Nutrition for pneumonia

Healthy foods for pneumonia

General recommendations

The main task in the fight against pneumonia is overcoming the inflammatory process, removing the formed toxins and restoring the natural epithelium of the inner surface of the lungs. The patient should be provided with comfortable conditions of stay: bed rest, rest, a warm room, which is often ventilated (at least 3-4 times a day), daily wet cleaning of the room, moderate food for appetite and increased drinking.

During a period of high temperature, a sufficient amount of liquid should be present in the diet, at least 2 liters per day (take 40-200 ml every 400 minutes), and during the retreat of the disease, you need to enrich the diet with vitamins and minerals as much as possible. It should also be borne in mind that during the period of conservative treatment of pneumonia, antibiotics are usually used, so probiotics should be included in the diet. The diet should contain a sufficient amount of foods that contain calcium, vitamin A and B vitamins.

Healthy foods

When compiling a patient’s menu, general dietary recommendations should be taken into account.

• foods with a high content of calcium, B vitamins and live cultures (dairy and fermented milk products: milk (1,5%), whey, cottage cheese (1%), kefir (1%), sour cream (10%)).
• vegetables (cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, potatoes, beets).
• ripe soft fruits and berries.
• citrus fruits (grapefruit, orange, lemon, tangerine).
• liquids (freshly squeezed juices from apples, cranberries, carrots, celery, quince; compotes and uzvars from rose hips, black currants, plums and lemon; chicken broth; tea with lemon; still mineral water).
• foods containing vitamin A (cheese, butter, yolk, liver, green onions, parsley, carrots, sea buckthorn).
• foods containing B vitamins (whole grain bread, boiled fish and meat, buckwheat and oatmeal).

An approximate menu for the day during the period of acute pneumonia:

• During the day: wheat bread (200 g).
• First breakfast: choice of rice porridge with milk or steamed curd soufflé (150 g), butter (20 g), lemon tea (200 ml).
• Lunch: choice of steamed omelet or carrot puree (100 g), herbal decoction (200 ml).
• Dinner: choice of meat broth with egg or chicken broth with noodles (200 g), meat with vegetables or boiled fish with mashed potatoes (180 g), fruit or dried fruit compote (200 ml).
• Afternoon snack: a choice of apple mousse or vegetable soufflé (100 g),), fruit or dried fruit compote (200 ml).
• Dinner: choice of meat pâté or cottage cheese with milk (100 g), tea with lemon or milk (200 ml).
• At night: herbal decoction (200 ml).

Folk remedies for pneumonia

Infusions:

• Caraway seeds (2-3 tsp) pour boiling water (200 ml), let it brew for 30-40 minutes and take 50 ml during the day.
• For sputum discharge, pour boiling water (30 ml) on the herb of tricolor violets (200 g) and after 20 minutes take 100 ml twice a day.
• As an expectorant and diaphoretic, oregano herb (2 tablespoons) is poured with boiling water (200 ml) and taken half an hour before meals three times a day, 70 ml.
• Mix in equal proportions the collections of dry herbs of licorice root, elecampane root, coltsfoot, sage, wild rosemary, thyme, Icelandic moss, St. John’s wort and birch leaves. 1 tbsp. l. the mixture of herbs must be poured with boiling water (200 ml), let it brew first in a water bath for 15-20 minutes, and then just in a warm place in a warm place for an hour. The finished broth must be drunk in 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day.

Broths:

• Pour birch buds (150 g) and linden flowers (50 g) with water (500 ml) and boil for 2-3 minutes. Add honey (300 g), chopped aloe leaves (200 g), olive oil (100 g) to the broth. Take the finished mixture in 1 tbsp. l. before every meal. Shake well before use.
• Finely chopped medium aloe leaf, mix with honey (300 g), dilute with water (500 ml) and cook for 2 hours over low heat. Store the finished broth in the refrigerator and take 1 tablespoon three times a day.

Tinctures: s

• Finely chop fresh garlic (10 large heads), add vodka (1 liter) and let it brew for a week. The finished tincture is taken in 0,5 tsp. before every meal.

Dangerous and harmful foods for pneumonia

To overcome inflammation, it is necessary to exclude from the diet or limit the use as much as possible:

• Salt and sugar.
• Fresh bread and baked goods.
• Fatty soups and broth with legumes or millet.
• Fatty meat, sausages, smoked meats and fatty dairy products.
• Factory-made fatty and spicy sauces.
• Fried food (eggs, potatoes, meat, etc.).
• Raw vegetables (white cabbage, radish, radish, onion, cucumber, garlic).
• Cakes, pastries, chocolate, cocoa.
• During the period of treatment, it is necessary to completely exclude alcohol and tobacco.

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