ASPEN 2026 Updates
Nutritionist Dr. Juliana Machado discusses the updates presented at ASPEN 2026. Learn about the key advances in nutritional support for critically ill patients, both during their ICU stay and after discharge. A comprehensive discussion to help you understand how to apply these findings in your clinical practice.
Artisanal Nutrition: Nutritional Challenges and the Role of Evidence-Based Supplementation
In this session, Gabriela Faria de Oliveira, a Scientific Specialist, discusses the nutritional challenges associated with the use of homemade diets in patients receiving enteral nutrition. Drawing on scientific evidence and recommendations from national and international guidelines, she explores strategies for ensuring adequate nutrition, including the role of targeted supplementation when necessary.
Plant-based diet in the prevention of muscle mass loss
Nutritionist Maria Fernanda explains the concepts of plant-based diets and covers the preservation and increase of muscle mass with vegetable proteins.
Nutrition and lifestyle for healthy aging
Nutritionist Maria Fernanda presents evidence and discusses how lifestyle and nutrition can influence healthy aging, reducing the gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
Nutritional Therapy for Patients with Sarcopenia
In this lecture, nutritionist Jarson Costa discusses sarcopenia, exploring its concept, prevalence, and impact on patient outcomes, especially in the hospital setting. The presentation highlights the role of nutritional therapy and key strategies for preventing and managing the condition.
Technologies in Clinical Practice – Ultrasound and Indirect Calorimetry – Part 2
Intensive care nutritionist Luiza Leite discusses the use of technologies in clinical practice that promote the individualization of nutritional therapy and precision nutrition. Among these technologies, ultrasound for assessing body composition and indirect calorimetry for determining patients' energy needs stand out.
Technologies in Clinical Practice – Ultrasound and Indirect Calorimetry – Part 1
Intensive care nutritionist Luiza Leite discusses the use of technologies in clinical practice that promote the individualization of nutritional therapy and precision nutrition. Among these technologies, ultrasound for assessing body composition and indirect calorimetry for determining patients' energy needs stand out.
What's new in nutritional therapy? And what do I do with that? c) Refeeding Syndrome
In the latest video, Dr. Haroldo Falcão discusses refeeding syndrome, which has taken on new dimensions with a better understanding of its pathophysiological mechanisms and risk factors. Updates in recent years offer more accurate tools for early identification and prevention strategies, but require us to rethink our nutritional progression protocols in patients [...]
What's new in nutritional therapy? And what do I do with that? b) Fiber in Critical Care Patients
In this second video, Dr. Haroldo discusses the use of fiber in critically ill patients. Recent literature presents promising data on the use of fiber, especially soluble fiber, prebiotics, and synbiotics, but also confronts us with practical questions: when to introduce it, in what quantities, and how to monitor tolerance in hemodynamically unstable patients?
What's new in nutritional therapy? And what do I do with that? a) Protein Requirements in Critical Care Patients
Dr. Haroldo Falcão discusses the transformations in nutritional therapy over the last five years, presenting evidence that challenges paradigms and forces us to rethink our clinical practice. New knowledge needs to be integrated into our patients' reality, balancing what current science teaches us with the limitations and possibilities of the context. In […]
