The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment
of chronic diseases of the digestive system (literature review) 

Natalya A. Melnikova, Candidate of biological sciences, associate professor, associate professor of the sub-department of normal and pathological physiology, Medical Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya street, Saransk, Russia), E-mail: n_melnicowa@mail.ru
Darya V. Puzakova, Student, Medical Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya street, Saransk, Russia), E-mail: dashapuzakova.puzakova@yandex.ru
Tatyana I. Vlasova, Doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the sub-department of normal and pathological physiology, Medical Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya street, Saransk, Russia), E-mail: v.t.i@bk.ru
Dina G. Sedova, Candidate of biological sciences, associate professor, associate professor of the sub-department of normal and pathological physiology, Medical Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya street, Saransk, Russia), E-mail: sedova_dg@mail.ru
Anna M. Kudashkina, Student, Medical Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (68 Bolshevistskaya street, Saransk, Russia), E-mail: kudashkina.anna37@bk.ru

Human nutrition is an important basis for human life, not only a source of energy and plastic substances, but also a way of interacting with the outside world. The nature of nutrition affects human health, therefore, for the prevention of chronic diseases and in complex therapy for their treatment, correction of eating behavior is used. The use of diet therapies in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, which occupy the 4th place in the structure of overall morbidity and mortality, is especially relevant. This article provides an overview of the most successfully used dietary therapies forthe prevention of chronic gastrointestinal diseases and liver. The knowledge summarized in this study should help in integrating modern dietary hikes into clinical practice.

chronic diseases, gastrointestinal tract, liver, nutrition, diet, diet therapy, prevention

Melnikova N.A., Puzakova D.V., Vlasova T.I., Sedova D.G., Kudashkina A.M. The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases of the digestive system (literature review). Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Povolzhskiy region. Meditsinskie nauki = University proceedings. Volga region. Medical sciences. 2025;(1):76 88. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2072-3032-2025-1-6