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Diet therapy is a method of eating prescribed by a physician to improve health.
A number of conditions are treated in part with therapeutic diets. Treatments involve including foods that improve specific health conditions, while avoiding foods that may make the condition worse. Some health conditions require temporary therapeutic diets. Other times a therapeutic diet may become a permanent change necessary to keep the person healthy. Medical doctors or dietitians normally formulate therapeutic diets. The diet may change over time based on the person's response and improvement in health status.
Principles of diet therapy
- To maintain good nutritional status
- To correct deficiencies
- To afford rest to the body
- To metabolize the nutrients
- To make changes in body weight when necessary
Purpose of therapeutic diets
- Assist body organs to maintain normal function
- Aid in digestion
- To improve specific health conditions
- Increase or decrease body weight
- Modify the intervals of feedings
Significance/importance
- Useful in managing disease
- Promote greater resistance to specific conditions
- Prevention or supplemental treatment
Titany answered the question on October 6, 2021 at 08:51
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