Tag: fat
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Malabsorption
Even if someone’s diet seems to include plenty of a particular nutrient, if they aren’t absorbing the nutrients they are consuming they could still have deficiencies. In the Discussion section of their paper, the authors of the LIFEHOUSE study (Stone et al., 2023) mention vertical ridging of the nails as an example of a symptom…
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Reflux
A systematic review by Pan et al. (2019) concluded that people who consume alcohol are more likely to be diagnosed with GERD than those who don’t drink regularly, in a dose-dependent manner. When looking at subgroups, they found that studies conducted in Asia resulted in a statistically significant relationship between alcohol consumption and GERD, while…
