Go down from this scale, because an intensive nutrition against cancer could be effective. According to the new study by the University of Alberta, the number of kilos does not necessarily tell you how healthy you actually are. Nutrition expert Carla Prado wrote in detail about the dangers of a small muscle mass for a variety of body types. After their latest review of almost 150 studies, patients with littleMuscle mass more complications, longer hospital stays and lower survival rates.
Nutrition against cancer for muscle building
In a new study, Prado argues thatNutrition interventions improve cancer treatmentcould. It also makes a protein -rich diet with a high nutrient content a decisive instrument in the fight against a life -threatening illness.
"Muscles are very important for movement, balance, keeping and strength, but they are also a reservoir of amino acids," said Prado. "The more you lose it, the greater the consequences."
Critics have long pointed out that the body mass index (KMI) covers a simple calculation of the weight of the body size important differences in body types. A fan of ring fighting in front of the TV could have a normal kmi, while Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would probably qualify as obese. For this reason, Prado also likes to compare orange andGrapefruit as an acting substances, which are citrus fruits with very different conditions from shell to fruit.
A few decades ago, researchers noticed an “obesity paradox” in patients with chronic diseases. Patients with a higher KMI often did better than patients with low muscle mass. While researchers are surprised why this could be, Prado believes that the answer is actually below the surface. It is the muscle, argues, not the fat.
At the Human Nutrition Research Unit of the University, in which Prado has the management, she is still building on her work, which she started as a doctoral student a decade ago. In view of the muscle mass and the nutrition against cancer, she had difficulty finding thin patients with low muscle mass. Instead, she focused on cancer patients with obesity. This work led to a groundbreaking study in The Lancet Oncology. In this she associated the results with the muscle mass. This is a publication that has been quoted almost 1000 times since its publication in 2008.
What's wrong with the weight?
Prado, who became a member of the faculty five years ago, believes that research into body composition has massive effects in the way in which medicine treats chronic diseases. For example, doctors often give chemotherapy based on body weight. As a result, patients with overweight and low muscle mass have a higher risk of toxicity. However, it also believes that nutrition against cancer has the potential to change care. For this, Erutm scientists should concentrate on the preservation and structure of muscles.
In just three days in the hospital bed, an older patient can lose more than one kilogram of muscles. During a ten -day hospital stay, a healthy adult can lose five percent of his total muscle mass. These numbers rise to 18 percent in an intensive care unit. A deterioration makes it difficult to combat diseases. A loss of 10 percent leads to an impairment of immunity and an increased risk of infection. Twenty percent mean weakness and slow healing; 30 percent make a patient too weak to sit. A loss of 40 percent is often fatal.
Prado examines how diseases can be prevented or treated by dietary interventions by building muscle in order to return to cancer. While the nutritional guidelines are often “one size fits all”, it believes that an increase in protein and muscle building nutrients could radically improve the results. The nutrition against cancer should therefore be considered therapy.
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