Mediterranean Diet, Vitamin D, and Hypercaloric, Hyperproteic Oral Supplements for Treating Sarcopenia in Patients with Heart Failure-A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition and sarcopenia frequently affect patients with heart failure (HF), in which clinical outcomes and survival is decreased. Thus, appropriate nutritional screening and early nutrition support are highly recommended. Currently, nutritional support is not a standard of care in patients with HF, and the use of commercially available oral supplements (OSs) could provide an additional benefit to medical treatment in these patients.

Aim

To compare the effect of the Mediterranean diet in combination with hypercaloric, hyperproteic OS in patients with HF.

Patients and methods

An open label, controlled clinical study in which patients were randomly assigned to receive a Mediterranean diet (control group) vs. hypercaloric, hyperproteic OS (intervention grou

SUBMITTER: Herrera-Martinez AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781070 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature