Immunonutrition
Immunonutrition referred medically applied nutrition products , which in severe diseases in addition to pharmacotherapy and possibly surgical treatment , the healing by affecting the immune system are intended to supply. One also speaks of immunomodulating diets .
Substances
Various substances have suspected immunomodulating properties that have been proven in animal experiments or clinically :
- Arginine
- Glutamine
- Glycine
- Glutathione
- Nucleotides
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Vitamins and Other Antioxidants
- Trace elements
application
Several manufacturers offer immunomodulating substances of various compositions as commercial drugs . In practice, they are usually administered enterally or parenterally .
The medical application of Immunonutrition for serious diseases such as sepsis , burn , trauma , cancer and before and after surgery (perioperative) in accordance appropriate guidelines provided by the German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM) and on the ESPEN (European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism).
literature
- Jürgen Stein: Praxishandbuch Clinical Nutrition and Infusion Therapy , Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-41925-X
- Karl Werdan: Sepsis and MODS , Springer, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-540-00004-6
- Hans Konrad Biesalski: Nutritional Medicine , Thieme, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-131-00293-X
- Heinrich Kaspar: Nutritional medicine and dietetics , Elsevier, Munich / Jena 2004, ISBN 3-437-42011-9
- Current nutritional medicine , journal for metabolic research, clinical nutrition and dietetics, Thieme, ISSN 0341-0501
