| Nutrition For Cystic Fibrosis Patients Recommendations-
The following are methods for adding protein and calories to the diet. In addition to these tips, make sure that you are taking a multivitamin containing Vitamins A, D, E and K:
Nutritional Supplements
- Eat whenever you are hungry. This may mean eating several small meals throughout the day.
- Keep a variety of nutritious snack foods around. Try to snack on something every hour. Try cheese and crackers, muffins, or trail mix.
- Make an effort to eat regularly, even if it's only a few bites; or include a nutritional supplement or milkshake.
- Be flexible. If you aren't hungry at dinner time, make breakfast, mid-morning snacks and lunch your main meals.
- Add grated cheese to soups, sauces, casseroles, vegetables, mashed potatoes, rice, noodles or meat loaf.
- Use whole milk, half and half, cream or enriched milk in cooking or beverages.
- Spread peanut butter on bread products or use it as a dip for raw vegetables and fruit. Add peanut butter to sauces or use on waffles.
- Skim milk powder adds protein -- try adding two tablespoons of dry skim milk powder in addition to the amount of regular milk in recipes.
- Add marshmallows to fruit or hot chocolate. Add raisins, dates, or chopped nuts and brown sugar to hot or cold cereals or for snacks.
- A teaspoon of butter or margarine adds 45 calories to foods. Mix it into hot foods such as soups, vegetables, mashed potatoes, cooked cereal, and rice. Serve it while it's hot; hot breads, pancakes or waffles absorb more butter than cool ones.
- Sour cream or yogurt can be used on vegetables such as potatoes, beans, carrots, or squash. Try them in gravies or as a salad dressing for fruit.
- Breaded meat, chicken, and fish have more calories than broiled or plain roasted.
- Add extra mozzarella or jack cheese on top of frozen prepared pizza.
- Coarsely chopped hard cooked egg and cheese cubes are tasty in a tossed salad.
- Serve cottage cheese with canned or fresh fruit.
- Add grated cheeses, tuna, shrimp, crabmeat, ground beef, diced ham or sliced boiled eggs to sauces, rice, casseroles, noodles, butter toast or hot biscuits.
Take a look at the Food Pyramid , Vitamin Chart
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