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The Fractured Jaw Diet

This diet features liquids and pureed or strained foods that are thin enough to pass through the teeth or a straw. These provide enough calories and protein to promote tissue repair without the need for chewing.

Sample Menu:
This menu provides about 2000 calories with 100 grams of protein

Breakfast: 1 cup hot cereal
1 cup milk or half and half
2 T. honey

Snack: 1 cup milkshake

Lunch: 1 jar strained chicken (blend with milk or chicken broth)
1 jar strained peas (blend with milk or chicken broth)
½ cup mashed potatoes (blend with milk or chicken broth)
1 cup juice
1 cup milk

Snack: 1 cup milkshake

Dinner: 2-3 ounces ground meat braised in small amount of broth and blended with ½ cup vegetables plus broth to thin
½ cup mashed potatoes
½ cup tomato juice
1 cup milk

Snack: 1 cup milkshake

 

Suggestion for Eating

  1. Instead of 3 meals each day, try to eat 6 to 8 times a day.
  2. Avoid foods that are very hot or very cold. Your teeth can be extra sensitive to the temperature extremes.
  3. Avoid large amounts of water, diet sodas, coffee, and tea, as these drinks have few calories.
  4. If you are losing weight, increase calories by adding the following ingredients to meats or vegetables:
    - Sour cream
    - Melted butter or margarine
    - Salad dressing
    - Wheat germ
    - Mayonnaise
    - Cream
    - Gravy
    - Melted cheese
    - Plain or vanilla yogurt
    Add honey and syrups to milk or juice. Use "double strength" milk instead of regular milk. (See recipe on page 6 of this booklet.)
  5. Add seasonings, spices and extracts to increase flavor.
  6. DO NOT eat raw eggs, as they carry a risk for food poisoning. They can be used in cooking.
  7. Flavor milk with chocolate syrup, instant coffee, fruit flavored powders, ice cream, and sherbet.
  8. Thin meat with gravy, broth, milk, soup, or tomato juice. Meats blend better when warm than cold. Jar foods can be thinned with broth or milk.
  9. Blend canned fruit with their own juice. Thin fresh fruit with juice, or frozen juice concentrate. Blend vegetables with broth, milk, tomato or V8 juice, or cream.
  10. Blend cereals with milk or cream. Generally yeast bread does not blend well.

To get enough vitamins and minerals, try to eat foods such as fruits, vegetables, meats, cereals, and milk. Be sure to include foods from all the food groups each day. It is easy to get bored with milkshakes for every meal. The list below will give you ideas for a variety of foods.

Cereal Group

  • Cooked cereal and grains
  • Dry breakfast cereal soaked in milk
  • Well cooked pasta blended and thinned with sauce

Meat Group

  • Pureed meats
  • Cooked eggs
  • Canned meats
  • Regular meats that are cooked and are well blended with broth or gravy.
  • Peanut butter can be added to milkshakes.

Fruit/Vegetable Group

  • Canned/cooked fruits and vegetables that have been blended
  • Ripe fresh fruit that has been blended
  • Juices

Milk Group

  • Cream soups
  • Blended cottage cheese
  • Whole milk
  • Ice cream (without nuts or hard chunks) and sherbet
  • Yogurt (without pieces of fruit)

Supplements

  • Boost, Carnation Instant Breakfast drinks, Ensure

Recipes:

The following recipes will help you to add variety to the diet:

Banana Milk Shake (8 gm protein, 250 Kcal)

1 whole ripe banana, sliced
1 c. milk

Blend at high speed until smooth. Add more milk to thin out.

You could use 1 cup of strawberry flavored Carnation Instant Breakfast in place of milk for a strawberry-banana shake (12 gm protein, 310 Kcal)

Pineapple Smoothie (1 cup = 230 Kcal, 9 gm protein)

1/4 c. crushed pineapple with juice
1/2 c. vanilla yogurt
1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. lemon juice

Blend all ingredients for 20-30 seconds until smooth. Serve cold.

Garden Cooler

2 fresh ripe tomatoes, or 2 whole canned tomatoes, quartered
5 radishes, trimmed and sliced
½ cucumber, peeled and sliced
2 tbsp. wheat germ
salt & pepper to taste
dill weed (optional)

Mix well on high speed in blender until smooth. Makes 1 serving.

Orange-Berry Wake Up!

1 c. orange juice
1/4 c. egg substitute (Do not use fresh eggs.)
1-10 oz. pkg. partially frozen thawed strawberries
1/2 c. non-fat dry milk powder
1/2 c. cold water

Blend all ingredients until smooth and frothy. Makes 3 cups.

Servings Calories Protein
3 cups 581 9.3
1 cup 151 3.7
6 oz 113 2.8

Purple Passion

1/4 c. egg substitute (Do not use fresh eggs.)
1 6- oz. can frozen concentrated grape juice
2 c. (1 16-oz can) pear halves in heavy juice, chilled
1/2 c. non-fat dry milk solids
1 tsp. vanilla
15 ice cubes, crushed

Place all ingredients in blender. Mix until smooth. Makes 1 quart.

Servings Calories

Protein

1 quart 928 20
1 cup 232 5
6 oz 174 3.7

Winter Cocktail

1 cup orange juice
½ c. grapefruit sections (no peel or seeds)
1 tbsp. lemon juice
3 slices of pineapple (packed in its own juice)
9 ice cubes - crushed

Blend all ingredients about 1 minute. Makes 2½ cups.

Servings Calories Protein
2 1/2 cups 240 2.6
1 cup 96 1.0
6 oz. 73 0.8

Hamburger-Vegetable Soup

1 lb. ground beef ½ c. chopped cabbage
½ c. chopped onions ½ c. chopped carrots
3 c water ¼ tsp. black pepper
¼ c. chopped celery 1-8 oz. can or 2 fresh tomatoes
½ c. chopped potatoes 1/8 c. uncooked rice
½ c. cut up broccoli ½ c. cut up cauliflower


Brown hamburger and onions. Drain off grease. Place meat and onions on paper towel. Pat off extra grease. Place mixture and remaining ingredients in 3 to 4 qt saucepan. Cook (simmer) until ALL vegetables are tender. Blend on high speed for 1-2 minutes until smooth. Makes about 8 cups.

Servings Calories Protein
8 cups 1203 109
1 cup 150 13.6
6 oz 113 10.2

Broccoli-Cheese Soup

1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen broccoli ½ c. boiling water
1 qt. whole milk ¼ c. finely chopped onion
1 c. shredded American or cheddar cheese 1/8 tsp. pepper


Cook broccoli in water until tender. Place broccoli and liquid with onion in blender, process until smooth. Place mixture and remaining ingredients in saucepan. Heat through slowly until cheese is melted. Serve hot. Top each serving with 1 tsp. margarine, stir in. Makes 6 cups.

Servings Calories Protein
6 cups 1152 66
1 cup 192 11

"Double Strength" Milk

1 qt. milk
1 c. non-fat milk powder

Pour liquid milk in blender or bowl. Slowly add dry milk powder while beating until dry milk dissolves. Refrigerate. Makes 4 servings.

Each 8 oz. serving contains 19 gm. protein and 259 calories.

Revised - 6/16/04