About US
Proudly providing products for those who cannot chew since 1987! We believe everyone deserves to enjoy nutritious food. Dinner Through a Straw provides support and resources for comfortable eating after surgery, illness, or dental work.
Providing the Highest Quality Products for People Who Need Us
Dinner Through a Straw writes, publishes and markets patient education materials and products that promote methods of eating following mouth, jaw, dental or facial limitations for chewing and swallowing as well as support for patients and caregivers of those recovering from cancer treatments that can negatively affect eating, appetite and weight loss.
Our Handbook
The new book is almost complete. Please remember first and foremost, this book is not medical advice or treatment, but instead it supports the patient and caregivers with options to maintain wellness during recovery. We look forward to expanding our recipes and providing videos using the patient provided recipes. Sip. Savor. Sustain. Our goal is to help you or your loved one stay nourished to assist with the body’s natural healing process. These are our experiences and helpful hints.
*Consult with your medical doctor regarding your treatment before use of DTAS products, recipes, or suggestions.
Who We Help
Dinner Through a Straw has benefited patients of scleroderma, TMJ, AIDS, dysphagia, birth defects, orthognathic conditions (malocclusions, jaw realignment, wired jaws) and recovering cancer patients. The book Dinner Through A Straw and our product line is what physicians and nurses dream of creating if only they had the time. Our handbook provides ideas and methods of food consumption. And, wellness techniques to promote patient responsibility for the healing process. It explains how to create a feeding system. It tells what to have on hand following an oral surgery procedure. “Everything you wanted to know and forgot to ask your doctor” is a question and answer section for surgery patients.
Made in America!
Our customers include hospitals, universities, clinics, physicians and individuals. Dinner Through a Straw has been recognized as the only book of its kind in thoroughness and detail. Over the past 30 years, the product line has grown and includes several premade kits to promote patient healing. The Zip-N-Squeeze disposable feeding kits are back as well as the syringe feeding system with new improved tubing, larger soft squeeze on the go liquid bottles, small size soft sip squeeze bottle and Cool Jaw ice pack wraps are all available in one location at Dinner Through a Straw. We proudly source our products and printing in the USA!
No Chew? No Problem!
The handbook and eating accessories are welcomed by those who cannot chew, those whose mouths are wired shut, those who require a liquid diet or soft food diet and those recovering from negative effects of cancer treatment associated with difficulty in eating. The non-chew recipes are readily prepared from standard food items found in most grocery stores and supermarkets. The products available online have been used for decades to enable eating when chewing is not permitted. These products are reliable, convenient, arrive prepackaged with specified instructions in their use.
Taste Good Recipes
Testimonials from physicians, registered dietitians, and registered nurses acknowledge that the more than 150 recipes are high in carbohydrates which expedite healing. Calorie counts and serving values were provided by the patients. Our feedback finds the recipes to be tasty and satisfying. They can enjoy most of their favorite dishes in the book with their family (in a Zip-N-Squeeze bag)!
“This book is a gift of hope for recovery. It’s not the end, but a beginning to learn to eat again. I keep it in my handbag all the time.”
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