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Specific restrictions during pox
Is there any restrictions on food while one suffers from chicken pox? It's my 5th day today. Should I have a complete vegetarian diet, or I can go for non vegetarian diet as well.
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It is very important to eat a nutritious diet. Ensure you are eating home cooked easily digested foods with all essential nutrients. Incorporate fresh fruits and vegetables in the form of fruit juice, vegetable soup, purees, etc.
Ensure your water intake it optimal to prevent from dehydration. You can incorporate milk, buttermilk, lemon water, coconut water, etc.
Easy to digested porridge, liquidy khichdi with equal portion of rice & dal, mashed potatoes, curd, etc can be incorporated.
Chicken soup, egg scrambled or boiled, well cooked non fried fish in amounts tolerated can be incorporated. Certain herbs such as turmeric, garlic, Tulsi, etc, can also be taken as they have immune boosting properties.
Avoid spicy food, fried food, coffee, energy drinks, salty foods, etc. Have small frequent meals.
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Consuming easily digested foods such as moong dal, bread, milk, roots and tubers, rice starch or ganji/ kanji, well balanced diet on emphasis on fresh fruits and raw vegetables, good amount of rest..
You can eat whatever you like to eat..there's no restriction..but you can have small meals many times a day and often, small portion sizes of meals, plenty of fluids, fruit juices at the beginning..etc..
Lemon juice can be especially beneficial...in this case..
Can opt for all fruit diet during recovery for 2 to 3 days, can take carrot coriander soup..
Some herbal teas like tulsi, dalchini, honey and lemon can be used...and can be taken several times a day..
Don'ts:.
Avoid deep fried foods, outside junk, fast, processed and packaged foods, hydrogenated vegetable oils, ice creams, tea and coffee etc..
For further details contact through practo for a detailed analysis..and diet plan
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You can have some light non vegetarian food like chicken soup , steamed grilled , fish or chicken
You should have light easy to digest food . Avoid oily and excessive sugary foods.
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Have soups, khichri, pureed fruits etc .
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Yes u must have spiceless,oil less bland diet with soft cooked food vegetarian only.
Boiled cooled milk,buttermilk ghee are the best.
Tendercoconut,rava,saabudaana gruel,methods,idli are the best choice.
Drink plenty of water,.
Also dal vegetable cooked water with a pinch of salt is healthy food to drink or to eat with rice .
Follow this for 15 days ,from the day of erruption as one.
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Ms. Neha Tushar Gore
Dietitian/Nutritionist
11 yrs exp
Pune
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You need to take simple and frequent meals easy to digest.Include millets,rice,ragi.green leafy veg and citrus fruits like amla,guava,sweet lime and lemon water also.Drink plenty of water 3lit min.
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Ms. Phebe Vinodhini
Dietitian/Nutritionist
11 yrs exp
Bangalore
As per your tolerance start small feeds such as rice gruel ,vegetables soup ,roastedNuts powder milk such as almond powder ,fruits and juices, keep to small soft well cooked easily digestible frequent meals and fluids along with eggs ,lean meat such as chicken and fish to have calories dense specially to build muscles ,aid in fast healing and recovery.
Restrict oily and spicy foods if no mouth ulcers then citrus fruits such as lime ,amla ,oranges and musambi can also be included.
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keep optimally hydrated to reduce body temperature .
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Ms. Shamika Desai
Dietitian/Nutritionist
15 yrs exp
Thane
You can have egg whites and fish in diet. Chicken soup is ok. Don't have too spicy and oily food. Include lots of liquids. Have lots of fluids on form of juices, lime juice, glucon D in diet.
Include meals like Rice , Millets Fruits Green Vegetable like Broccoli / spinach / Neem in diet.
Avoid spicy and oily food.
Avoid junk and maida products.
Consult me on Practo online consultation for a personalized diet plan.
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Ms. Neelam Wasnik
Dietitian/Nutritionist
15 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
Hello,
It's better you take veg foods.
Take balance diet containing all nutrients.
Take more water. About 3-3.5 lit per day.
Have vitamin A and C rich foods-Vitamin C rich foods
• 1Amla per day can fullfill days requiment of Vitamin C.
• Then comes Guava
• All Citrus fruits,tomato
• Veggies like cabbage, capsicum, mint leaves, coriander leaves
Vitamin A-All green , red , orange colour veggies and fruits
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