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Overcoming Obstacles and Adjusting to Tube Feeding: Jack's Story
Jack is a 75 year old man who has been reliant on tube feeding for a decade. He connected with me in 2020 and offered to tell his story on my blog. At that time, he had overcome two separate significant health challenges- a stroke in 2012 and later oral cancer. When he required a feeding tube, Jack made the choice to use homemade blended food for his nutrition. Below is Jack's original blog contribution from 2020. At the end of the post you will find an update Jack kindly con
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
May 2


The Best Blenders for Tube Feeding Blended Diets - Any budget!
In this post I share my top 5 blenders for creating blended meals for tube feeding.
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
Jul 19, 2024


Blenderized Tube Feeding by J-Tube: Marissa's Story
Marissa's son, Gregory, is tube fed real food via a J-tube and in this post Marissa tells their story...
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
Jun 13, 2022


Blending for the J: Nic & Rachel's Story
In this post, we hear from Nic and Rachel about how, and why, they make homemade blended meals for J-tube feeding...
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
Apr 23, 2022


Blended Food & J-Tubes!
Is it safe to use blended food with J-tubes? This is a question that I receive fairly often from clinical dietitians who are unsure...
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
Apr 2, 2022


A Blended Diet for Arlo: Mel's Story
In this post, Mel writes about her tube feeding experience with her son, Arlo, and what motivated her to pursue a blended diet...
Claire Kariya RD, CNSC
Mar 18, 2022
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