What is integral feeding?: A Guide to Enteral Nutrition
                                
                                
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                                According to the National Institutes of Health, enteral nutrition is the preferred mode of feeding over parenteral nutrition due to lower risk of infection. **What is integral feeding**, a term often confused with the correct medical phrase 'enteral feeding', refers to this life-sustaining method of delivering nutrients directly to the gut.