#InsideESPEN2026 | POST 1 Stop thinking of nutrition as sup…

#InsideESPEN2026 | POST 1

Stop thinking of nutrition as support. Start treating it as medicine.

At #ESPEN2026, Dr. Paul Wischmeyer challenged us to rethink the way we view nutrition in critical care.

Nutrition is often treated as something supportive - something to provide alongside the “real” treatment. But his message was clear: Nutrition is medicine.

In critically ill patients, nutrition therapy is an integral part of care - with implications that extend beyond the ICU to muscle preservation, rehabilitation and recovery.

The question is no longer whether nutrition matters.

It is how we can better translate what we know into timely, individualised nutrition therapy throughout the patient journey.

A powerful reminder from #ESPEN2026 to change not just how we deliver nutrition, but how we think about it.

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