Therapeutic Diet Types
A therapeutic diet is a meal plan that restricts the consumption of specific foods or nutrients. It is usually used as part of the treatment of a medical condition.
A physician’s prescription and a dietician planning A therapeutic diet.
A regular diet is usually modified. It is tailored or modified to fit the
A person’s nutritional requirements
Therapeutic diets are altered in three ways: (1) nutrients, (2) texture, and (3) food.
Food allergies or intolerances
Therapeutic diets are commonly prescribed for the following reasons:
• To keep the nutritional status
• Reestablishing nutritional status
• Improve nutritional status
• To reduce calories for weight loss
• To supply additional calories for weight gain
• To control blood sugar levels and balance carbohydrate, fat, and protein intake.
diabetes
• To provide more of a nutrient, such as protein
• To reduce the amount of a nutrient like sodium
• To avoid foods due to allergies or intolerances
• To provide texture modifications due to chewing and swallowing issues
