DYSPHAGIA BLOG
Soup to warm the soul
A wonderful way to increase your nutrient content, soups can also be gentle on your digestive system, quite literally warming your soul from the inside out. A simple bowl of soup is host to rich tastes with a cheerful vibrancy that cannot be overlooked. Soups quite literally steal the show for dysphagia diets and are absolutely delicious to eat, drink or slurp…
The hero of a dysphagia kitchen…
Sauce. Yes, you read that right. Sauce. The perfect accompaniment to any meal. Not only do they help to soften foods, but they also help bind flavours to make them sing. A secret in every dysphagia kitchen is to have a range of sauces prepared in the fridge at any one time…
Leading the way for dysphagia cookbooks
Adjustment, standardisation, restriction, variation. Who would have thought these words would ever come close to the description of a meal, a bite of food or dinner preparation? But, for many living with dysphagia (dis-fay-juh; swallowing impairment), this is their reality. Meals require careful adjustment to ensure that each mouthful is swallowed safely….
What is dysphagia?
Dysphagia (dis-fay-juh) // noun
Swallowing disorder
Humans swallow an average of 500-700 times per day. For someone living with dysphagia, this battle can take a huge toll on one’s attitude towards mealtimes…