Note:  These handouts are meant only as a general guide.  The information found here should not replace any directions or instructions provided by your doctor.  If you have further questions, please contact your physician or Registered Dietitian.

Click on the topics below to access comprehensive education materials designed by the Nutrition Support Team Medicine:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Basic ALS Nutrition Tips
• Medication Delivery for Feeding Tubes
• What is a PEG?
• What do you do if your feeding tube clogs?
• Beverage Thickening Agents
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Risk vs Benefit? - Practical Gastroenterology series

Bone Health

• Calcium and Vitamin D
• Metabolic Bone Disease in the Patient on Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition - Practical Gastroenterology series
• Vitamin D Deficiency in Gastrointestinal Disease - Practical Gastroenterology series

Celiac Disease

• Click Here to go to the Celiac Resource page for Resources and Educational Material
  

Chylous Ascites

• Fat-free Diet for Chylous Ascites
• Nutritional Management of Chyle Leaks (2011)--Article from Practical Gastroenterology
• When Chyle Leaks: Nutrition Management Options (2004)--Article from Practical Gastroenterology

Dumping Syndrome

• Post-gastrectomy and Anti-Dumping Diet
• Dumping Syndrome - Practical Gastroenterology series

Easy to Chew Diets

• Easy to Chew Diet
• Pureed Diet

Fiber

• Fiber (dietary recommendations handout)
• Low Residue / Low Fiber Diet
• Nutrients and Constipation: Cause or Cure - Practical Gastroenterology series
• Diverticular Disease: Evidence for Dietary Intervention? - Practical Gastroenterology series

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Gastrointestinal (GI) Luminal Stent

• GI Luminal Stent Diet

Gastroparesis

• Short version
• Long version
• Renal
• Diabetes
• Spanish Version (DIETA PARA GASTROPARESIA)
• Nutrition Intervention for the Patient with Gastroparesis: An Update - Practical Gastroenterology series
• Motility and Gastroparesis Experts in the United States
• Associations Providing Support for Patients with Digestive Diseases

Increasing Calories

• High Calorie Diet
• Increasing Protein
• High Energy Snack Ideas
• Liquid Diet (Includes High Calorie Tips and Recipes)

• Low Sodium, High Calorie Snacks

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

• Crohn's
• Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
• Association Providing Support for Patients with Digestive Diseases
• Nutritional Considerations for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Practical Gastroenterology series

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) diet
• Low FODMAP Diet
• Low Fructose Diet
• Clinical Ramifications of Fructose Malabsorption and Other Short-chain Carbohydrates - Practical Gastroenterology series
• Association Providing Support for Patients with Digestive Diseases

Lactose Intolerance

• Lactose Intolerance Handout
• Lactose Content of Common Foods
  
• Lactose Intolerance: A Guide for the Clinician - Practical Gastroenterology series

Liver

• Hemochromatosis
• Low Sodium
• Association Providing Support for Patients with Digestive Diseases
• Nutrition in Hepatic Failure - Practical Gastroenterology series

Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

• New:  Link to obtain a free copy of the book A Patient's Guide to Managing a Short Bowel
• Short Bowel Syndrome Diet (Short Version)
• Short Bowel Syndrome Diet (Long Version)

Other

• Low Potassium
• Liquid Diet
• 100 gm Fat Diet and Instructions for 72-hour Fecal Fat Collection
• Increasing Iron in Your Diet

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