Simplified Diet Manual

Hospitals and long-term care facilities in every state and many foreign countries use the Simplified Diet Manual to assist them in planning nutritious, appealing, and cost-effective meals that are modified to meet the dietary requirements of individuals with special health needs. While reflecting the dynamic nature of the field of nutrition, the Eleventh Edition of the Simplified Diet Manual retains its basic purpose: providing consistency among diet terminology, in a simplified manner, for the prescription and interpretation of diets or nutrition plans. The concise, user-friendly format of this resource helps dietitians and foodservice managers succeed in their vital role in maintaining nutritional health and well-being of clients in long-term care facilities, hospitals, and outpatient service centers. Revisions and additions to the Eleventh Edition of the Simplified Diet Manual include: Update of the Guidelines for Diet Planning based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 Inclusion of updated Study Guide Questions at the end of each chapter for training foodservice employees in health care facilities that are served by a registered dietitian or dietary consultant. Inclusion of online patient education handouts that coordinate with selected therapeutic diets in the manual Revision of FOOD FOR THE DAY tables using wider variety of culturally diverse foods Addition of the Mechanical Soft and Pureed Diets Addition of the Small Portion Diet Revision of the Fat Restricted Diets Addition of the DASH Diet Revision of the Diets for Kidney and Liver Disease to include potassium and phosphorus food lists and a section on Guidelines for Liver Disease Addition of the Kosher Diet Inclusion of Choose Your Foods, Exchange Lists for Diabetes (2008, American Dietetic Association, American Diabetes Association)

Abstract: Basic guidelines for diet planning and therapeutic diets are presented in this manual developed by the Iowa Dietetic Association. The nutritional adequacy of the diet is the major emphasis of this guide, but the importance of patients' physiological and emotional needs in successfully implementing a nutrition plan is recognized. Uses of the Daily Food Guide Basic Food Groups and the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans in diet planning are discussed. Diet modifications for pregnancy and lactating women, infants, children, and older adults are outlined. Types of therapeutic diets include 1) soft (e.g. pureed, bland, low residue), 2) full liquid and tube feedings, 3) diabetic/calorie-controlled, 4) fat restricted, 5) sodium restricted, 6)protein restricted, and 7) purine restricted diets. Helpful features in the manual include a summary description of diets, desirable and average weight tables, a table of the potassium content of foods, and a list of safeguards for preparing and serving different types of foods. (aj).

Simplified Diet Manual Study Guide, Ninth Edition will assist in the education and training of dietitians, dietary managers and supervisors, and foodservice employees. The guide provides information on routine diets and their modifications for a variety of nutritional needs and enhances readers’ knowledge and understanding of basic nutritional principles. The Study Guide is compartmentalized into lessons for convenient self- or group instruction, with each lesson reviewing key information about a diet in Simplified Diet Manual, Ninth Edition. A menu-writing component encourages readers to apply the theoretical material. About the Editors: Simplified Diet Manual Study Guide, Ninth Edition editor Barbara Boeckmann, R.D., L.D., has 26 years of experience as a consultant to Acute and Long Term Care facilities. She currently teaches a part of the Dietary Managers Certification for Eastern Iowa Community College.

The Iowa Dietetic Association published its first diet manual more than 40 years ago, and since then the Simplified Diet Manual has been an invaluable guide and resource for hospitals and long-term care facilities in every state and many foreign countries. In a straightforward and uncomplicated way, the Simplified Diet Manual presents basic diet principles, general and modified diets, and menus to help health care workers and dietitians provide their clients with nutritious and pleasing meals. This seventh edition incorporates many of the food trends and changes in health care that have affected nutrition therapy in recent years, such as Americans' concern about limiting dietary fat and the increased ethnic mix in American food choices. Major changes from previous editions include menu planning guidelines based on the Food Guide Pyramid; the addition of Vegetarian, Finger Food, and Limited Concentrated Sweets diets; the inclusion of the Protein and Electrolyte Controlled Diet based upon the 1993 National Renal Diet; and revision of the Diet for Diabetes to match 1994 recommendations.