The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said, “Let food by thy medicine.” Nowhere is this idea more important than in the burn ward.
According to Dr. Larry Jones, director of the burn unit at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, nutrition is a crucial part of healing serious burns. For example, without sufficient protein, muscles deteriorate and immunity plummets.
“The body needs protein to heal the wound and it’s going to take it from where ever it can get it,” he said.
