Intermittent Fasting and Reduction of Inflammatory Response in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Blood Count | Pre-T | Post-T | |
Hematocrit | 40.4 | 42.1 | % |
Hemoglobin | 13.8 | 13.8 | gr/dL |
Total Leukocytes | 7.4 | 8.6 | 103/mL |
Platelets | 348 | 359 | 103/mL |
HSV | 11 | 10 | mm/Hr |
Coagulation | Pre-T | Post-T | |
INR | 1 | 1 | |
Lipidic profile | Pre-T | Post-T | |
Total Cholesterol | 174 | 169 | mg/dL |
HDL | 61 | 61 | mg/dL |
LDL | 90 | 87 | mg/dL |
TG | 112 | 103 | mg/dL |
Inflammation | Pre-T | Post-T | |
Calprotectin | 139 | 51 | mg/Kg |
CRP | 3.64 | 1.57 | mg/L |
Glucose | Pre-T | Post-T | |
Basal | 90 | 95 | mg/dL |
OGTT | 135 | 119 | mg/dL |
Liver profile | Pre-T | Post-T | |
GGT | 10 | 13 | U/L |
AP | 96 | 91 | U/L |
GOT/AST | 18 | 17 | U/L |
GPT/ALT | 19 | 16 | U/L |
Bilirubin | 0.42 | 0.43 | mg/dL |
Thyroid | Pre-T | Post-T | |
TSH | 3.7 | 4.53 | uUI/mL |
Free T4 | 1.01 | 1.05 | ng/dL |
Nutritional Recommendations for Intermittent Fasting 10/14 | |
Feeding time 10 h | |
intermittent Fasting 14 h | |
Fasting | |
During fasting you can drink water and infusions such as tea or chamomile sugarless/sweetener less | |
During fasting you can´t eat neither drink liquid with sugar or sweetener, coffee, natural juice, or powder juice | |
Feeding time | |
Sources | Foods |
Vit E | Nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts Sunflower oil, corn, Spinach, broccoli, kiwi, tomato, mango. |
Vit C | Paprika Orange Grapefruit, Kiwi, Broccoli Strawberries, Tomato, Sprouts (cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels). |
Vit D | Cod oil, Egg, Liver, Salmon, tuna, Mushroom (exposed to UV light), Vegetable enriched drinks |
Vit B-complex | Liver, Spinach, Asparagus, Cabbages, Legumes, Avocado, Chicken, Salmon, Tuna Clams, Trout, Turkey, Beef, fortified vegetable drinks. |
Antiox | Grape, Tomato, Cocoa, Blueberries, Strawberries, Green tea, Carrot, Maqui, Calafate, Murtilla. |
Iron | Fortified cereals, Legumes, Seafood, Dark green vegetables, Fortified vegetable drinks, Food of animal origin. |
Calcium | Dairy and derived products, these products can be whole, semi-skimmed or skimmed according to tolerance. It can also be lactose-free according to tolerance. Cereals like amaranth, Legumes such as beans, chickpeas, tofu, Nuts such as almonds and sesame seeds, Calcium-fortified vegetable drinks. |
Magnesium | Pumpkin seed, Quinoa, Spinach, Walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, Beans. |
Natural anti-inflammatories | A good consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended, avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates, cakes, cookies, etc. Foods with omega 3 content: Fatty fish such as salmon, tuna, horse mackerel, etc, walnuts, flaxseed, flaxseed oil, olive oil, pumpkin seeds. Promote the consumption of whole foods such as rice, whole wheat bread and noodles, amaranth, quinoa.Spices such as turmeric, ginger, rosemary (according to tolerance). |
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Roco-Videla, Á.; Villota-Arcos, C.; Pino-Astorga, C.; Mendoza-Puga, D.; Bittner-Ortega, M.; Corbeaux-Ascui, T. Intermittent Fasting and Reduction of Inflammatory Response in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis. Medicina 2023, 59, 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081453
Roco-Videla Á, Villota-Arcos C, Pino-Astorga C, Mendoza-Puga D, Bittner-Ortega M, Corbeaux-Ascui T. Intermittent Fasting and Reduction of Inflammatory Response in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis. Medicina. 2023; 59(8):1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081453
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoco-Videla, Ángel, Claudio Villota-Arcos, Carolina Pino-Astorga, Daniela Mendoza-Puga, Mauricio Bittner-Ortega, and Tatiana Corbeaux-Ascui. 2023. "Intermittent Fasting and Reduction of Inflammatory Response in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis" Medicina 59, no. 8: 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081453