Nutrition and Diet

Nutrition and Diet Department deals with the interrelation between food, health and disease prevention. It offers individualized nutrition plans that are aimed at enhancing general health and controlling illnesses. The department measures nutritional status of every individual using scientific methods. It assists patients in adopting healthy eating patterns that are sustainable by combining medical science with dietary science. The unit is an essential unit in disease prevention and treatment assistance.

What is Nutrition and Diet?

Nutrition and Diet is a medical field, which investigates the effects of nutrients on the functioning of the body, metabolism, and health in general. It dwells upon the regulation of the calorie intake and energy expenditure. It can also prevent chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes and heart disease through customized meal plans. Evidence-based approaches enable clinical dietitians and nutritionists to develop personalized nutrition programs. The final objective is to enhance the best health by scientifically premeditated dietary habits.

What Diseases Are Treated in the Nutrition and Diet Department?

Nutrition and Diet Department offers medical nutrition therapy on different chronic and metabolic diseases. It aims at enhancing the quality of life of the patients and addressing health by means of individualized diets. Every intervention plan is crafted upon clinical evaluations, laboratory outcomes, and lifestyle. The department works hand in hand with physicians of other specialties to provide comprehensive care.

Treatment of such conditions includes:

• Management of obesity and overweight organized weight loss and regulation of metabolism.
• Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1 & Type 2) regulation of sugar by means of special diets.
• Cardiovascular diseases are diseases that affect the heart and reduce the blood pressure and cholesterol through healthy nutrition of the heart.
• Dietary disorders of the digestive system, Treatment of IBS, GERD, and intolerances to food.
• Kidney and liver diseases, special diets to protect the organs and support their functioning.
• Eating disorders, nutrition and psychological intervention of anorexia and bulimia.

Diagnostic Methods in the Nutrition and Diet Department

The department employs medical and scientific means of determining the nutritional condition and health risk of a patient. Such assessments are useful to develop the effective treatment plans based on individual needs. With the help of highly sophisticated diagnostic instruments, treatment providers can track progress and modify treatment with time. Nutritional diagnostics involves the use of laboratory data and clinical observations to provide extensive data.

Major diagnosis techniques are

• Body Composition Analysis (BIA): Measures the fat, muscle, and body water.
• Blood Tests and Metabolic Panels: Check cholesterol, glucose, vitamins and minerals.
• Nutritional Assessment Surveys: Examine eating patterns, food intake and lifestyle.
• Anthropometric Results: Height, weight, Waist Circumference, BMI.
• Follow-up and Clinical Observation: Continuous evaluation by dieticians and physicians.

Treatment Methods in the Nutrition and Diet Department

Nutrition and Diet Department uses personalized and evidence-based nutrition therapy as the basis of treatment. Every patient is given a unique dietary scheme that will help in dealing with his or her health condition. The objective is to normalize the metabolism, enhance the work of the organs, and avoid the development of the disease. Constant check-ups will make the nutritional plan effective and sustainable. Cooperation with physicians ensures medical quality and safety of patients.

The primary modes of treatment are:

• Individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy: Customized diets based on health condition and objectives
• Therapy Diets: Diabetes, heart diseases, kidney diseases, liver diseases.
• Weight Management and Obesity Programs: Nutritional plans that are safe to lose weight.
• Lifestyle and Behavioral Counseling: Encouragement of long-term dietary habit modification.
• Clinical Diagnosis: Periodical observation of the progress, and correcting treatment plans.

Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition and Diet

Who can benefit from the Nutrition and Diet department?

Every person who wants to enhance health, treat a health condition or avert a disease can be a beneficiary of this department. It provides individual nutrition care to children, adults, and elderly patients.

How do blood test results affect my nutrition plan?

The results of a blood test provide a guideline to dietitians as to the existence of nutritional deficiencies or metabolic imbalances. They help to have a safe, effective, and medically suitable diet plan.

What conditions does the Nutrition and Diet department treat?

The conditions that are treated in the department include obesity, diabetes, heart disease, digestive disorders and malnutrition. Scientific nutrition therapy is used to treat each case.