Question

Objective FS-5: Modify Menus

1. Understand how the facility uses the diet manual and the diet orders available.
2. Select a specific diet (not regular) and discuss how it is different from a regular diet order.
3. How does the facility ensure that those with special dietary needs (texture, allergies, etc) needs are met?

Answer 1

A therapeutic diet is a meal plan that controls the intake of certain foods or ... usually a modification of a regular diet. It is modified or tailored to fit the nutrition needs of a particular person. The bland diet is a diet consisting of foods that are generally soft, low in dietary fiber, cooked rather than raw, and not spicy, it is different from the normal diet as the normal diet contains spices, solid consistancy etc

The bland diet is ordered generally to gastrointestinal problem pts as it is not irritating the mucus membranes of GI tract, the facility made the food with thorough knowledge of how to prepare bland diet and checks the consistency and texture of the food that best suits the client,