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Suggest A Nutritional Diet For A Growing Child

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Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2015
Question: Dear Doctor, My daughter has turned 18 months now and she is weighing around 9Kgs. God's grace, she is healthy, active and playfull at home and sleep well as well. Though she used to get some cold and fever sometimes (say once or twice in a month). Kindly advise on her nutritional requirements and what type of (Indian) food we should be giving her? Also is it necessary/advisable to give diet suppliments or any other proprietery baby foods. Thanks in advance for your valuable advise.

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Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (27 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Its time for her to get a XXXXXXX adult diet low on spices

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

Its really good to know that your child is healthy and growing well. At this age your child can be given adult diet low on spices. She can now have new foods - along with the foods she is already comfortable with. If she is used to idlis and dosas, try including rava idlis or idlis with vegetables in the batter with sambar. Opt for dosas made with moong dal, or mixed dals or whole green gram with coconut or mint chutney in addition to the plain rice dosas. Try appam or idiyappam with chicken stew or a vegetable dish made with coconut milk as a base. Paranthas stuffed with cooked, leftover dals or paneer or vegetables like potato, carrot, cabbage or cauliflower can be a change from the usual chapattis. If she is used to dals and vegetables in her diet, you can try combinations of dal and vegetables cooked together, such as chana dal with bottle gourd. Or try dal cooked with greens like spinach. Introduce vegetables like raw banana, cluster beans, brinjal in small quantities. Try meal combinations, such as pulao and raita, puri and aloo, rajma with rice, pao with bhaji, palak paneer with chapattis, and chicken curry with rice to name a few. You can add a variety of seasonal fruits like lichee, guava, plums, musk melon, watermelon, and XXXXXXX to her diet. If she is already having chicken and fish, you can try introducing small quantities of mutton preparations in her diet.

If she is given a wholesome diet, I do not consider dietary supplements necessary. You may therefore skip that part.

Hope that helps.

Regards
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Suggest A Nutritional Diet For A Growing Child

Brief Answer: Its time for her to get a XXXXXXX adult diet low on spices Detailed Answer: Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic. Its really good to know that your child is healthy and growing well. At this age your child can be given adult diet low on spices. She can now have new foods - along with the foods she is already comfortable with. If she is used to idlis and dosas, try including rava idlis or idlis with vegetables in the batter with sambar. Opt for dosas made with moong dal, or mixed dals or whole green gram with coconut or mint chutney in addition to the plain rice dosas. Try appam or idiyappam with chicken stew or a vegetable dish made with coconut milk as a base. Paranthas stuffed with cooked, leftover dals or paneer or vegetables like potato, carrot, cabbage or cauliflower can be a change from the usual chapattis. If she is used to dals and vegetables in her diet, you can try combinations of dal and vegetables cooked together, such as chana dal with bottle gourd. Or try dal cooked with greens like spinach. Introduce vegetables like raw banana, cluster beans, brinjal in small quantities. Try meal combinations, such as pulao and raita, puri and aloo, rajma with rice, pao with bhaji, palak paneer with chapattis, and chicken curry with rice to name a few. You can add a variety of seasonal fruits like lichee, guava, plums, musk melon, watermelon, and XXXXXXX to her diet. If she is already having chicken and fish, you can try introducing small quantities of mutton preparations in her diet. If she is given a wholesome diet, I do not consider dietary supplements necessary. You may therefore skip that part. Hope that helps. Regards