Nutrition Therapy "Nutrition Therapy" is used in place of "Dict" because, this book, the heading Throughout among clients, diet a four letter word with negative connotations, such as counting cal ories, depri vation, sacrifice, and misery A diet is vicwed as a short-term punishm endure until a normal pattern of cating can resume. Cients respond better to terminology charged. Terms such as rating parern, food intake, style or that is less emotionally food ear may be used to keep the lines of communication open recommendations are usually general suggestions to increase Nutrition therapy or modify maintain aspects of the diet because reduce/encourage, limit/avoid, requirements are determined on an individual basis where more precise decrease, exact nutrient amounts of nutrients are specified, consider them as a starting point and monitor the client's formulas for calculating calorie and protein requirements response Box 1.7 Nutrition theory does not always apply to practice. Factors such as the client's prog willingness to com nosis, outside support systems, level of intelligence and motivation, ply, emotional health, financial status, religious or ethnic background, and other medical