diet therapy

Healing through food

Diet therapy is the use of specific foods or eating patterns to treat or manage medical conditions.

A nutritionist might design a diet therapy plan for diabetes, heart disease, or food allergies.

The approach treats food as medicine—adjusting what someone eats to address health problems rather than relying solely on drugs or procedures: Her doctor recommended diet therapy before trying medication.

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treatment modality

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Treatment using medicinal substances

pharmacotherapy · medication · surgery · surgical intervention · chemotherapy

intervention approach

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Immediate unscheduled medical procedure

acute care · aggressive treatment · surgical intervention · invasive procedure · crisis intervention

relationship with food

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Diet-free body-responsive eating

binge eating

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