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What is a Food for Special Dietary Use?
While Food for Special Dietary Use might sound complicated, it's simply a way to categorize foods that aren't conventional or medical foods or dietary supplements.
According to the FDA, foods and food products are broken down into the following categories, whose differences include the development of a product, labeling, marketing, and use, among other considerations.
Conventional foods
The simplest category: regular food and beverages that you eat in normal portions, like bread, pasta, soups, and cereal.
Medical foods
Foods consumed under direct medical supervision, specifically formulated for dietary management of a diagnosed condition.
Dietary supplements
Products containing an ingredient meant to supplement the diet with a mineral, vitamin, amino acid, herb, or botanical, usually in capsules, tablets, liquids, or powders.
Food for Special Dietary Use
Food used to address dietary needs due to a physical or physiological condition, like diarrhea. Not used under medical supervision, and widely available without a prescription.
Understanding Food for Special Dietary Use
Foods for Special Dietary Use provide specific nutrients that are proven to be beneficial to people who have a physical, physiological, pathological, or other condition. These conditions could be due to illness, pregnancy and lactation, being under or overweight, or being sensitive or allergic to foods.
They can be beneficial because, unlike medical foods, they are widely available. They also may have fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals, and your body digests them similarly to the way it digests conventional food. You don't need any sort of medical supervision to purchase and consume them. Most importantly, food for special dietary use is food, so you can feel more comfortable consuming it and giving it to your family.
About DiaResQ
DiaResQ is a food for special dietary use that provides nutrients that are beneficial for people with diarrhea. It is not a drug or antibiotic, and it works with your body's natural immune response to rapidly restore normal intestinal function.