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Eating While Sick - Light or Convalescent Diet Guide
Convalescence is a time of rebuilding, so a light diet does not mean a skimpy one. You need well-balanced meals made up of simple, easily digested foods. When the patient is on a convalescent diet he should have three regular meals a day. Between-meal snacks are fine if they do not take the appetite away from regular meals.
Besides the foods in the liquid and soft diets, the convalescent diet includes:
- Meats: Lean beef, lamb and liver
- Cheese: Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese and process cheese spread
- Vegetables: Any fresh or raw vegetable except: shell beans, dried beans, cabbage, onions, turnips, cucumbers, radishes or corn
- Fruits: Any fresh, cooked or canned fruit except melons
- Cereals: All cereals including whole-grain cooked and packaged ready-to-eat varieties.
- Soups: Any soup except those which contain forbidden vegetables
- Desserts: Plain unfrosted cakes, simple cookies
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