These documents are part of the ACI Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients. They are not to be used for patient education.
Energy diet - low
A kilojoule-controlled diet with a wide variety of foods, to allow steady weight loss or prevent weight gain in low-activity patients.
Energy diet - high
A diet containing more energy than can be achieved on the full diet alone.
Energy diet - VLED replace 1 meal
A very low-energy diet (VLED) with nutritional intake from one oral liquid feed and two low-energy meals only (at breakfast and lunch).
Energy diet - VLED replace 2 meals
To provide a very low-energy diet (VLED) with nutritional intake from two oral liquid feeds and one low-energy meal only (at breakfast).
Energy diet - VLED replace 3 meals
To provide a very low-energy diet (VLED) with nutritional intake primarily from oral liquid feeds only.
Energy diet - cystic fibrosis
To provide a high protein, high energy diet with added salt for people with cystic fibrosis (CF).