Nutrition Prescription Examples
Recommend:
- Modified Diet
- Protein intake (e.g. 1.0 g protein/kg body weight/day remission; 1.2 to 1.5 g protein/kg body weight/day active IBD)
- Carbohydrate intake (i.e. sucrose)
- Fibre level (not low or high for Crohn’s disease)
- Vitamins/minerals (e.g. children: vitamins A, B12, E and K, folate, calcium and magnesium; adults: vitamins C and K, niacin, folate, selenium and copper; folate if taking sulfasalazine or methotrexate)
- Enteral