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Hello!
        I do hope you can help me out.
I'm poorly with a nasty flu-type virus that has been doing the rounds. Luckily I am over the worst of it but all I have eaten in the past 3 days is a jacket potato and a bit of soup.

I still have symptoms such as a stuffy nose, slightly inflamed glands and a cough but the temperature, aches and wooziness have gone.

I feel like I am on the mend and I want to get my energy levels back up, but I just don't know what to eat! I have taken a lot of simple medicines to treat my symptoms and think because of that my tummy is a bit sensitive. Excuse the detail but my loo habits have told me that!

Food looks great and my tummy is hungry, but I feel like I just can't bring myself to eat. I'm not happy going 3 days on just fluids and a baked potato and would like to kick-start my system.
Please no chicken soup though as I think I may well not keep it down!

Thanks very much for enduring my details and helping me along!

Kindest Regards
Sarah

Answer
Sarah,
What you need to eat are foods that YOU and your appetite can tolerate.  You are the best judge as to that.  If it doesn't look appealing to you than don't eat it.
I would stick to light meals such as toast or crackers with peanut butter, broth type soup (doesn't have to be chicken), bagels dry or buttered, dry cereal, Jello, etc...  Just something light that is dry, not greasy, not heavy, etc...  Best to avoid milk products as they can cause congestion.  

To help control diarrhea symptoms, try banana, apple juice, applesauce, tea, rice or rice cereal without milk. These foods are constipating and should help reduce your symptoms.

Make sure you keep up with your fluids!  That can inlcude water, juice, tea, carbonated beverages such as Ginger-Ale, etc...

Again, eat what you can tolerate and what you feel like eating.  Just take it slow and start with small meals that are rather plain and light and work your way up from there as you feel better.
Get plenty of rest too!!
Kim Tessmer, RD LD
www.Nutrifocus.net

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