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What to eat and avoid for treating Jaundice
CHANDIGARH 06 SEPTEMBER
A person’s diet plays a significant role in jaundice recovery and prevention.
Toxins, such as alcohol and some medications, can also damage liver cells during metabolism. People with jaundice are usually advised to eat foods and drinks that help improve digestion and metabolism, and protect the liver from further damage.
During the Jaundice treatment, doctors advise to include following ingredients in your daily diet:
- Plenty of water – Drink plenty of water throughout the day. It detoxifies toxins from your body.
- Eat fruits and Vegetables – While suffering from jaundice, you should prefer to eat fruits and vegetables at maximum.
- Coffee – Having coffee once a day cures your jaundice as it has plenty of antioxidants.
- Sugarcane juice – It helps in strengthening the liver and aids in its proper functioning. Have one glass of sugarcane daily till your jaundice improves.
- Lemon juice- Lemons helps in unblocking the bile ducts as it has antioxidant properties. Also, it has a power of enhancing immunity. Even lemon juice stops further damage to the liver.
- Yogurt – Include one bowl of curd in your meal. It gives you strength and adds taste to your meal.
- Tomatoes – It helps in detoxification of the liver. Boil tomatoes and make juice from it. Drink one glass of juice daily to cure the jaundice.
- Tulsi leaves – Having tulsi leaves daily improves the immunity and fights off infections. In your daily routine, boil Tulsi leaves in water and drink before going to bed.
Also, remember not to add following items in your meals:
- Avoid cold drinks – During your treatment of jaundice do not have any kind of cold drinks except the Limca. Instead drink fresh juices once.
- Avoid sweetened food – Consumption of excess sugar is harmful at a time of jaundice. Ice creams, cakes, pancakes and much more food containing sugar should be cut from the diet. You can try sugar free ice creams to change your taste once or twice.
- Avoid alcohol – Cut down your alcohol for next few months. Because after the recovery you have.
- Junk Food – Doctors advised to avoid oily snacks during your treatment. Fried and spicy food are restricted till recovery.
