tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post5067658012606057336..comments2024-03-27T10:57:28.203-04:00Comments on The Strategic Sourceror: Contract Management 101 - Why is it Important?Strategic Sourcerorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01028298940153171661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-3912612719936156352010-11-09T16:51:28.898-05:002010-11-09T16:51:28.898-05:00Food - Drug Interaction in older patients
Continu...<b>Food - Drug Interaction in older patients</b><br /><br />Continuing growth in older population and the volume of drug prescribed by doctors to them, the risks for adverse events caused by drug interactions are of growing concern. Although physicians are often advised of drug-drug interactions, food-drug interactions are rarely discussed. Grapefruit juice, caffeine, and aged cheeses are just a few of the everyday foods and beverages recently identified as having potentially significant interactions with a variety of medications. Older patients are more likely to be on multiple medications due to age. Medication effects are frequently altered by age-related physiologic changes affecting drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. In addition, endocrine dysfunction, restrictive diets, and alcoholism in many patients may further potentiate these interactions . Additional age-related factors that affect drug action and risks for interactions include: decreases in gastrointestinal functioning, such as gastric emptying and intestinal motility decreases in the ratio of lean body weight to body fat diminished binding of drugs by serum proteins decreases in renal and hepatic functioning. This is a real concern. Older people should keep the track of what are they eating and are they getting the good balanced diet.<br /><br />-Yagnesh Out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-78665627520300233042010-11-04T16:48:49.851-04:002010-11-04T16:48:49.851-04:00My uncle always said in the past that hindsight is...My uncle always said in the past that hindsight is 20:20. His diet was strictly meat and bone coming from animals with eyes. When I was young, I thought, "how could this be, my eyes are in the front of me!?!" Now that I have grown older and have more eyes, I know why he ate so much food! So many people have eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018230518319999846.post-56930212466735568292010-11-04T12:29:33.660-04:002010-11-04T12:29:33.660-04:00Food which are good for eyes.
Mom used to say to ...Food which are good for eyes.<br /><br />Mom used to say to eat carrots. Carrots contain compounds that are vital to vision ( Beta - Carotene ). Certain dietary habits can reduce common degenerative diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataract. What you can eat also help control blood glucose levels, which is important in reducing the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy – a common eye complication of diabetes.<br /><br />For healthy eyes we need to eat leafy green vegetables like spinach, kale, collards and broccoli. Both lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoids ( Plant pigments ), similar to the better-known beta-carotene. Both of them are required for our eyes. They absorb damaging blue light found in sunlight before it causes harm to the retina. Both compounds may act as antioxidants, neutralizing damage to cells caused by “free radicals”, a type of damaging oxygen. Researchers found that corn, kiwifruit, red grapes, spinach, zucchini, yellow squash, orange peppers, and orange juice were among the foods that contained substantial amounts of one or both of the compounds. Egg yolk is good too.Yagneshnoreply@blogger.com