Types of dietary adaptations for trerapieutic needs
Normal nutrition is the foundation upon which therapeutic modifications are based. We have already discussed in previous sections about the purpose of dietary adaptations. The adaptations of the normal diet to suit therapeutic needs may lake the following forms:
Change in consistency of foods, such as liquid diet, soft diet, low fibre diet, high fibre diet.
Increase or decrease in energy value of the diet such as low calorie diet for weight reduction, high calorie diet for burns.
Increase or decrease in specific nutrients or type of food consumed, such as sodium restricted diet, lactose restricted diet, high fibre diet, high potassium diet.
Elimination of spices and condiments, such as bland diets.
Omission of specific foods such as allergy diets, gluten free diet.