What is clinical nutrition for and why is it important?
Proper nutrition is increasingly recognized as a fundamental element in the comprehensive management of healthy and pathological individuals throughout their therapeutic journey.
Clinical nutrition is therefore a fundamental branch of healthcare for improving the health of the population. Nutritional status, in fact, influences the incidence rate of major metabolic, oncological, and cardiovascular diseases.
Who is Clinical Nutrition Suitable for and How Does It Work?
The correct implementation of a personalized diet is beneficial both for healthy individuals who want to maintain optimal health over time and for individuals suffering from metabolic conditions, including obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, or malnutrition.
What Clinical Nutrition Services does Dr Andrea Del Seppia’s provide?
Nutritionist Dr. Andrea Del Seppia provides the dietary treatment of all medically diagnosed conditions for which nutritional therapy is recommended.
In his ambulatories in Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini, Forlimpopoli, and Gatteo, Dr Andrea Del Seppia provides the following services:
Nutrition for mild and severe Obesity
Obesity is an exponentially growing problem, affecting the global population of all age groups, and unfortunately, recently, even younger people.
Although conflicting opinions sometimes arise on the subject, excess fat always occurs because the amount of energy consumed daily in the form of calories from food and drink exceeds the actual daily needs dictated by the metabolism to carry out the various activities of the individual.
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Obesity: Nutritional Treatment and Integrated Bariatric Therapy
Obesity is a condition caused by several factors.
Diet alone isn’t always the solution, especially in some cases of severe obesity.
When diet isn’t enough, it can be combined with other therapeutic approaches called bariatric therapies.
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Case Studies on Nutrition for Obesity: Before and After
Overweight individuals should be supported through a comprehensive nutritional rehabilitation program, focused on losing excess weight in a healthy, sustained, and least burdensome manner possible, both psychologically and emotionally.
The following case studies document the results of the dietary program, which some people with varying degrees of obesity have achieved with the help of Nutritionist Dr Andrea Del Seppia.
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Nutrition for Obesity: Widmer
This is the story of Widmer, who started out weighing 145 kg and lost weight down to 82 kg, which is suitable for his body structure.
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Nutrition and Pathologies
Numerous clinical studies and research by the global scientific community have long highlighted how the onset, but also the treatment, of many diseases is closely linked to nutrition.
Therefore, it is very important that everyone, whether in healthy physiological conditions or suffering from medically confirmed diseases, follow specific nutritional guidelines.
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Nutrition during pregnancy
Nutrition during pregnancy is a very important factor that is often overlooked and deserves due attention.
It’s important to understand that each stage of pregnancy, from the beginning to breastfeeding, has different nutritional needs that must be carefully tailored.
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Pediatric nutrition
Proper nutrition with healthy habits is essential for normal growth and the development of various activities. Children and young people should always be educated to consume sufficient quantities of a wide variety of foods to avoid essential nutrient deficiencies.
It is important to educate children from an early age to feed and relate to food appropriately, since eating habits learned from infants often persist in adulthood
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Nutritional plans for vegetarians and vegans
Diets for Vegetarians and Vegans
In recent decades, an increasing number of people have decided to change their lifestyle and nutrition philosophy for ethical or personal reasons, adopting a more or less strict vegetarian diet, excluding all types of meat and fish, or a vegan diet, excluding all animal products.
These types of diets have been and are consistently studied and applied in various clinical studies, highlighting positive effects on individual health in the short and long term, such as reducing inflammation and preventing cancer.
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Analyses
Test for lactose intolerance (Breath test)
Lactose intolerance, along with celiac disease, is one of only two scientifically recognized food intolerances and undoubtedly the most common among the population.
Lactose is a sugar found in dairy products such as milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, and cream.
To be absorbed, this type of sugar must be broken down into glucose and galactose by an enzyme produced in the intestine called lactase.
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Breath test for intestinal dysbiosis (SIBO)
A very common and often overlooked gastrointestinal problem that significantly impacts people’s daily diets is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO).
This syndrome occurs when bacterial populations enter the lower portion of the small intestine.
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Body composition analysis
The general reference parameter used to determine our healthy weight is the Body Mass Index (BMI), which roughly defines the state of health and the risk of diseases related to overweight and obesity.
BMI is calculated by dividing body weight in kilograms by height in meters squared.
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Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) for body composition studies
Nutritionist Dr Andrea Del Seppia performs body composition assessments using bioimpedance analysis (BIA), which he uses at every nutritional visit and subsequent check-up.
This test is used to assess and monitor the patient’s body composition during the various dietary protocols applied.
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