Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
Service User Information Leaflet
Review Date: 2025
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01592 648106
Quick wins
Try these quick wins, to increase your energy (calories) and protein intake:
- Eat little and often – try small portions of meals and between meal snacks
- Include nourishing drinks
- Swap to full fat milk, yoghurt and cheese
- Choose easy to eat nourishing snacks such as cheese and crackers, full fat yoghurt, mini sausage rolls or cake/pastries
- Enrich drinks and puddings with skimmed milk powder
| Food category | Quick win ingredient | How to use | Primary ingredient booster |
Approximate Added Values of Protein and Calories per food item/ |
| Milk/drinks | dried skimmed milk powder | add 2-4 tablespoons per pint whole milk (use this 'enriched milk' in all recipes) | Protein, energy, calcium | 4 heaped tablespoons 60g give 209 kcal and 21g protein |
| Double cream | Stir a spoonful into hot drinks | Energy | 70kcal per tablespoon | |
| Starchy foods and vegetables | Butter or hard margarine | Mix a knob into mashed potato, rice, pasta or melted over hot vegetables | Energy | 30kcal per tablespoon |
| Grated cheese | Add to hot vegetables, soups and potatoes | protein, energy, calcium | 125kcal and 7.6g per matchbox size | |
| Mayonnaise or olive oil | Add generously to potatoes, salads, sandwiches or stirred into pasta | Energy | 1 tablespoon 100kcal | |
| Savoury meals | Double cream | Stir into soups,sauces or casseroles | Energy | 70 kcal per tablespoon |
| Dried skimmed milk powder | Stir 2-3 teaspoons into a bowl of soup or sauce | Protein, energy | 2g protein and 20-30 kcal per 1-2 tsps | |
| Desserts/puddings | Double cream | Add to custard, rice pudding, tinned fruit or serve as a dollop on desserts | Energy | 70kcal per tablespoon |
| Sugar, honey or syrups | Add liberally to cereal, porridge or sweeten puddings and drinks | Energy | 1 heaped tablespoon 50-80kcal | |
| Dried skimmed milk powder | Stir 2-3 teaspoons into a portion of custard, yoghurt or milk pudding | Protein, energy | 2g protein and 20-30kcal per 2-3 tsps | |
| Snacks | Full fat dairy | Choose full fat yoghurt, cheese, and cream cheese, for snacks | Energy, protein, calcium | 5-6g protein and 90-150 kcal per portion |
| Nut butter | Spred thickly on toast, crackers, biscuits or with fruit | Energy, protein | 4g protein and 90 kcal per tablespoon |
If an older adult has a health condition like diabetes or kidney disease, they should speak to a doctor or dietitian before making big changes to their diet.
Presentation
10 minute video presentation on “Making Every Mouthful Count”. This can be found on YouTube. If you type https://youtu.be/DX9Kh6UjHDg into your internet browser you will be able to watch it.
Useful links
· Eating and drinking difficulties in dementia
Accessible formats
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