During the admission history, the patient informs the nurse that she follows a macrobiotic diet. The nurse knows that the patient's diet includes which of the following?
a. Increased meats and other proteins
b. Low-salt, high-potassium organic diet of fruit juice, raw vegetables, nutritional supplements, plus coffee enemas for detoxification
c. Increased intake of vitamin C and beta carotene
d. Whole grains, vegetables, and fish
D
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A A macrobiotic diet does not include meats, only fish and plant proteins.
B Gerson therapy nutrition is used primarily in treatment of cancer. It is not a vegan or macrobiotic diet.
C Megavitamin therapy includes an increased intake of vitamin C and beta carotene.
D A macrobiotic diet is predominantly a vegetarian diet (white meat fish, occasional fruits, seeds, and nuts), believed to have anticancer properties. This diet consists of 40% to 60% whole-grain cereal, 20% to 30% vegetables, 5% to 10% beans.
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