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The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) evolves through various stages, and malnutrition correlates with the severity of ALD. Poor nutrition is caused both by the substitution of calories from alcohol for calories from food and by the malabsorption and maldigestion of various nutrients attributed to ALD. The...
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17718410 |
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author | Griffith, Christopher M. Schenker, Steven |
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description | Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) evolves through various stages, and malnutrition correlates with the severity of ALD. Poor nutrition is caused both by the substitution of calories from alcohol for calories from food and by the malabsorption and maldigestion of various nutrients attributed to ALD. The only established therapy for ALD consists of abstinence from alcohol. Sufficient nutritional repletion coupled with appropriate supportive treatment modalities may be effective in reducing complications associated with ALD—particularly infection. Nutrition makes a significant positive contribution in the treatment of ALD, especially in selected malnourished patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-65270282019-05-28 The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease Griffith, Christopher M. Schenker, Steven Alcohol Res Health Articles Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) evolves through various stages, and malnutrition correlates with the severity of ALD. Poor nutrition is caused both by the substitution of calories from alcohol for calories from food and by the malabsorption and maldigestion of various nutrients attributed to ALD. The only established therapy for ALD consists of abstinence from alcohol. Sufficient nutritional repletion coupled with appropriate supportive treatment modalities may be effective in reducing complications associated with ALD—particularly infection. Nutrition makes a significant positive contribution in the treatment of ALD, especially in selected malnourished patients. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2006 /pmc/articles/PMC6527028/ /pubmed/17718410 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Unless otherwise noted in the text, all material appearing in this journal is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. |
spellingShingle | Articles Griffith, Christopher M. Schenker, Steven The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title | The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title_full | The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title_fullStr | The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title_short | The Role of Nutritional Therapy in Alcoholic Liver Disease |
title_sort | role of nutritional therapy in alcoholic liver disease |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17718410 |
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