Types of Diets
A diet consisting of foods, clear and liquid at room or body temperature. It helps to limit colon residue.
What is a clear liquid diet?
Religion where they may not eat meat on holy days. They prohibit alcohol and caffeine consumption.
What is Christianity?
Cluster of medical and health care approaches, methods, and items not associated with conventional medicine.
What is TCAM (traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine)?
Tube is passed through the nose to the stomach.
What is nasogastric?
Veins used to supply nutrients intravenously to patients.
What is the superior vena cava and subclavian vein?
A diet consisting solely of liquid and can be nutritionally complete. It is commonly used for patients with wired jaws or those having difficulty chewing and swallowing.
What is a full liquid diet?
Religion where no pork or pork related products or fish without scales and fins are eaten. Diary foods are not consumed with meat and meats that are eaten are kosher.
What is Judaism?
Non-western healing approaches used at the same time as conventional medicine.
What is complementary medicine?
Tube is passed from the nose to the duodenum.
What is nasoduodenal?
Classification of elements such as zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, and selenium.
What are trace elements?
A diet modified for patients who have difficulty swallowing food and therefore the consistency of the food needs to be altered.
What is a dysphagia diet?
Religion where pork, shellfish, alcohol, coffee, and tea are not consumed. Some followers are ovo-lacto vegetarians and some are vegans.
What are Seventh-Day Adventists?
Merges conventional medical therapies with TCAM modalities for which safety and efficacy have been demonstrated.
What is integrative medicine?
Tube is passed through the nose to the jejunum.
What is nasojejunal?
When lipid emulsions are added to dextrose and amino acid mixtures.
What is total nutrient admixtures?
A diet where no coarse textures are allowed and foods are totally blended without lumps.
What is a pureed diet?
Religion where beef, pork, lamb, and poultry are not eaten. Most followers are lacto-vegetarians or vegans.
What is Hinduism and Buddhism?
This medicine is based on noninvasive, natural healing to recover from disease and to achieve wellness.
What is naturopathic medicine?
Tube is surgically inserted into the neck and extends to the stomach.
What is esophagostomy?
Energy source, such as dextrose monohydrate, that yields 3.4 kcal/g.
What are carbohydrates?
The fourth level of the National Dysphagia Diet.
What is the return to a general diet?
Religion where alcohol and caffeine are prohibited or strongly discouraged.
What is the Church of Latter-day Saints?
Medicines that use materials found in nature such as functional foods, botanicals, and herbs.
What are biologically based therapies?
Tube is surgically inserted into the small intestine.
What is jejunostomy?
Resulting complication from catheter placement such as pneumothorax.
What are technical complications?