Thursday, December 20, 2012
The Food Guide Pyramids contains the five major food groups.Sound and sensible nutritional principles can be found in the booklet published by the USDA and entitled Nutrition and Your Health : Dietary Guidelines .
1. Eat a variety of food.
2. Maintain healthy weight.
3. Choose a diet low in fat and cholesterol.
4. Choose a diet with plenty of vegetables, fruits and grain products.
5. Use sugar in moderations.
6. Use salt and sodium only in moderation.
Therapeutic Diets
Therapeutic Diets are modifications of the normal diet.
They are used to improve specific health conditions.
An understanding of these diets will allow the health care worker to encourage patients to follow prescribed diets.
They are normally prescribed by a doctor and planned by a dietitian.
They are used to improve specific health conditions.
An understanding of these diets will allow the health care worker to encourage patients to follow prescribed diets.
They are normally prescribed by a doctor and planned by a dietitian.
- Soft Diet : foods must require little chewing and can be easy to digest. This diet may be used following surgery, or for patients withn infection, digestive disorder, or chewing problems.
- Diabetic Diet : is used for patients with diabetes mellitus. The body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin to metabolize carbohydrates. Patient are allowed a certain number of items from each food group list according to their individual needs.
- Fat-Restricted Diets: are also called low fat diet. This diet is used for obese patient or patients with gall-bladder and liver disease or atherosclerosis.
- Low-Cholesterol Diet : restricts foods containing cholesterol. Used for patients with atherosclerosis and heart disease.
- Protein Diet : include both low-protein diet and high-protein diet. Protein rich foods include meats, fish, milk, cheese, and eggs.
low protein diets are ordered for patients with certain kidney or renal diseases and certain allergic conditions.
high protein diets are ordered for children, for pregnant or lactating woman, for patients suffering from burns, fevers, or infections.
