. Food; what it is and does . ease so wastes the body that it needs especial build-ing. Disease of all kinds affects digestion, so necessitatesmodification of diet and most intelligent care of food for inva-lids. Complete freshness and cleanliness of food, person, andsurroundings, with habitual proper nutrition, avert disease andgive physical resistance to infection. Disease introduces poisonous substances into the body. Theweakened body usually fails of power to remove these, or eventhose of the waste products of its natural living. Water is therefore generally needed in increased quantity, a
. Food; what it is and does . ease so wastes the body that it needs especial build-ing. Disease of all kinds affects digestion, so necessitatesmodification of diet and most intelligent care of food for inva-lids. Complete freshness and cleanliness of food, person, andsurroundings, with habitual proper nutrition, avert disease andgive physical resistance to infection. Disease introduces poisonous substances into the body. Theweakened body usually fails of power to remove these, or eventhose of the waste products of its natural living. Water is therefore generally needed in increased quantity, a?id food,in most cases of acute illness, in decreased {also in liquid form unlessthe physician otherwise prescribes). Strength must not, however, be lost through unnecessarylack of nutrition. Food-habits should be as little disturbed asthe conditions of the illness permit. Convalescence — the period of returning strength after ill-ness — requires that food be plentiful but easily digested. 206 FOOD — WHAT IT IS AND DOES. A TEA-TRAY NEEDS FfiH DIETS IN ILLNESS General diets for illness (see below) need careful adjust-ment for different individuals. A body incapacitated by illnessusually needs foods it can easily digest. Some foods especiallyneeded in illness often require special preparation to makethem digest; milk may. Liquid diet is usual in acute disease. It is advisable whenever a patientis in bed, and in the late afternoon for all not well. It consists ofWater, milk, whey, barley-water, gruel, beef-juice, broth, diet is used whenever substantial food is needed without exactingthe exertion necessary to digest usual solid food. It consists ofEggs (soft), milk toast, milk soups/broths (seasoned), beef (scraped),oysters, chicken, simple puddings (as soft custards, tapioca), jel-lies of gelatin, digestible fruits. Convalescent diet is varied with the disease, so needs to be prescribedby the physician. Few and digestible foods need to be given, insmall quan
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