diet

(di’et) (Gr. δίαιτα]. The customary allowance of food and drink taken by any person from day to day. Diets are cla ified as broth dict, com- mon diet, fish diet, full diet, cenerous diet, half. diet, low diet, liguid diet, meat diet, milk diet, mixed diet, soft diet, solid diet, Spoon diet, vegetable diet, etc. absolute d., fasting. Banting d., one ‘designed to reduce fatne . bland d., a diet that contains the nece ary nutrient elements, but is free from anything that tends to heat or excite. Cantani’s d., an exclusive meat diet devised for diabetics. Chittenden’ 8 d., a diet containing 7 to 55 gm. of protein. Coleman-Schaffer 4, a typhoid-fever diet. composed of eggs, cream, cocoa, milk-sugar, and bread and butter. It has a high carbohydrate ratio and is rich in protein. The food is administered in small quantities, but frequently. convalescent d., a system of solid and liquid food suitable for convalescents. diabetic d., one in which ordinary sugar, starchy food, fruits, and ordinary bread are prohibited. fever d. +» one especially designed for the requirements of fever patients. gouty d., a diet devised for the mitigation of gout, and restricting the use of nitrogenous foods and prohibiting sweet wines and fermented liquors. high-caloric d., a diet which. furnishes 4000 calories or over a day. Karell d. See Karell cure, under cure. Lenhartz d. See Lenhart: treatment, under lrealment. Proc how nick d., a diet for the last eight weeks of pregnancy, which should decrease the size and weight of the child, while strengthening the mother. It is intended for patients threatened with dystocia on account of a contracted pelvis, exce ive development of the fetus with normal pelvis, or fat and weak abdominal walls. The e ential features of the dict are the withholding of carbohydrates and fluids and the giving of sufficient amounts of proteins. protective d., an extremely light diet employed for the purpose of relieving the work of the digestive apparatus as much as po ible. rheumatic d., a diet devised to meet the requirements of rheumatic patients. salt-free d. See dechloridation. subsistence d., that upon which one can just live. Taylor’s d., a preparation of white of egg, olive oil, and sugar, given when the urine is to be tested for chlorids. Tufnell’s d., a rich diet (with small allowance of liquids) sometimes prescribed in the treatment of aneurysm.