[Metabolically adapted nutrition following the concept of clinical nutrition therapy--success and prospects].

Modern dietetics abandon the traditional, mainly hypothetically based special types of nutrition. A better knowledge of the physiological and pathological metabolic reactions and the technical possibilities to produce defined, tailor-made dietetics products require a new way of thinking. It is attempted to establish a simple scheme according to the composition and use of balanced and defined diets and to outline future tendencies. In summary, it is concluded that the consequent use of modern nutritional physiology and the application of the actual technologies allow to supply patients with a metabolicly adapted nutrition even under difficult conditions.