Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 18:Importance and modification of normal diet to therapeutic diets

Full-fluid diet

• This diet bridges the gap between the clear fluid and soft diet.
• It is used following surgery, acute gastritis, acute infections and during diarrhoeal episodes.
• This diet is also suggested when milk is permitted and for patients not requiring special diet but too ill to eat solid or semisolid foods.
• In this diet foods which are liquid or which readily become liquid on reaching the stomach are given.
• This diet may be made entirely adequate and may be used over an extended time without fear of developing deficiencies, provided it is carefully planned.
• This diet is given at intervals of 2-4 hours intervals. This diet gives 1200kcal and 35g of protein.