Care means provision in the household and the community of time, attention, and support to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of a growing children and other family members.

Children prefer mildly-flavored food over spicy food. They prefer plain over mixed dishes, and soft and moist food because at this stage they lack copious supply of saliva which is a natural lubricant for mastication. They are attracted to colorful meals using the natural color of food, lukewarm food, fruits and simple dessert, and raw vegetables cut into manageable serving pieces.

Provide ample amount of energy- giving, body- building, and regulating food.

Provide meals which include a variety of food offered in amounts sufficient to satisfy appetite.

Use nutrient-dense foods served in small frequent servings.

Incorporate milk in other food like custard, pudding, ice cream and other beverages like cocoa to compensate for the tendency of decreasing milk intake.

Offer nutritious snacks, especially to active children, in the middle of morning and afternoon.

Aging is the stage in life accompanied by psychological socioeconomic, and physiologic changes that call for the attention of nutritionists and other health professionals on elderly.

Analyze food habits carefully through a diet interview.

Provide wide variety of food that are easy to identify.

Soft, easy to chew, smaller bite sizes are recommended for those with dental problems.

Small, frequent feeding are preferred.

Fluid prescription is a must. Be aware of mega dosage of nutrition

supplementation. Increase seasoning and beautiful

presentations. Check and follow up recommendations. Put lots of love for the work you do.

The basis for planning all modified diets. Composed of all types of food, is well

balanced and capable of maintaining a state of good nutrition.

It provides at least 1,500 kilocalories Designed for patients who require no dietary

restrictions nor modifications.

Food group amount

Vegetables At least 2 servings (1/2 cup cooked per serving)

Rice or substitution 8 exchanges

Meat or substitution 6 exchanges

Fat 3 teaspoons

Sugar 3 teaspoons

Transitional diet between the full liquid and the regular diet.

Includes food which are easy to digest. Given to patients who are febrile or acutely ill

and cannot tolerate the regular diet

Food which are soft and can easily be mashed in the mouth and swallowed

Soup Tender lean meat, fish, and poultry cooked in

any way except fried Soft cooked rice, well-cooked rice gruels,

refined cereals

Avoid any foods that are hard for you to chew or swallow. The following foods may be hard for you to chew or swallow.

Raw vegetables Cereal, cake, and breads with flaxseed,

coconut, dried fruit, nuts, or other seeds. Cooked fruit with skin or seeds. Beef jerky, corned beef, or other meat that is

tough or stringy.

The liquid diet consists of the food that are liquid or that liquefy at body temperature and are chemically and mechanically non irritating. It is given to a patients about to undergo certain diagnostic procedure - patients with acute inflammatory conditions of the intestinal tract.

People who experience gastrointestinal problems such as peptic ulcer disease, chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis or dyspepsia are often ordered by their doctors to begin an eating regimen called a bland diet. A bland diet consists primarily of soft foods with low acidity and minimal seasoning. Foods and beverages such as coffee, chocolate, carbonated sodas, dried beans, fried meats, whole grain products and most raw fruits and vegetables are heavily restricted on a bland diet.

Bland diet also allows for soft or processed fruits such as applesauce, bananas and seedless canned fruits, but does not allow for acidic raw fruits or berries containing seeds. Some mild fruit juices are permitted, such as apple or grape juice, but acidic citrus-based beverages such as lemonade or orange juice are not. Acidic foods and seeds can irritate the gastrointestinal tract during digestion.

Is a regular diet with increased cellulose or fiber content in order to encourage regular elimination or peristalsis (is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down the muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion.)

This diet is used for insulin- dependent patients to reduce insulin dose.

This diet is used in diverticulosis, atonis constipation, hypercholesteremia, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Long fibered vegetables All fruits All grain cereals, bread with bran Sugars, jams, jellies Fruit juices and milk Nuts, pectin, agar

Highly refined and contracted food Fried food Excessive seasonings Salad dressings with mineral oil

This is a diet where the sodium content is limited to a specific level.

The regular diet contains approximately 600 to 2,600 mg or the equivalent of 7 to 15g of sodium chloride which mainly comes from salt.

Plain broth and soup with no added salt. All vegetables and canned without salt. All fresh fruits, canned, dried, or frozen fruits

or juices. Egg, unsalted meats, fish and poultry, clams,

shrimps, and other shell fishes in allowed amounts.

Unsalted fat and oil, nuts, butter or margarine in allowed amounts.

Canned and dehydrated soups. Canned and frozen vegetables. Canned, salted, cured, smoked, dried, or

processed meat, poultry, and fish. Salted nuts and olives.

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