How to fill in dietary restrictions

Whether it is filling in medical records, physical examination forms, or dietary taboos in group meals or meal ordering notes, the core principle is to "only fill in the types that are clear and will cause clear health damage to oneself, and do not write down the "favorites" and "taboos spread online" that you have heard about."

When my mother was admitted to the hospital a while ago, I helped fill out the medical records. My mother insisted on adding "avoid beef, mutton, seafood and other fatty foods" to the dietary taboos. When the doctor saw this, she came over to check and said that she needed to supplement high-quality protein after the surgery. If she was really allergic to seafood, she would not eat seafood at all. If she just believed in the "fat foods" of the elders, it was completely unnecessary. Such a statement directly reduced the range of nutritional supplements that could be selected by less than half, which would actually delay the recovery.

This is especially true when filling out ordinary meal ordering notes. Last year, when the company team building statistics were on dietary taboos, a colleague casually filled in "Avoid cold and cold". When the executive ordered afternoon tea, she specially ordered full-sugar hot milk tea for her. Later, she was embarrassed to say that her aunt was afraid of the cold in those two days. She usually drinks iced American food more often than anyone else. It was a waste of administrative attention and made a little joke.

Having said this, someone must want to ask, can’t the taboos required by regular Chinese medicine also be written? Of course not, just don't write it too vaguely. When I took traditional Chinese medicine to regulate my spleen and stomach, the doctor specifically told me to avoid cold and greasy food. When I filled out the company’s meal statistics, I simply wrote, “Follow the Chinese medicine doctor’s advice and avoid ice drinks and fried foods.” The administration saw this clearly. Every time I ordered a meal, they would specifically help me change the iced Coke to room temperature without asking any questions. If you directly write "avoid food", no one will be able to understand what you are avoiding - after all, Sichuan and Chongqing areas say that hair is konjac and bamboo shoots, Jiangsu and Zhejiang say that hair is goose meat and rooster, and some places in the Northeast say that hair is shepherd's purse. There is a gap in regional understanding here, and vague statements are equivalent to not writing.

If you really have a clear allergy or intolerance, you must write in more detail. Don't just write "food allergy" in general. Write clearly "allergic to mangoes and cashews, which will cause urticaria after eating" and "lactose intolerance, drinking fresh milk will cause diarrhea." This kind of statement with clear cause and effect can be directly responded to whether it is a doctor's meal preparation or a restaurant's meal preparation. In the event of an emergency, this information can also help the doctor make a quick judgment.

To put it bluntly, filling in the dietary taboos is not for you to write down your health tips. It is to give the readers a precise lightning protection list. The more specific and clear the more useful it is. Don’t add in those uncertain or ambiguous statements.