Patient Education Resources

Nutrition et diabète : notions de base - Diabète - Enfants et jeunes

PL-1243-FR: Cette brochure fait partie de la série sur le diabète chez les enfants et les jeunes.

Nutrition Guidelines After Bowel Surgery

This pamphlet provides guidelines for the first 4 weeks (1 month) after bowel surgery. They will help with your healing, comfort, and bowel function. Foods that are best tolerated and foods to avoid are listed.

Nutrition Guidelines After Jaw Surgery

When your jaws are wired or you have elastics in place, you will need to make a few changes to the foods you eat. This pamphlet gives tips to get the nutrition your body needs. This pamphlet is also available in French.

Nutrition Guidelines After Stomach Surgery

After having stomach surgery, you will need to change the way you eat. This pamphlet offers guidelines to monitor your symptoms relating to eating and stay healthy after surgery. Topics include what you should do if you are losing weight and whether you need to take a vitamin and mineral supplement.

Nutrition Guidelines for a Chyle Leak

Chyle is a fluid that flows through your lymph vessels. Lymph vessels run through your body beside your blood vessels. When chyle leaks from your lymph vessels, your body loses energy, protein, and vitamins. This pamphlet explains fat-free nutrition guidelines and tips to follow if you have a chyle leak.

Nutrition Guidelines for CAPD

This pamphlet provides eating guidelines if you are on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).

Nutrition Guidelines for Colostomy

These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after colostomy surgery. A list of best food choices and those to avoid in the first 4 weeks is provided. Foods to choose and avoid if you have diarrhea, gas, or constipation are listed.

Nutrition Guidelines for Diabetes - Fasting for Ramadan

If you fast for Ramadan and you have diabetes, you may be at a higher risk for diabetes complications, like dangerous low blood sugar levels. This pamphlet explains how to stay healthy and lower your risks while fasting.

Nutrition Guidelines for Hemodialysis

This pamphlet is for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). It gives information about protein, sodium (salt), potassium, and phosphorus, as well as reading food labels, adding calories and flavour, and controlling your fluid intake. A sample meal plan and guidelines for measuring portions are included.

Nutrition Guidelines for Ileoanal Pouch

These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after surgery. Tips to control gas, bloating, and diarrhea are given. Good food choices after surgery are listed as well as a list of foods to stay away from for at least 4 weeks after surgery.