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.