Creatine supplements may transitorily rise serum creatinine levels and mimic a kidney disease. If its use is associated with a high protein diet, the resulting increase in blood urea nitrogen will increase the confusion. Since clinical laboratories usually inform the estimated glomerular filtration rate ...
ABSTRACT Purpose: Hypercalciuria is one of the risk factors for calcium kidney stone formation (the most common type of urinary stones). Although vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among urolithiasis patients, the effect of vitamin D supplementation on urine calcium in these patients is still unclear. M...
Calcio/orina,
Suplementos Dietéticos,
Hipercalciuria/complicaciones,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Hormona Paratiroidea/sangre,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Urolitiasis/orina,
Vitamina D/administración & dosificación,
Vitamina D/sangre,
Vitamina D/uso terapéutico,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/tratamiento farmacológico,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/etiología,
Vitaminas/uso terapéutico
Resumen Las terapias consideradas alternativas son un grupo de intervenciones que incluyen el uso de suplementos herbarios y dietéticos bajo la falsa premisa de ofrecer un gran beneficio sobre la salud del paciente sin tener que someterse al riesgo de presentar efectos adversos, ya que se tratan de prod...
Abstract To evaluate the effect of vitamin A supplementation in postpartum infants and women on serum retinol levels and breast milk. The databases Medline, PubMed, Lilacs and SciELO were consulted. The descriptors used were vitamin A, dietary supplement, child, postpartum period, infant and nutrition pr...
ABSTRACT Estimates suggest that 20-30% of the deaths of patients with chronic kidney disease with indication to undergo dialysis occur after refusal to continue dialysis, discontinuation of dialysis or inability to offer dialysis on account of local conditions. Contributing factors include aging, increas...
Tratamiento Conservador/métodos,
Dieta con Restricción de Proteínas,
Dieta Hiposódica,
Suplementos Dietéticos,
Nefrólogos,
Manejo del Dolor,
Cuidados Paliativos/métodos,
Diálisis Renal,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/etiología,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/terapia,
Negativa del Paciente al Tratamiento
ABSTRACT High-fat diet-induced obesity is associated with metabolic disorders. The Brazil nut has bioactive substances and has been used to control the damage caused by obesity in several organs. The work intended to show the damage caused by high-fat diet in the bladder wall and if the Brazil nut oil ad...
O resveratrol, ou 3,5,4-triidroxiestilbeno, é um polifenol encontrado principalmente em uvas, vinho tinto, amendoins, chocolate amargo e algumas frutas silvestres. Diversos estudos investigaram sua ação sobre doenças cardiovasculares, câncer, doenças
neurodegenerativas, diabetes, hiperglicemia, be...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE The new regulatory framework for dietary supplements in Brazil prompted this analysis of the current outlook of these products and the challenges posed by the new guidelines. METHODS We conducted a qualitative, observational and descriptive study of dietary supplements commercializ...
RESUMO Objetivo: comparar os efeitos do extrato hidroalcoólico da casca do Camu-Camu, uma planta frutífera pertencente à família Myrtaceae amplamente distribuída na bacia amazônica, com os da gastrectomia vertical, sobre o peso e a glicemia de ratos Wistar. Métodos: vinte e quatro ratos Wistar f...
Cirugía Bariátrica,
Suplementos Dietéticos,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Frutas/química,
Myrtaceae/química,
Terapia Nutricional,
Obesidad/dietoterapia,
Obesidad/etiología,
Obesidad/cirugía,
Ratas Wistar,
Pérdida de Peso
ABSTRACT Alongside a proper diet, ergogenic aids with potential direct and/or indirect physical performance enhancing effects are sought after for improved adaptation to physical training. Nutritional ergogenics include diet composition changes and/or dietary supplementation. Branched-chain amino acids v...
