During viruses, there are common symptoms such as vomiting, lack of appetite, stomach pain and diarrhea, so nutritional treatment is about maintaining good hydration, as well as eating small portions of food several times and maintaining an easily absorbed diet to help the gut recover.
It is also important to avoid eating high-fiber foods because of their high fat and sugar content, as they can slow diarrhoea, helping the body fight the virus, remove it from the body and provide enough energy to speed recovery.
- Foods to be consumed should be easy to digest to avoid stomach aches.
- As they should be low in fiber.
- So they should preferably be consumed without seeds or peel.
- And should be consumed in small portions.
- Approximately every 3 hours.
- Which will facilitate food intake as well as digestion.
For foods that may include carrot, chayota, squash, green jewel, potato, pumpkin, ‘ame, ocumo, skinless mannequin, green banana, skinless tree, skinless skin and green guava.
You should also prefer white bread, toast, white bread, cornstarch, rice cakes, cornmeal, tapioca, rice, water and salt biscuits, cream or mara biscuits, bread, rice, pasta, pastine, low-fat bulk meats such as chicken, fish and turkey (without).
To drink it you can drink coconut water, yokes or natural jams of the aforementioned fruits, although they are glued together, as natural as chamomile, guayabo, anise or toronjil, in addition to staying hydrated you can also drink your wine, see how to prepare it.
Foods to avoid, but symptoms of viral infections persist, are those that can stop diarrhea, these are:
In addition, you should avoid hearty, high-fat foods, very spicy foods, as well as fried foods, fast food, sugar, honey, and foods that contain it, such as cakes, cakes, stuffed cookies, chocolates, soft drinks, and pasteurized yokes. . .
In the table, the rest changes a 3-day menu from an easy-to-digest diet to recover faster from a virus:
It is important to note that the corners of the menu vary from person to person, since they will depend on the age, sex, weight and position in the associated disease, if you want a personalized diet you should go to the nutritionist for an evaluation.
Watch the video for more details on the diarrhea diet: