Question | Answer |
What diet is used as a prep for diagnostic tests, as a post operative test, treatment for recovery from gastrointestinal disorders? | Liquid Diet |
What are the types of liquid diets? | 1 - Clear liquid; 2 - Full liquid |
What can you 'eat' while on a clear liquid diet? | 1 - Broth soups; 2 - Tea; 3 - Jello |
What can you 'eat' while on a full liquid diet? | 1 - Clear liquids, milk, custards, strained cream soups, refinded cereals, eggnog, milkshakes, and all juices |
What diet is used to decrease stress on the GI system in GI disorders? | Soft or light diet |
What can you NOT eat while on the soft or light diet? | 1 - Raw fruits or vegetables (No roughage foods); 2 - No onions, beans, broccoli, cauliflower (NO Strongly flavored or gas-forming vegetables); No or few spices |
What diet hs no food or spice restrictions, but food is chopped, ground or pureed depending on desired texture? | Mechanical soft diet |
When is the mechanical soft diet used? | 1 - After dental or oral surgery; 2 - For pt who has difficulty chewing or swallowing |
What diet restricts dietary components classified as GI irritants? | Bland diet |
What is the bland diet used for? | For patients with GI problems |
What are the different types of GI irritants? | 1 - Chemical (EX: Caffeine, pepper, chili, nutmug, alcohol); 2 - Mechanical (EX: High-fiber foods); 3 - Fried foods; Highly concentrated sweets; 4 - Gas-forming veg. |
What diet is used in treatment of allergies? | Elimination Diet |
What are the two types of elimination diet? | 1 - Simple; 2 - Rowe |
What does the Simple elimination diet Remove? | Only a few foods suspected of causing allergy |
What happens with a person on the Rowe Elimination diet? | 1 - Person starts with a few hypoallergenic foods; 2 - Ten single family food groups are added slowly, about every 10 days; |
What does a low residue diet decreases what? | Fiber AND milk |
What are high fiber diets used for? | Hypercholesterolemia or diabetes mellitus, cancer prevention |
What are low fiber diets used for? | GI disorders like diverticulitis |
Define cellulose foods - | It is a type of carbohydrate that the body does not digest very well |
What diet decreases cellulose foods? | Low fiber diet |
What items are considered for a diabetic diet? | Blood suger, activity level, wt, individual preferences, lifestyle |
What is the most common guideline for someone on a diabetic diet? | To monitor carbohydrate intake |
What does DASH stand for? | Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension |
What is another name for DASH? | Heart-Healthy diet |
Define No salt / low salt diet - | A regular diet with restricted sodium |
What is a low or no sodium diet used to treat? | HTN & Edema |
How much sodium should a patient on a low sodium diet consume per day? | Less than 1,500 mg/day |
How much sodium does the average person comsume a day? | 2,500 - 5,000 mg/day |
What is a low protein diet used to treat? | Kidney disease / failure |
What are the different types of vegetarian diets? | 1 - Vegan; 2 - Lacto - Vegetarian; 3 - Lacto-ovo vegtarian; 4 - Flexitarians or semivegitarians |
What can a Vegan vegetarian eat? | Plant based foods only (NO eggs, milk, cheese or meat) |
What does a Lacto- Vegetarian eat? | Milk, milk products and plant-based foods (No eggs) |
What does a Lacto-ovo vegtarian eat? | Eggs, milk and milk products, including cheese (NO red meat, fish or poultry) |
What do Flexitarians vegetarians eat? | Primarily plant-based foods, but small amounts of meat, poulrty & fish |
What is a Gluten-free diet used to treat? | Celiac disease |
Define Celiac disease - | Pt cannot eat the protein gluten found in wheat and other grains. If eaten their immune system responds by damaging the small intestine |
What is the Heart-Healthy or DASH diet intended for? | To lower cholesterol levels, lower BP |