Pathogenetic and metabolic basis of therapeutic nutrition in rheumatic diseases
https://doi.org/10.14412/1996-7012-2026-1-106-112
Abstract
Therapeutic and preventive nutrition is not only a means of providing patients with essential nutrients to meet the metabolic demands of the body, but also an important non-pharmacological method for correcting multiple pathogenetic mechanisms of disease, enhancing the effects of pharmacotherapy, and normalizing adaptive-compensatory and regulatory components of sanogenesis. Based on contemporary literature data and own data, the authors analyze the therapeutic effects of dietary components on key mechanisms involved in the development of rheumatic diseases (RDs). Algorithms for individualizing therapeutic nutrition programs for patients with major RDs are presented. Principles of modern clinical dietetics that may be of interest to practicing physicians are also discussed.
About the Authors
A. Yu. Baranovsky
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Yuryevich Baranovsky
7–9, Universitetskaya Embankment, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
A. L. Maslyanskiy
Saint Petersburg State University;
V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia;
V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
7–9, Universitetskaya Embankment, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia;
2, Akkuratova Street, Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia;
34A, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522, Russia
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Baranovsky AY, Maslyanskiy AL. Pathogenetic and metabolic basis of therapeutic nutrition in rheumatic diseases. Sovremennaya Revmatologiya=Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2026;20(1):106-112. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14412/1996-7012-2026-1-106-112
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