Using your textbook or your state or local diet manual, describe the principles of a gastric partitioning diet
Food has to be extremely soft or liquified in the mouth by excessive chewing. If this is not possible, it needs to be liquified prior to eating. The diet should be very low fat; "table" sugar, alcohol, and caffeine should be avoided; if snacks are eaten, they should be without kcals, i.e., sugar substitute, diet drinks, raw vegetables if chewed well enough (some physicians may not allow raw vegetables, especially at first). Meals should be small, with liquids 30 minutes before or after a meal, not during; a vitamin/mineral supplement should be taken daily; at least 8 glasses of fluid should be consumed.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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1. "Bring him in so that we can give him a prescription for amoxicillin.". 2. "The tick can transmit the disease only if it bit your child.". 3. "He needs an injection of gamma globulin.". 4. "Unless the tick is bigger than a pencil eraser, there is no reason to be alarmed.".