Laura Yautz, RDN

June 1, 2020

What Does Vitamin D Have To Do With COVID-19?

If you’ve been wondering these days if you should start taking a vitamin D supplement, you’re not alone! Vitamin D has been getting a lot of press lately, for its potential in treating and/or preventing respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. Is it true? Let’s break down the science. What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, and also...

General/Nutrition

September 3, 2019

How to Ride the Wave of Liquidized Diet

With the new guidelines from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI), we now have very clear definitions for diet consistency and texture, and guidance on how to test the foods to be sure they are correct. This is vital, since choking is a leading cause of death for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A new diet consistency has...

General/Nutrition

June 3, 2019

Successfully Preparing Meals for Soft & Bite-sized Diets

With the new guidelines from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI), we now have very clear definitions for diet consistency and texture, and guidance on how to test the foods to be sure they are correct. This is vital, since choking is a leading cause of death for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A dysphagia advanced diet is...

Nutrition

May 6, 2019

Making Minced Meat Out of the Minced and Moist Diet

With the new guidelines from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI), we now have very clear definitions for diet consistency and texture, and guidance on how to test the foods to be sure they are correct. This is vital, since choking is a leading cause of death for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A mechanically altered diet is...

General/Nutrition

March 8, 2019

Becoming a Pureed Diet Champ

With the new guidelines from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI), we now have very clear definitions for diet consistency and texture, and guidance on how to test the foods to be sure they are correct. This is vital, since choking is a leading cause of death for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A pureed diet is now...

General/Nutrition

January 16, 2019

Changes Coming to the National Dysphagia Diet!

If you haven’t heard the great news, here it is! The Dysphagia Diet is about to change! Why is that great news? The changes are an effort to make sure modified consistency diets and thickened liquids are the same across the world. For this reason, the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) was formed in 2013. Why are these changes...

Nutrition

Author: Laura Yautz, RDN

What Does Vitamin D Have To Do With COVID-19?

How to Ride the Wave of Liquidized Diet

Successfully Preparing Meals for Soft & Bite-sized Diets

Making Minced Meat Out of the Minced and Moist Diet

Becoming a Pureed Diet Champ

Changes Coming to the National Dysphagia Diet!