Nutrition, Health and Wellness

With vast clinical problems persisting in the world today, the role of nutrition for overall health, and prevention and treatment of diseases may sometimes be overlooked.

In this section you will find extensive research on the therapeutic role of diet, including resources for dietary guidelines and nutrition screening & assessment. We also cover requirements and recommendations for food safety, healthy eating, nutrients and hydration.

Intermittent Fasting: Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes (videos)
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Intermittent Fasting: Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes

Calorie restriction is a widely used weight loss strategy for individuals with overweight and obesity, and an approach…

Dr. Michelle Harvie
A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD. PhD (videos)
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A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD. PhD

The interview answers why is brain energy metabolism perturbed in MCI, how we compensate impaired brain energy…

Prof Russell H. Swerdlow
A short interview with Prof Cornel Sieber, MD. PhD (videos)
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A short interview with Prof Cornel Sieber, MD. PhD

The interview answers what is the prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), the risk factors and causes of MCI, why…

Prof Cornel Sieber
Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement for improving brain energetics and cognition (videos)
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Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement for improving brain energetics and cognition

Brain glucose uptake is about 10% below normal in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and deteriorates further in Alzheimer…

Prof Stephen Cunnane
Effect of Ketones on Brain Metabolism: Rationale for Ketotherapeutics (videos)
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Effect of Ketones on Brain Metabolism: Rationale for Ketotherapeutics

Brain energy metabolism declines with advancing age and to a greater extent in certain neurodegenerative diseases of…

Prof Russell H. Swerdlow
Mild Cognitive Impairment: A silent and late detection disorder (videos)
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Mild Cognitive Impairment: A silent and late detection disorder

Research in MCI increased rapidly, showing that this was an intermediate status between normal cognition and dementia…

Prof Cornel Sieber
Introduction - Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft (videos)
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Introduction - Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia.

Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft
A short interview with Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft (videos)
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A short interview with Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft

The interview answers what are some of the differences between normal brain aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment,.

Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft
Mild Cognitive Impairment: when Nutrition helps Brain Energy Rescue (publications)
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Mild Cognitive Impairment: when Nutrition helps Brain Energy Rescue

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia. MCI is defined by an…

21 min read Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft, MD. PhD, Prof Cornel Sieber, …