A diet for sick people is a very special diet. The sick diet should include a balanced selection of foods, taking into account the patient's specific dietary needs. The diet should be light and digestive.
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Soups are very helpful to patients during convalescence as they are easy to digest. Soup is rich in vitamins, minerals and contains fiber and is an ideal dish for not only sick people but also for all. The nutritional value of soup can be increased by a combination of different foods like mixed vegetables and palak (spinach) and mung dal.
Another very nutritious foods for sick people are dalia, patolia, and mung khichri in India. These are very light and digestive, and gives energy and provides fibers and other nutrients to the patient.
The following table gives a list of foods that a sick person can eat during his sickness or during convalescence.
| Dalia (Daliya) Khichari (Khichadi) Patolia Corn Ghat/Puddings Millet flour syrup Rice flour syrup Vegetable soup Tomato soup Rice soup Soaked black raisins (Munakka kishmish) Syrup of tuver (toor, arhar) dal or moong. Yogurt (Curd) with roasted cumin Chappatis or rotis (very thin) without any butter or ghee. Idli, Upma | Vegetables like Loki (Bottle gourd), Torii, methi (fenugreek) |
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