Gastric cancer

This week I attended a patient with gastric cancer for the first time, so I had to research the topic to learn more.

Stomach (gastric) cancer is a cancer that starts in the stomach. Therefore, they are patients who need  nutritional care since your digestive system is compromised. The main causes or risk factors of this cancer are:

The condition that usually is associated with gastric cancer is the Dumping Syndrome, which is generated because food come faster and fill the intestine, causing inflammation and abdominal pain, diarrhea, sweating and palpitations in the patient.

The nutritional therapy consists of:

• Consume only small amounts of simple carbohydrates (2 teaspoons) at each meal.
• Increase consumption of protein and fats to prevent weight loss and gastric emptying.
• Don't drink liquids with meals, consume only 30 - 60 minutes before or after.
• Eat every 2 - 3 hours, eat slowly!
• Keep regular mealtimes.
• Avoid extreme temperatures of food.

Exercise

In this vacations, all people expect to have a good body to go to the beach, and for this is necessary that you have a good nutrition and make a good exercise routine with dedication and discipline to tone the body.

Don't overdo it, because the body needs to take a break to recover, grow and toning. Our muscles need rest, because if they can enter a phase of overtraining, and we burned the muscle instead of growing.

So you should take a break from 48 to 72 hours between each area that you train. This means that one day train shoulder and back, the next day you train chest and arm, the third day you train leg, and the fourth day you can start again with shoulder and back and so on.

Remember that you shouldn't miss more than 72 hours without training one area of your body because it is like starting again.

A new fatty acid

This week I had to make progress on my thesis, so I think it's important to talk about the subject of my thesis.

I decided to do my research on omega 7 because in the Dr. Oz's program showed an article about this fatty acid. The article spoke about the protection offered by the Omega 7 to mucous membranes of the body, and then I continued investigating until I found other benefits. So, the title of my work is "Effect of omega 7 vs. placebo on the lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome." 

What is omega 7?

The omega-7 or palmitoleic acid is a mono-unsaturated fat found in a number of different foods, like nuts and fish. You can find in this chart:

Properties

• Anti-inflammatory. Improve the symptoms of certain skin conditions such as dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis, in addition it can act in gastrointestinal disease like gastric or peptic ulcers, and vaginal inflammation.
• Mild analgesic. It generates a decrease in pain caused by the conditions present in the skin or mucous membranes.
• Anti-oxidant. Fight free radicals.
• Lipid lowering. It can help reduce lipid profile and prevent atherosclerosis.
• Nourishing. It helps collagen production, and is useful in certain diseases such as cancer.

What is its effect on the lipid profile in metabolic syndrome?

Several studies have found that it can help reduce body weight, blood glucose and blood pressure, about its effect on the lipid profile you can see in the image:

Talking about 'thrombocytopenia'

On Tuesday some of my colleagues in the social service provided an exposition to parents of hospitalized pediatric patients at The State Institute of Oncology about thrombocytopenia.

It's any disorder in which there is a low amount of platelets (they're parts of the blood that help blood to clot). Which is a very common condition in patients with cancer, because it's a side effect of medications or treatments like chemotherapy. So they're patients who need special care in their nutrition to prevent bleeding and increase the number of platelets.

In the exhibition my colleagues showed nutritional recommendations and examples of foods to increase platelets.

The image shows some examples of foods. In addition, you should eat whole grains, meat and eggs.

But I also found that there are some foods that avoid clotting and therefore shouldn't be eaten, such as omega 3 (you can find it in fish and seeds. It generates decrease the connection between platelets), garlic (it improves blood flow which avoids that platelets forming clots), onion (it contains quercetin, which destroys free radicals in the body, but inhibits platelet production), ginger (it improves blood flow), kiwi (it improves blood flow, too) and milk.

Kary's résumé

Smart Skateboard

This week, my boyfriend decided to participate in The National Youth Award 2016 with the prototype of the smart skateboard "Lux Aeterna".

Importantly, his smart skateboard won third place in the III Meeting of Young Researchers hosted by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), so I don't doubt that he can get the support of The National Youth Award 2016.

This device is equipped with a microcomputer, which through its recreational use will help reduce the digital divide, promote sports activities and support environmental sustainability to self-generate sufficient power for operation.

The microcomputer of skateboarding allows people to make/do tasks such as on a desktop PC or laptop, in addition people can have an Internet connection.

I think that it is useful for children and adults who can't sustain the cost of an electronic device, they haven't electricity and they need a transportation to go to the school, work and home, and also keep them healthy. 

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