Diet Therapy Notes

Introduction to Diet Therapy
Diet therapy involves the management/treatment of a patient by the use of a diet whose food selection and combination is made to fit the demands of the disease or disorder being managed. It is a personalized eating program designed to address a particular medical problem or to help one to restore or maintain good health. It involves the modification of an existing dietary lifestyle to promote optimum health. 
It is the practical application of nutrition as a preventative or corrective treatment of disease e.g. the intake of high levels of antioxidants and bio-flavonoids that come from many fruits and vegetables which deters oxidative stress in the body, may help to prevent many types of cancer. Or an alternative dietary lifestyle plan may be developed for the purpose of minimizing certain foods in order to reclaim health e.g. Limiting total fat in the diet to 30 percent of total caloric daily intake may reduce the risk of colon and breast cancer.