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In order to prevent malnutrition during low protein diet therapy, it is necessary to employ specifically prepared low protein and high energy foods in daily diet. These foods are categorized into four groups according to chemical characteristics, that is malto dextrin, medium chain triglyceride, protein restricted cereal and starch food. The most effective and useful foods in these four groups are starch food which contain approximately 350kcal/100g of energy with only 0.3-0.5g/100g of protein. It is quite important to maintain adequate energy and a high amino acid score with a very low protein diet so as to spare severe restriction of protein. Employing starch food allows replacement of a large volume of low quality protein score food such as rice, bread and noodle with a high protein score food such as milk, egg, fish and meat with adequate energy. |