For several thousand years, people have passed down a saying attributed to the Greek philosopher and physician Hippocrates: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. Physicians today agree that nutrition and the foods we eat can play an important role in maintaining our health. In today’s article, we will discuss how common foods can negatively or positively impact the urinary tract.
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Amy Landrum, AGNP-C, CWOCN, is a nurse practitioner, so she doesn’t beat around the bush.
“I’m here to help people and their caregivers who are having difficulty with their catheter and ostomy supplies,” she says.
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