Safety always comes first.
stroke.food provides educational guidance to help you follow a clinician-prescribed IDDSI plan. It is not medical advice and does not replace a swallow evaluation by a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) or your care team.
What we will never do
- • Provide a medical diagnosis
- • Recommend changing your IDDSI level without confirming a clinician updated it
- • Tell you to crush pills — we always point you to your pharmacist or clinician
- • Share personal data without explicit action from you
When in doubt
If something is ambiguous, we default to "needs clarification" (yellow) or "avoid" (red), and suggest a safer alternative. If you notice coughing, wet voice, or choking, stop the meal and contact your clinician.