background and aim: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of legume intake in therapeutic lifestyle change (tlc) on fasting insulin, fasting blood glucose, hba1c and homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance (homa-ir) in patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: in this randomized crossover trial, 31 subjects with type 2 diabetes in the age range of 50 to 80 years ...

In New South Wales (NSW), a new suite of nutrition standards for menus and specifications for therapeutic diets to be used in hospitals has been developed. These standards were required to facilitate centralised menu planning and food production, with the move to management of most hospital food services by HealthShare NSW, a state-wide business unit of NSW Health. The standards also aim to imp...

Enteral diets: primary therapeutic role In the early 1970s, disease modifying eVects of an elemental diet in Crohn’s disease (CD) were observed. The first controlled study in 1984 confirmed that an elemental diet was as eVective as steroids in inducing remission in acute CD. Several subsequent studies supported this primary therapeutic eVect for both elemental and polymeric enteral diets (see r...

Vegetarian and vegan diets offer significant benefits for diabetes management. In observational studies, individuals following vegetarian diets are about half as likely to develop diabetes, compared with non-vegetarians. In clinical trials in individuals with type 2 diabetes, low-fat vegan diets improve glycemic control to a greater extent than conventional diabetes diets. Although this effect ...

Ketogenic diets are well established as a successful anticonvulsant therapy. Based on overlap between mechanisms postulated to underlie pain and inflammation, and mechanisms postulated to underlie therapeutic effects of ketogenic diets, recent studies have explored the ability for ketogenic diets to reduce pain. Here we review clinical and basic research thus far exploring the impact of a ketog...