PIF Categories: Nutrition and Dietetics
Food first: making mealtimes easier
If cooking is difficult for you or your carer, try ready prepared meals from the supermarket or meals delivered to your door.
Food first: how to prepare a pint of fortified milk
Full fat milk (also called full cream or whole milk) contains a range of nutrients including calories, protein and calcium, therefore it is useful to help maintain or increase your […]
Food first: homemade supplements
When you are not able to eat enough to meet your needs, these recipes can be used to supplement your food intake between meals and snacks. They are not suitable […]
Food first: high calorie snacks
Even the smallest snack can help boost your energy and protein intake To gain weight/stop losing weight people generally need to eat at least another 500 calories per day in […]
Food first: guide to fortifying food
What is food fortification? Adding household ingredients to normal food to increase its nutritional content without increasing the amount of food which needs to be eaten. What is the aim […]
Food First: Quick guide to eating an extra 500 calories per day
To stop losing weight and/or to help weight gain generally we need to eat at least an extra 500 calories per day. Listed below are suggestions which can help you […]
Food First: Homemade supplement record sheet
Patient is at High risk of malnutrition according to MUST and requires homemade supplements daily (see Care Home MUST management guidelines) Homemade supplements must be made according to the recipes […]
Dietary information for people with a colostomy
Find out more about dietary information for people with a colostomy.
Dietary Information for people with an ileostomy
Find out more about dietary information for people with an ileostomy.
Nutrition and long COVID
Long Covid is defined as signs and symptoms that develop during or following an infection consistent with COVID-19, continuing for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by an […]