Routine Therapeutic Diets Flashcards
Describe nutrition or dietary rx?
1) written by RND
2) designates type, amount, and frequency of nutrition based on the individual’s disease process and management goals
3) specify caloric level and other restrictions
4) limit or increase various dietary components
The dietary rx may limit
CHO
CHON
Fat
Vitamins and Minerals
Fiber
Alcohol
Water
Bioactive substances
Therapeutic diet is also called
Modified diet
Therapeutic diet is based on a
General, adequate diet
Purposes of a therapeutic diet
1) to provide the individual requirements based on digestive and absorptive capacity
2) to provide alleviation/arrest of a disease process
3) to address psychosocial factors affecting dietary intake
Therapeutic diets should vary as little as possible from the person’s normal diet
Personal eating patterns
Religious practices
Environmental factors
Food preferences
Socioeconomic conditions
7 forms of therapeutic diets
1) Change in consistency
2) Inc/Dec of energy
3) Increase or decrease of a type of food or nutrient
4) Elimination of specific food
5) Adjustments in level, ratio, or balance of macros
6) Rearrangement of the number and frequency of meals
7) Change in route of delivery of nutrients
Principles of Diet Planning (7)
- provide enough calories to maintain DBW
- provide enough protein to cover N losses
- provide enough nutrients to prevent deficiency
- be a modification of the usual normal diet
- be psychologically, culturally, and socioeconomically acceptable
- afford rest to the organ involved
- be adjusted to the body’s ability to digest, absorb, transport, metabolize, and excrete nutrients
Regular diet - also called
General diet, house diet, Diet as tolerated (DAT)
Describe the regular diet.
The usual food and drink regularly consumed.
For ambulatory patients whose conditions do not require any dietary modification for therapeutic purposes.
Regular diet
Goal of the regular diet
To supply appropriate amounts of calories, protein, and other nutrients.
Basis for the modification of therapeutic diets in hospitals.
Regular diet
Hospital diets require (3)
Careful menu planning
Wise and proper food selection
Attractive food presentation
Quantity of selected food in regular diets is based on…
Dietary rx and patient preferences
Regular diets contain approximately:
1600 - 2200 kcal
180 - 300 g CHO
60 - 80 g CHON
80 - 100 g FAT
Foods allowed for regular diet
All
What are the texture-modified diets?
Finger-food modification diet
Mechanical soft diet
Soft diet
Neutropenic diet
Designed to prompt self-feeding and independence of impaired patients
May involve the use of adaptive equipment
Finger-food modification diet
People with Alzheimer’s, dementia, cognitive problems, and neuromuscular disorders
People who are combative, resistant, have difficulty in manipulating utensils
Finger food modification diet
Goals of FFM diet
1) to decrease frustration
2) to enhance self esteem and dignity
3) to increase morale and motivation
4) to improve appetite
A regular diet with restriction for foods that stimulate gastric acids secretion and motility.
Full bland diet
A full bland diet must be served in _____ but _______ _______ to reduce gastric acid secretion and motility.
Small but frequent meals
Hyperacidity
Gastric ulcer
Duodenal ulcer
Full bland diet
Foods avoided in a full bland diet
Spices, onions, garlic
Caffeine-containing and alcoholic beverages
Transition diet between liquid and full diet
Soft diet
Consists of tender but not ground or pureed, easily digested and mildly flavored
Allows whole meat, cooked vegetables and fruits
Soft diet
Goal of soft diet
To provide oral feedings that will promote a return to normal food intake.
Postoperative patients
Debilitated patient who has eating difficulties
Soft diet
Dental soft or geriatric soft diet
Mechanically soft diet
Require minimal chewing
Chopped, pureed, sieved
Mechanical soft diet
Indications of mechanical soft diet
For those with ill-fitted dentures
Post-oral, head, and neck surgery
Elderly patients
With chewing difficulty
Similar to soft diet but restricts hot spices, caffeine-containing, and alcoholic beverages
Soft bland diet
Also given in small frequent feedings
Soft bland diet
Those with peptic ulcer disease who cannot tolerate a full bland diet
Soft bland diet
Low-bacteria or low-microbial diet
Neutropenic diet
Handled, prepared, and served under strict sanitary conditions to minimize microbial count especially pathogens
Neutropenic diet
Characteristics of the neutropenic diet
Restricts/limits fresh fruits and vegetables
Adequate cooking and covering
Served immediately
Keeping hot foods hot, cold foods cold
Observe recommended temperatures
Avoid cross contamination
Thaw fish, meat, poultry in the refrigerator
Indications for neutropenic diet
Patients who undergo:
- Chemotherapy
- Organ transplant
- HIV/AIDS
Contains greater amounts of total energy and vitamins and minerals
High-calorie diet
High-calorie diet:
Total energy should cause a _______ _________ _________
Vitamins and minerals must be _________ ________
Positive energy balance
Above recommendations
High-calorie diet should have an additional:
500-1000 kcal day to TER
Indications of high-calorie diet
Underweight
Malabsorption
Debilitating disease post operatively
Fever and infection
Hyperthyroidism
Burns
Growth periods
Pregnancy and Lactation
How do we conduct a high-calorie diet?
Start gradually beginning with small portion sizes
3 small meals with 3 between-meal snacks
OR decrease in frequency but increase in intake
A regular diet but with CHON increased by 50-100% of the recommendation.
High-protein diet
Proportion of HBV proteins in high-protein diet
1/3 to 1/2
Characteristics of high-protein diet
Addition of CHON-rich foods without increasing portion sizes
5-6 small meals or regular meals w/ snacks
Commercially prepared dietary supplements in between meals or added to liquids 1 hr before a meal