2.3.
Comparative table Therapeutic diets
THERAPEUTIC DIET CHARACTERISTICS
Clear Liquid Diet  Provides daily water
requirements, but
stimulates the
gastrointestinal tract
very little
 Should not contain foods
rich in fat
 They should not contain
thick liquids
 Contains 5 meal times
Complete Liquid Diet  Provides liquids or semi-
liquids at room
temperature
 It is done to provide
adequate nutrients in a
form that does not
require chewing.
 Allows you to meet
energy and nutrient
needs
 Transition diet between
clear liquid and solid
Chemical Soft Diet  Provides complete foods
in a soft consistency
 Soft foods, but well
cooked
 Contains 5 meal times
INDICATIONS ALLOWED FOODS FOODS NOT ALLOWED
 Bowel operations or  Tea  Thick sour fruit juices
colonoscopy  Broth  Rich fat broths
 Abdominal surgery  Strained non-acidic fruit
recovery juice
 Gastroenteritis  Jelly
conditions
 Esophageal disorders  Milk drinks with cereal None
 esophageal stricture  Coffee in milk
 Postoperative period  Liquid supplements
 Moderate  Fruit juice
inflammation of the  Compotes
GIT  Vegetable smoothies
 Cereal
 meats
 Desserts, flans, jellies,
pudding, ice cream and
fruit
 Progression between  Fruits without packaging  Fried foods or foods with
clear, clear and or seeds visible fat
complete liquid diets  Steamed vegetables  Foods with a hard texture
after gastric surgeries  Compotes  Mayonnaise
 Patients weaning from  Milk cream
enteral nutrition  Pepper and cumin
Mechanical Soft Diet  Soft diet base, texture is  In case of dysphagia or  very soft bread  arepas
modified pathologies of the oral  Soft fruits (compotes)  Cookies
 Low fat content cavity  Baked vegetables in  Fresh fruits and
 Ground or pureed foods puree forms vegetables
 Contains 5 meal times  Meats, chicken and fish  Whole meats
(ground)  Cereals

Supraglottic Diet  Complete liquid diet  Patients with  Cereals  Sweets and sugars
base with the inclusion swallowing problems  Meats, chicken and fish
of a thickener  Vegetables
 Controlled in salt  Vegetable oils
 Presentations in thick  Lactose-free dairy
smoothies Indications according to the type of consistency
 Contains 5 meal times In a glass Nectar Honey Pudding
Water or 1 tbsp + 2 tsp 2 tbsp + 2 3 tbsp + 2 tsp
milk tsp
Vegetable 1 tbsp 2 tbsp 3 tbsp
juices or
soups
Coffee or 2 tbsp 3 tbsp 3 tbsp + 2
tea tbsp
Hypoglycidic Diet  CHO is controlled  Diabetic, hypoglycemic,  Vegetables such as  Vegetables such as beets
 Increase intake of whole obese or patients with cucumber, lettuce, and carrots
grain products, high triglycerides tomato, onion  Well concentrated sugars
vegetables, fruits, and  Lactose-free and skim  Fruits such as banana,
low-fat dairy products dairy mango, pineapple, pin,
 Consume only one  Whole grains grape.
serving of flour per meal  lean meats  carbonated drinks
 Eat whole fruit every day  fried flours
 Contains 6 meal times  Pork Meat
 Mayonnaise

High Protein Diet  Diet with high protein
and calcium intake
 Cooking protein foods is
added at different meal
times.
 Contains 6 meal times
Low Protein Diet  Dairy consumption is
avoided
 The largest portion of
protein is distributed at
lunch
 Contains 5 meal times
Hypofat Diet  Diet with normal intake
of energy, protein and
CHO
 Increase in fiber intake
 Modified in fat and
cholesterol
 Dressings such as
mayonnaise, heavy
cream, or tomato sauce
are not allowed.
 Butter
 chicken skin
 Pregnant and lactating  Meats (liver and chicken)  None
women  Fish
 Patients with high  Eggs
calorie and nutrient  Milk and derivatives
needs (trauma, sepsis,  Legumes
febrile states,
infections, burns,
decubitus ulcers)
 Correct protein-energy
malnutrition
 It is indicated in  Legumes in low  Cold meats
patients with kidney proportion  Sausages
diseases who have not  Fruits such as tangerine,  Visors
been dialyzed. strawberry, mango, apple  Red meat in low
 Hepatic  Vegetables such as proportion
encephalopathies and tomato, onion,
cirrhosis cucumber, lettuce and
carrot
 Rice
 Bread without milk
 It is indicated for  Skim dairy  Saturated fat
patients with  Eggs (white)  Fats contained in meat
alterations in  Lean meats, chicken and
triglycerides or skinless fish
cholesterol.  Fruits and vegetables
 Hepatobiliary  Cereals of all kinds
alterations
  Eggs maximum 2 times a
week
 Preparations must be
roasted, boiled, steamed
or baked.
Low Sodium Diet  Controlled sodium diet  Patients with high  Poultry and other low-fat  Kitchen and table salt
 Diet programs that blood pressure meats  salted meats
contain no more than  Renal insufficiency  freshwater fish  smoked fish
1000 mg of sodium/day  Heart failure  Eggs  Sausages
about 2 to 2.5 g of salt  unsalted cheese  Cheese in general
 Unsalted bread  Bread with salt
 Cereals
 Legumes
 Vegetables and
vegetables
 Natural fruit in compote
or juice
 Unsalted dried fruits
Astringent Diet  That which produces  Patients with diarrhea  Fruits such as guava,  Sour and sweet fruits
dehydration of fecal or irritable bowel pear, apple, banana (papaya, mango,
matter (constipation)  Vegetables such as watermelon, passion
 Meals should be small carrots, beans and beets fruit)
and frequent (non-diabetic patients)  Vegetables such as
 Eat slow  banana flour cabbage, lettuce, broccoli,
 Contains 5 meal times  Cereals such as rice, and tomato
wheat and corn  simple sugars
 cooked meats  Integral products
 egg white  Milk and derivatives
 gelatin with sugar
 Coffee