Nutritional medicine | Specialists and information

Explanation of nutritional medicine

A specialist in nutritional medicine deals with the prevention, detection and treatment of obesity and overweight as well as nutrition-related diseases such as

• food intolerances,
• food allergies or
• digestive disorders.

For example, specialists in nutritional medicine create individual nutritional concepts that aim to reduce the patient's weight or provide special nutrition for cancer or nutrition-dependent diseases.

Specialists in nutritional medicine also have knowledge of diagnostic procedures that enable them to recognize nutrition-related diseases. These include ultrasound examinations to detect organ damage in the case of obesity or blood tests to detect hormonal disorders or food intolerances and allergies.

To become a specialist in nutritional medicine, a doctor must complete further training.

Therapeutic range of services in nutritional medicine

The range of therapeutic services in nutritional medicine includes in particular

• Weight reduction therapy for overweight and obesity,
• dietary changes by means of differentiated blood tests for digestive disorders,
• nutritional therapy for food intolerances and
• nutritional medicine for cancer.