You Are Performing a Dietary Assessment with a Patient Who

You are performing a dietary assessment with a patient who has been admitted to the medical unit with community-acquired pneumonia. The patient wants to know why the hospital needs all this information about the way he eats, asking you, Are you asking me all these questions because I am Middle Eastern? What is your best response to this patient?

A) We always try to abide by foreign-born patients dietary preferences in order to make them comfortable.
B) We know that some cultural and religious practices include dietary guidelines, and we do not want to violate these.
C) We wouldnt want to feed you anything you only eat on certain holidays.
D) We know that patients who grew up in other countries often have unusual diets, and we want to accommodate this.