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The claims of medical foods
Health claims for medical foods Souvenaid (Nutricia, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands) is a medical food for the dietary management of early Alzheimer’s disease. The mix of nutrients in this drink is suggested to have a beneficial effect on cognitive function; such implicit health claims for medical foods are not checked by government agencies. Souvenaid has been investigated in three clinical trial...
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In addition to drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that treat, cure, or mitigate disease, medical foods are a tool to help manage chronic conditions and diseases. A medical food, according to the FDA, is a food that is developed to be eaten or administered enterally under the guidance of a physician and that is meant for the specific dietary management of a condition or ...
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Sir, Dietary fat intake, especially saturated fat, has long been associated with both coronary heart disease risk factors and obesity. In addition, consumption of high levels of sugar and other refined carbohydrates has been reported to cause an increase in blood triglycerides. High triglyceride levels in the blood have also been associated with coronary heart disease and hypertension. Hyperten...
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This article provides original data on median dietary intake of 18 amino acids from amino acid medical foods, glycomacropeptide medical foods, and natural foods based on 3-day food records obtained from subjects with phenylketonuria who consumed low-phenylalanine diets in combination with amino acid medical foods and glycomacropeptide medical foods for 3 weeks each in a crossover design. The sa...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1941-4064,1941-4072
DOI: 10.1177/1941406415579490