Food in case of food poisoning

Eating the right foods can shorten symptoms of food poisoning, such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and malaise. Thus, proper nutrition helps to speed recovery, relieving discomfort more quickly.

Thus, when you have food poisoning, it is essential to drink lots of liquids, such as water, coconut water or tea, every 30 minutes and choose broths and strained soups and, as the patient feels better, he can start eating cooked or grilled food, porridge and rice, for example.

Food poisoning menu

This menu indicates what can be eaten for 3 days during food poisoning. The amount of food ingested should not be too large, so as not to make you feel full and nauseous, so a shallow dish of soup or broth may be enough in the first few days.

	1st day	2nd Day	3rd Day
Breakfast	Chamomile tea with sugar and 2 toast	Cornstarch porridge	Corn porridge
Lunch	Strained soup broth	Soup with carrots and rice	Soup with carrots and pasta
Snack	Baked apple	Tea with cornstarch biscuit	Boiled banana
Dinner	Carrot and potato soup	Zucchini and potato soup	Carrot, zucchini and potato soup

If after lunch or dinner you feel hungry, you can eat apple or roasted pear without peel or a banana, because these are the most suitable fruits in this phase.

After food poisoning has passed, you can go back to your usual diet, but avoid fibrous, fatty and spicy foods, for about 3 to 5 days.

Foods allowed in food poisoning

Some good foods to eat during an episode of food poisoning, to help you recover faster and decrease symptoms are mainly:

• Teas with sugar, such as chamomile, fennel, mint or ginger; Cornstarch porridge, made with skim milk; Cooked and peeled pear and apple; Banana, fresh or cooked in the microwave, for example; Cooked carrot or zucchini in water, salt and a bay leaf; vegetable soup strained or beaten in a blender; shredded chicken soup; white rice or boiled potatoes with boiled chicken.

To cure food poisoning one should start by drinking lots of sugary liquids, such as tea and eating broth or strained soup. When the patient begins to tolerate fluids well, he can eat small amounts of solid foods, such as bread, toast or rice with cooked chicken.

In addition, in case of diarrhea, guava leaf tea is a good option, and you should take 2 cups of that tea throughout the day to help stop diarrhea.

You should not eat other foods while feeling sick or vomiting. Let your stomach rest for an hour after you vomit, and then try to drink small amounts of water. Drink water regularly or take the homemade serum.

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Prohibited or advised foods

During food poisoning, it is important to avoid foods with a lot of fiber, such as whole grains, leafy vegetables and raw fruits with peel because they can irritate the intestinal mucosa, which is already sensitive, which can aggravate the situation.

Also not recommended, all fatty foods, such as fried foods, sausages, stuffed cookies or confectionery cakes, should be avoided, in addition to strong condiments and flavors. The ideal is to season the food only with salt and bay leaves, which facilitate digestion. Milk and its derivatives are not always well tolerated, so it is up to each one.

What to take to stop diarrhea

Probiotic remedies, such as UL 250, are the most suitable to take in the first days of diarrhea because they help to restore the intestinal flora, facilitating healing. These do not prevent soft stools from leaving, but they help to treat diarrhea more correctly. Natural yogurt, kefir and fermented milk also have this same benefit for intestinal health. Check the names of some probiotic remedies.

Remedies to stop diarrhea, like Imosec, are only indicated after the 3rd day of severe diarrhea or in case of bloody diarrhea. This care is important because when the intoxication is caused by an infectious agent, the body's way of eliminating it is through diarrhea, and when taking a medicine that holds the intestine, the virus or bacteria remain in the intestine, worsening the condition. situation.

When to seek medical help

When fever and diarrhea remain strong, medical help should be sought as soon as possible to investigate the cause and start treatment, which may include serum in the vein and antibiotics. The doctor should be consulted promptly if you are pregnant, or if the sick person is an elderly person or baby.

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