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January 27, 2007
Update: Food and Feeding
This is an update to:
Let's Face It: Lifestyle: Food and Feeding:
http://www.dent.umich.edu/faceit/lifestyle/food.php
Eating can be one of the most subtley pervasive concerns for persons with facial difference. Restaurants favored by friends may not have a single thing on the menu that you can consume. Running late in the morning? You can't count on being able to find something edible in the vending machine. If you are dependent on medical nutrition, boredom can set in quickly.
The resources below can help provide some variety and personal control in this sensitive area, and focus on finding recipes to enrich your choices. You'll quickly notice that many of these are not specifically related to facial difference, but rather may come from areas with a variety of concerns related to eating problems. Some may be from simple mouth tenderness after dental procedures, while others may come from patients with swallowing or chewing problems for a variety of reasons.
* RECIPE RESOURCES
Cathy's EC Cafe (Esophageal Cancer): http://www.eccafe.org/cnt/index.html
Dr. William Trepp, Orthodontic Specialist: Soothing Recipes: http://www.orthodontics.org/recipe.htm
Easy to Swallow:
http://www.easytoswallow.co.uk/
Eating to Win: A Collection of Recipes and Ideas from Esophageal Patients and Carers in the USA and the UK:
http://website.lineone.net/~brittan/Food/
Food Downunder: No Chew Food Recommendations: http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=174798
Huntington's Disease Advocacy Center: Food Recipes for Those of Us with HD: Recipes:
http://www.hdac.org/recipe/recipes.php
Muscular Dystrophy Association: ALS Division: MEALS for Easy Swallowing:
http://www.als-mda.org/publications/meals/
Novartis Medical Nutrition: Dysphagia: Recipes: http://www.novartisnutrition.com/us/articleDetail?id=3734
TMJ Friends Message Board: Life: Nutrition, Recipes, Eating Concerns: Random Soft or No Chew Recipes: http://www.tmjfriends.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-860.html
University of Minnesota Extension Service: Resources for People on Special Diets: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/nutrition/DJ3299.html
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Swallowing Disorders Center: Recipes to Increase Your Caloric Intake: http://swallowingdisorderscenter.upmc.com/Recipes.htm
UC Davis: Children's Hospital: Cleft and Craniofacial — postsurgical nutrition, Sample recipes: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/children/services/cleft/health/postsurg/recipes.html
WANT MORE:
Google Search: recipes (craniofacial OR "no chew" OR swallowing OR dysphagia OR tmj OR esophageal OR oesophageal)
Posted by pfa at January 27, 2007 11:04 AM