The diet prescription
The diet prescription designates the type, amount and frequency of feeding based on an individual's disease process and disease management goals. The disease may require a calorie level or other restriction to be implemented. It may also limit or increase various components of the diet such as carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre, phytonutrients or water. Another aspect which the dietetic prescription takes into account includes the economic status, food habits (such as vegetarian, ovo- vegetarian, non-vegetarian), food illtolerances (such as lactose intolerance, gluten- sensitive enteropathy), allergy (such as milk, eggs), occupation of the patient and meal timings.