Nutrology

Nutrology is the medical specialty that studies, researches, and evaluates the benefits and harms caused by nutrient intake, applying this knowledge to assess our organic needs, aiming to maintain health and reduce disease risk, as well as treat manifestations of deficiency or excess. It is also referred to as Functional Nutrology or Medical Nutrology, which are synonymous in their conceptualization.

Monitoring the patient's nutritional status and understanding the pathophysiology of diseases directly related to nutrients allows the nutrologist to act in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of these diseases, contributing to the promotion of healthy longevity with improved quality of life.

♦ diagnosing and treating nutritional diseases (which include highly prevalent nutroneurometabolic diseases today, such as obesity, arterial hypertension, and diabetes mellitus), resorting to requesting and evaluating diagnostic exams when necessary;

♦ identifying possible dietary “errors,” lifestyle habits, or organic states that may be contributing to the patient's nutritional profile, given that the interrelationships between nutrients-nutrients, nutrients-medications, and organic regulatory mechanisms are complex;

– that nutritional diseases range from simpler conditions, such as iron deficiency anemia and vitamin A deficiency, to more complex conditions, such as: obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, various types of cancer, anorexia nervosa, osteoporosis, among many others;

– what beneficial and harmful substances are present in foods, so that the individual knows how to make their own food choices to live longer and better;

– that nutrient intake does not guarantee its utilization by the body;

– that nutritional information becomes fundamental for reducing disease risks and promoting health and well-being;

– that dietary behavior – such as the distribution of food throughout the day and intervals between meals – as well as food choices, influence endogenous regulatory mechanisms;

♦ proposing lifestyle changes to the patient, particularly dietary habits, that can contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases, and, naturally, avoid the recurrence of previously treated conditions;

♦ emphasizing the need for systematic monitoring of nutritional status through periodic evaluation (nutrological check-up) to enable, among other things, the early diagnosis of possible nutritional imbalances;

♦ participating in the composition of the Multidisciplinary Nutritional Therapy Team to assist patients requiring Enteral or Parenteral Nutrition.

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