Sunday, December 12, 2010

High Protein Diet

A high protein diet provides a protein level substantially above the normal amount required. It supplies a minimum of 1.5 gram per kilo DBW or 100 to 200 gram protein daily for adults and is also basically high in kilocalories to spare protein from being used as energy.
-It aims to rehabilitate a client who has protein malnutrition characterized by weight loss and tissue wasting.
- The diet easily can be achieved by supplementing the normal diet with high protein foods like milk, meat, and eggs, and special-high-protein, high-calorie proprietary liquid supplements.

When is it used?
- Hypermetabolic or catabolic states
- In preparing the nutritionally wasted patient for surgery
- Primary and secondary protein-energy malnutrition

How adequate is the diet?
-The diet is generally a regular diet and, thus, nutritionally adequate.

Suggested Meal Plan


Same as the regular diet. Snacks must be given as frequent as possible.

1 comment:

  1. A high-protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to help efforts to build muscle and lose fat. It should not be confused with low-carb Protein Complex Characterization.

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