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July 22, 2024 By Francel

Post-Operative Nutrition

The human body requires basic things to heal. This includes oxygen, protein, vitamins, and energy in the form of adequate caloric intake and good nutrition.  The body requires oxygen at the healing site, which is carried by the blood. Smoking interferes with the oxygen delivery by occupying a potential oxygen carrying site on the red […]

Filed Under: Diet, Surgical Tagged With: nutrition, plastic surgery, post-operative surgery

April 21, 2011 By Marilyn Francel

Clear Skin Diet #7

In the last blog we discussed saturated fats.  We will continue to discuss fatty acids with monounsaturated fats. II. Monounsaturated Fat Monounsaturated fatty acids are liquids at room temperature and semisolid or solid when refrigerated.  Foods containing monounsaturated fats reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the “bad”) cholesterol, while possibly increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL, the “good”) cholesterol. […]

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April 14, 2011 By Marilyn Francel

Clear Skin Diet #6

When I started the omega-3 section of this blog I quickly realized I could not write about why we needed omega-3 oils if I didn’t know details about the other oils we consume.  While researching the subject I found myself wading in the minutiae of fatty acid composition.  I really did not want to learn […]

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