Food and Nutrition - Right Nutrition when you are COVID +ve and recovering at home

After you have come out of the Covid infection and is still recovering at home, it is natural to feel very tired, body pain and no energy to do your work routine. More importantly the appetite must be off due to lack of taste, smell and also a bitter taste in the mouth due to medicines. Above all, it takes time to be mentally energetic because of the ordeal you have gone through.

- Sreemathy Venkatraman

Have a balanced diet and freshly cooked - warm, easy-to-digest food. See a sample meal plan (table)

Use amla daily (1-2)

Gargle with warm water – add a pinch of turmeric and salt

Gargling with fresh boiled neem leaves (just a sprig would do) water or drinking 25 ml of the light green water with salt and turmeric is also therapeutic.

Use haldi, jeera, dhania, garlic in your cooking liberally