dietotheraphy

Diet therapy, also known as dietotherapy, is a form of medical treatment that uses nutrition to manage or treat specific health conditions. It involves making changes to a person's diet to achieve therapeutic effects on various ailments such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, peptic ulcers, and osteoporosis.12

For diabetes mellitus, diet is a primary treatment, aiming to keep blood glucose levels near normal and maintain an ideal weight. This typically involves avoiding refined sugars, reducing saturated fats by favoring poultry and fish, and increasing soluble fiber intake.1

In managing obesity, diet therapy focuses on reducing calorie intake while increasing calorie expenditure through exercise. Long-term lifestyle changes are crucial, and diets are generally low in fat and calories, avoiding high-calorie foods.2