Introduction to diet therapy

Introduction to diet therapy

The entropy is a concerned with the modification of the normal diet to meet the requirements of the sick individual. its proposes are:

To maintain good nutritional status the energy requirement of patients with diseases are usually similar less than those of healthy subjects. Basal hypdrmetabolism of diseases often more than offset by decreased physical activities.

To correct deficiencies

To afford rest to the whole body of the part that is affected.

To maintain body’s ability to metabolise the nutrients.

To bring about change in body weight whenever necessary.

Diet therapy in most instances is not a remedy in itself but is a measurement which supplement or make the medical or surgical treatment more effective.

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