THERAPEUTIC DIET

THERAPEUTIC DIET
Introduction
Therapeutic diet are planned to maintain or restore
good nutrition in patient
In most cases the therapeutic diet are used to
supplement the medical or surgical treatment of the
patient, while in some instances like diabetes
mellitus, a therapeutic diet is the most aspect of the
patient’s treatment rather the medical therapy
Diet therapy is concerned with recovery from illness
and prevention of disease
TYPES OF THERAPEUTIC DIET IN
VARIOUS DISORDERS
NUTRITION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Dietary management:
Objectives:
To relieve strain to the heart
To prevent further damage to the heart
To restore the damage heart

Food recommended:
Skim milk, paneer from skim milk
Cereals and pulses
Whole grain
All vegetables and all fruits
High fiber and soluble fiber like oat meal, pectin and gums
lean meat, egg white and fish
Vegetable oils, sugar and jaggery
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Food to be avoided:
Cholesterol rich food
Whole cream, butter, cream, cheese
Indian sweet meal like pudings, bakery products
Organ meat
Egg yolk, fish
Nuts, oil seeds, pickles
Fried food
Alcohol

Regular low cholesterol and low fat and high fiber

diet:
Energy- 1600 k cal
Fat- 40 g
Protein- 65 g
SAMPLE MENU FOR CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASES
Meal Food
Early morning Lemon water-1 glass
Break fast Milk(skimmed)-1 cup, missi roti-1,
curd-1/2 katori, or boiled egg- 1-2
and bread- 1-2 slice
Mid morning Fresh fruit- 1
Lunch Salad, chapat-1-3, rice- 60 g,
vegetable- 250g, curd- 1 cup
Evening tea Tea, sprouted mong or
black channa-30 g,
biscuits-3-4
Dinner Vegetable soup, chapati-2, dal,
chicken or fish-100g
Whole day’s cooking oil- 20g
 NUTRITION FOR CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Low protein and low sodium diet for
chronic renal failure
Nutrient Sedentary Moderate workers Heavy workers
allowance workers
Proteins 20 g 30 gm 40 gm
Calories 2040 2197 2363
Sodium 180 mg 215 mg 255 mg
Potassium 1226 mg 1382 mg 1982 mg
Phosphorus 441 mg 586 mg 717 mg
FOOD TO BE AVOIDED
Extra milk or ilk products
Meat, poultry and fish
Dry fruits
Extra pulses, cereals, legumes, peas, beans
Cakes, biscuits and bakery products, jams
Campa cola, squash, sharbat
Frits and fruit juices like lemon, mango, lime, plums
Green leafy vegetables if potassium is restricted
NUTRITION IN DIABETES MELLITUS
Foods not allowed:
Glucose, sugar, honey, all sweets, chocolates
and candies

Foods to be avoided or restricted:

Potatoes, jam, arvi, sweet potatoes, mangoes, grapes,
bananas, alcoholic beverages, fried fruits, parathas,
puri, pakoras, dal moth, mathies, deep fried vegetables,
dry fruits, saturated oils

Foods to be used freely:

Green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, lemon,
clear soups, black coffee and tea without sugar, butter
milk, sour chatani, pickles without oil
DAILY MENU FOR DIABETIC PERSON
nutrients Sedentary Moderate Heavy workers
workers workers
Calories 1300 kcal 1600 kcal 1900 kcal
Protein 60 gm 66 gm 70 gm
CHO 170 gm 223gm 232 gm
Fats 33 gm 39 gm 39 gm
DAILY DIET MENU FOR A CLIENT WITH DM
Bed time Tea/ coffee- 1 cup
Break fasr Cornflakes with milk
10 am Tea or coffee -1 cup
Lunch Chapaties-2, rice 1 medium
bowl, oil for cooking- 1 ½ tea
spoon
4 pm Light tea without sugar, salted
biscuits
Dinner Chapaties-2, salad, vegetables,
Bed time Skim milk
Total approximate calories 1500
DIET IN FEVER
The nutritional requirements will depend on the
nature, severity and duration of the fever
During this phase, calories requirement is increase
Frequent feeding must be given to the client and
fats must be restricted
Fluid intake must be from 3000-5000 ml in the form
of glucose, fruits juices
A readily digestible foods must be given
When fever goes down, bread with milk, milk
puddings or rice dal must be given
DIET MENU DURING HIGH GRADE FEVER
Light diet:
It must be given 2 hourly and contents must include
milk, barley water, glucose at regular intervals
To rebuild body tissues extra proteins must
be given
Examples milk, egg, curd etc
Fried foods and diet containing fibers should be
avoided
DIET IN CONSTIPATION
Constipation is decreased frequency of passing
stools or complete retention of faces
The diet should include food rich in fiber contains
like whole cereals, whole legumes and mature
vegetables
Fruits rich in fibers like apple, banana, guava
More fluids in the form of coffee, tea, fruit
juices, warm water, butter milk etc
DIET IN DIARRHOEA
Diarrhoea is increase frequently of loose or watery
stools. It occurs in infectious condition of colon.
Diet must include mainly fluids like oral boiled water
containing electrolyte salts i.e glucose, sodium
chloride etc
Fluids should be given quarter one hourly
frequently
Oral rehydration solution must be given
NATUROPATH
Y
Naturopathy is the art and science of disease diagnosis,
treatment and prevention using natural therapies
including botanic medicine, hydrotherapy, traditional
chinese medicine and life style councelling

Naturopathy works on five principles:

Do not harm
Use the healing power of nature to rejuvenate the body
and mind
Identify and treat the cause
Treat the whole person not the particular part with
ailment
Work on disease prevention and health promotion
METHODS USED IN NATUROPATHY
Treatment based on nutrition and diet
Detoxification: use of short period of fasting and
controlled diets aid the natural processes by which
body rids itself from toxic substances
Manual healing method: massage, acupuncture,
yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy
Herbal medicine
Homeopathy
Hydrotherapy: using water
Exercise and relaxation technique
PRECAUTIONS

Naturopathy works on self healing. Here, every

individual is the doctor as everyone can heal
himself
Water is the main nutrient
It means not to avoid stress but how to deal with
the stress
Sometimes naturopathy require to stay in
Ashrams
Naturopathy best works in winter
Naturopathy practice require assistance