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Abstract Background: Adolescence is a period of rapid physical, neurocognitive, social, and emotional development. Young athletes experience these developmental challenges within an additional environment of competition, performance evaluation, selection, training demands, body-composition expectations, injury risk, and social comparison. Parents are among the most influential social agents in this environment. Their behavior may support autonomy, resilience, emotional regula

Ori Scott, M.Sc., RDIndependent Nutrition and Sport ProfessionalHealthy Habits Simplyhttps://www.healthyhabitssimply.com/Email: orialexscott@gmail.comTel: +1 908-476-0365 Affiliation: Independent Abstract Background Mental imagery, frequently referred to in sport as visualization or mental rehearsal, involves mentally representing a movement, sporting situation, strategy, emotional response, or performance without physically executing the complete action. Contemporary sport p

Educational guide • Young athletes approximately ages 11–18 Food must support GROW + LEARN + TRAIN + PLAY + RECOVER Young athletes are not simply “small adults.” Their nutrition must support normal growth and development while also covering the energy and nutrient demands of training, competition, recovery, school, and daily life. 1. Important Educational Note This guide is educational and is not a substitute for individualized pediatric, sports-medicine, or dietetic assessme

1. The Clinical Spectrum: Decoding Liver Disease Terminology Chronic liver disease is not a static condition. It is a clinical continuum that can progress from fat accumulation to severe, life-threatening organ failure. Understanding this spectrum can help patients participate more actively in their clinical care. Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): This is the updated clinical term for what was previously known as Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseas

Abstract Background Adolescence represents a period of rapid somatic growth, skeletal mineralization, endocrine maturation, neurocognitive development, and behavioral change. In young athletes, these developmental processes occur concurrently with the metabolic and mechanical demands of structured training and competition. Consequently, nutritional requirements cannot be derived simply by scaling adult sports-nutrition recommendations according to body mass. Inadequate energy

Abstract Background: Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and its principal extract, silymarin, are widely marketed for “liver detoxification,” hepatocyte protection, treatment of fatty liver disease, and prevention or reversal of liver fibrosis. Biological plausibility arises primarily from antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, membrane-stabilizing, and antifibrotic effects demonstrated in experimental models. Whether these effects translate into clinically meaningful liver restoration

Abstract Kidney stone disease is a recurrent metabolic disorder in which dietary exposures, urine volume, urinary pH, mineral balance, metabolic health, and pharmacologic therapy interact to determine stone formation and recurrence. Calcium oxalate stones account for the predominant stone phenotype, whereas uric acid nephrolithiasis represents a clinically distinct disorder in which persistently acidic urine has a central pathogenic role. Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is th

A Patient-Centered Scientific Review for Shared Decision-Making With a Urologist, Nephrologist, and Registered Dietitian Purpose Kidney stone disease, or urolithiasis/nephrolithiasis, is not a single disorder. Stones can be composed of different substances and may develop through different metabolic, genetic, infectious, dietary, medication-related, gastrointestinal, or anatomical mechanisms. Knowing that a person “has kidney stones” is therefore only the beginning of the dia

Abstract Obesity is a chronic, complex, and relapsing disease influenced by biological, genetic, metabolic, environmental, behavioral, socioeconomic, and pharmacological factors. The development of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide/GLP-1 receptor agonists has substantially changed the pharmacological management of obesity. Semaglutide and tirzepatide can produce clinically meaningful reductions in body

The big picture Over the past five years, researchers have become increasingly interested in the connection between the gut microbiome and mental health, particularly depression and anxiety. The evidence suggests there really is a connection. However, scientists have not proven that an unhealthy microbiome directly causes depression or anxiety, and microbiome treatments should not replace established mental-health care. A useful way to think about it is: Food → gut bacteria →

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