For patients with congestive heart failure, nutrition therapy focuses on
a. restriction of dietary sodium intake.
b. abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
c. achievement and maintenance of a healthy weight.
d. restriction of dietary saturated fats and cholesterol.
A
Nutrition therapy for patients with congestive heart failure focuses on restriction of dietary so-dium intake to reduce extracellular fluid. Abstinence from alcoholic beverages is not a focus of treatment. Dietary restrictions to lose weight or reduce intake of saturated fat and cholesterol may be harmful because patients often have increased energy needs and poor appetite. Restric-tions in energy intake may contribute to cardiac cachexia.
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