Diet

Integrative medicine approaches such as tai chi and yoga, which have long been used in rheumatology in a secondary or supplementary role, are increasingly being viewed as essential care.

The elimination of animal milk alone was an effective first step in dietary therapy for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to research published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Women who maintained a more pro-inflammatory diet before menopause and in early perimenopause had increased risk for future fractures, according to data from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.

Improved domains of sleep quality may improve patients’ ability to adhere to components of a behavioral weight-loss intervention, including exercise and diet goals, a speaker reported.

Following a Southern dietary pattern correlates with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression in Black patients, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Physicians should emphasize the importance of diet and lifestyle change in patients with MS and consider home environment, cultural challenges and other factors when making recommendations, a presenter noted at ACTRIMS 2023.

Healio has announced that it is now offering a special report on nutrition that physicians can use as a resource to guide conversations with patients about healthy diet options.

The keto and paleo diets had the lowest scores for overall nutritional quality among popular diets, while having the highest carbon emissions, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found.

The prevalence and dynamics of food insecurity in the United States are changing over time, a troubling finding given that food insecurity is linked to worse health outcomes, according to an expert.

A mobile app called the Dialysis Pocket Assistant was well received by patients on dialysis needing assistance with diet adherence in Poland, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.