Nutrition

Tools for dietitians and nutrition support teams: what each medication's FDA label says about food, nutrients and tube feeding, USDA nutrient data for foods, Dietary Reference Intakes and the everyday nutrition calculations.

Medications, foods and intake references

• Drug–nutrient plannerFood and beverage interactions, nutrient depletion and labs, tube feeding and crushing, timing with meals, for a whole medication listFDA label facts
• Food and nutrient lookupPotassium, sodium, phosphorus, vitamin K and more per serving; compare foods side by sideUSDA FoodData Central
• Dietary Reference IntakesRDA or AI and upper limits by age, sex, pregnancy and lactationNASEM via NIH ODS
• Vitamin K food guideVitamin K per portion for warfarin diet counselingUSDA
• Supplement and drug interactionsNIH ODS fact sheet interactions linked to each drugNIH ODS

Calculators

• Estimated energy needsMifflin-St Jeor or Harris-Benedict with activity and stress factors
• Protein needsg/kg range by condition (ASPEN/SCCM, KDOQI, PROT-AGE) or your own
• Fluid needsHolliday-Segar for children; 30 to 35 mL/kg for adults
• Tube-feeding regimenContinuous, cyclic or bolus; free water flushes
• PN calories and GIRDextrose, amino acid and lipid calories from an order
• PN macronutrients from goalsGrams of dextrose, amino acids and lipid
• Refeeding riskNICE CG32 criteria checklist and starting rate
• BMIWith category
• Ideal body weightDevine
• Adjusted body weightFor obesity
• Glucose infusion ratemg/kg/min
• MUSTMalnutrition screening

For licensed clinicians. Use with clinical judgment. Drug statements are quoted from each FDA label; food data are from USDA FoodData Central; reference intakes are from the National Academies as published by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements.