exercise is also a crucial “teammate” of proper nutrition, aiming towards optimal management in many conditions, especially those of metabolic nature.
🤯🫄🍬 A telling example is gestational diabetes, where 8–9 out of 10 women regulate the condition solely through diet and physical activity, without ever needing medication.
🤝✌️🆘 Therefore, we are not just what we eat, as you may have heard; actually, we eat what we want to be!