Test Meals or Diagnostic Diets

Question 1

The most commonly used test diets that may require dietary modifications are: (6)

Answer 1

Fecal fat determination test diet
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) test
Meat-free test
Calcium test
Serotonin test
Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) test

Question 2

What does fecal fat determination test measures?

Answer 2

It measures fat globules in the feces to diagnose fat absorption in cystic fibrosis or disorders where steatorrhea is a problem.

Question 3

Sample foods for fecal fat determination test

Answer 3

It conists of at least 100 grams of fat ingested daily for 3 days before the fecal specimen is collected.

Question 4

Fecal fat dtermination: patient’s diet should consist of:

Answer 4

2 cups of whole milk, 8 oz. of lean meat, 1 egg, 10 exchanges of fat
Fruits, vegetables, and starches (rice, bread, etc) provides extra calories

Question 5

What is the intravenous pyelogram (IVP) test diet for?

Answer 5

It is for the patients who undergoes IVP testing

Question 6

What sample foods are given to IVP test diet patients?

Answer 6

Light evening meal, clear liquid diets until midnight, and NPO

Question 7

Sample foods for IVP

Answer 7

Soups: clear bouillon, clear broth, clear consommé
Beverages: coffee, decaffeinated coffee, tea, kool-aid, and carbonated drinks
Juices: apple and grape juice, cranberry, strained lemonade, limeade, orange drink
Desserts: water, jell-o, ice popsicles

• do not put milk or milk products in beverages
• strain juices and serve without any pulp

Question 8

What does meat-free test measures?

Answer 8

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Question 9

Sample foods for meat-free test

Answer 9

Meat, poultry, and fish that contains hemoglobin, myoglobin, and emzymes

Question 10

Calcium test diet is used for:

Answer 10

Diagnosing hypercalciuria by determining urinary calcium excretion levels

Question 11

Serotonin diet is also known as:

Answer 11

5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) test diet

Question 12

5-HIAA diet us used for?

Answer 12

Diagnosing calcinoid tumors of the intestinal tract

Question 13

What foods are exluded in the 5-HIAA diet? Why?

Answer 13

Foods with high serotonin levels such as avocado, banana, kiwi fruits, pecans, butternuts, eggplant, pineapple, and hickory nuts

Because it alters the result

Question 14

Vanillylmandelic acid test is used for:

Answer 14

Diagnosing the tuomor pheochromocytoma in persons with unexplained HPN