Meal replacement Flashcards
FF categories 3
special dietary use, ex)pregnancy
category 4
medical foods perscribed/reccomended by MD, not natural foods
Category 5
specified conventinal foods, catch-all category, usually no clinical trials/weak evidence
Authorized health claim
-evidence
-reduction of disease”may or might”
-condition dependent
-limits on amount of fat and Na in food
-not allowed for children less than 2
Authoritative health claim
manufacture can make claim based on scientific evidence from US government
qualified health claim
emerging evidence, wording must indicate limited evidence
Daily fiber intake
14 g for every 1000 calories consumed, increase fiber intake slowly every cuple days
How to manage fiber side effers
increase water consumption, careful with carbonated beverage intake and gum chewing
Who should use caution when increasing fiber intake?
poor GI motility, including narcatic induced dysmotility
Enteral formula
semisynthetic formula for oral consumption or through feeeding tube,
oligomeric formula
require minimal digestion, “predigested”, made up of free amino acids, hydrolyzed proteins, less complex carbs, can’t drink
modular formula
single macronutrient
specialty formula
polymeric or oligomeric, optimize nutrition for certain health conditions, requires medical supervision