The scientific medical community now accepts that diet is a determining factor in causing or aggravating many diseases.
The most common and internationally known is obesity, as well as dyslipidemia (high cholesterol and/or triglycerides) and hyperuricemia, i.e. high uric acid, etc. Less pronounced is the malnutrition-sarcopenia of the elderly.
“Obesity is the great scourge of modern “civilized” man and is due to bad eating habits combined with a reduction in physical activity. Among other things, childhood obesity causes serious psychological problems. It very often leads to adult obesity with serious complications in most body systems.
These are metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia with increased triglycerides, hyperuricemia, cardiovascular diseases, but also fatty liver infiltration, sleep apnea syndrome and degenerative arthropathies of the knees and hips, to name just a few,” points out Dr. Charilaos Kandiloros, Endocrinologist, Diabetologist, Nutritionist, Scientific partner of Metropolitan General – HealthSpot diagnostic centers.
Adult obesity progressively turns into sarcopenic obesity of the elderly. This little-known condition combines increased visceral and muscle fat with muscle atrophy of the extremities. The result is moderate overweight and poor body composition with serious implications for the quality of life of the elderly and ultimately increased mortality.
Obesity, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia, hypertension and sarcopenia are conditions in which an appropriate nutritional treatment can be decisive and just as important as medication.
Proper management and selection of macronutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and fiber is essential. Also, regular intake of trace elements, vitamins and antioxidants can prevent diseases such as dementia and certain types of cancer.
Antioxidants are found in foods derived from flora and only in recent years are they becoming known to the general public.
“Some endocrinologists are particularly experienced in pathological conditions related to nutrition and can properly guide patients, but especially healthy citizens who are interested in avoiding the appearance of morbidity and early mortality,” concludes Dr. Kandiloros.
Written by:
Dr. Charilaos Kandiloros, Endocrinologist, Diabetologist, Nutritionist, Scientific partner of Metropolitan General – HealthSpot diagnostic centers.
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