Outline the medical nutrition therapy you would recommend for Mrs. M
Laboratory blood work and nutritional intake have already been obtained. The treatment includes her diet order and nutritional supplements, if applicable, and nutritional counseling.
The counseling session should include an explanation of the diet and its relationship with the disease. If the patient can understand even a part of what the disease is and how the diet is going to help, there is a greater chance the diet will be followed.
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