Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Therapy

General measures

• Observance of the general hygiene measures!
• Nicotine restriction (refrain from tobacco use).
• Alcohol restriction (abstaining from alcohol)

Nutritional medicine

• Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
• Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
  • A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
  • Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
  • High-fiber diet (whole grains, vegetables).
• Observance of the following special dietary recommendations:
  • To prevent the new variant of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, attention must be paid – as far as possible – to reducing the following behavioral risk factors:
    • Ingestion of infected food – beef and beef derived products.
• Selection of appropriate food based on the nutritional analysis
• See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
• Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.