{"id":1633,"date":"2018-08-14T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psw.circleofcare.com\/?page_id=1633"},"modified":"2024-05-24T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:02:28","slug":"meals-and-food-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psw.circleofcare.com\/index.php\/meals-and-food-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals and Food Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” 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bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Specialized Diets” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_id=”specializeddiets”][vc_column_text]Your client may be on a special diet. Clients may require special diets as part of their treatment for such conditions as heart disease, allergies, and diabetes or after surgery. Ask your client to explain their diet to you and provide you with a diet sheet if possible. These definitions may help you to understand the different types of diets more fully.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][toggles style=”default”][toggle color=”Default” title=”Full Diet”][vc_column_text]Also known as a regular diet, this is a normal, well-balanced\u00a0diet that follows Canada’s Food Guide.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Diet as Tolerated”][vc_column_text]The client is allowed to eat as much of a normal diet as possible.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Clear Liquid”][vc_column_text]This is for clients with acute nausea and vomiting. It includes water, tea, apple juice, black coffee, clear broth, and other clear fluids.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Full Liquid”][vc_column_text]This is for clients graduating from a clear liquid diet or with sensitive digestion or difficulty chewing. It includes all liquids including strained soups, milk, ice cream, and other non-clear liquids.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Light Diet”][vc_column_text]This is a normal diet that leaves out foods that may be hard to digest or gas producing. In many ways, it is similar to children’s food such as nourishing soups, simple desserts, mild vegetables and easily digested meats. No fried or seedy, rough foods.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Soft Diet”][vc_column_text]This is similar to light diet except a little more restricted. Fruits, vegetables, and cooked cereals should be sieved if not smooth.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Reducing Diet”][vc_column_text]Reducing diets are expressed in calories (e.g. 1000 calories per day). A sheet explaining calorie values is needed.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Low Residue or Roughage Diet”][vc_column_text]This diet leaves a minimum of bulk in the intestinal tract. Avoid raw fruits and vegetables, fried foods, bran and whole grain foods and carbonated beverages. Spicy foods should not be eaten. Care should be taken not to exceed the milk allowance. A diet sheet explaining this in detail is needed.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Ulcer or Gastric Diet”][vc_column_text]These are smooth, bland, non-irritating diets. Avoid strong flavored, spicy and fried foods, as well as foods with coarse fibers such as seeds, skins or bran. Milk and milk products should be encouraged as much as possible. A diet sheet explaining this in detail is needed.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Diabetic Diet”][vc_column_text]It is important that diabetics eat the same amount of food each day and are aware of how many calories are being eaten. Diabetics should avoid the use of pure sugar or sweet foods. They are usually given a “meal plan” outline with “exchange” lists to follow.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Mild diabetic diet”][vc_column_text]The client may have been told by the doctor to avoid sugar and sweet foods.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”Salt\/sodium Restricted Diets”][vc_column_text]\n