What food is best for 5 y/o with chickenpox?
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I'd say anything they would eat.  He or she is probably beyond miserable at this point so just let them have what they want.  You can put them back on their regular diet after they've gotten over the chicken pox.
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Hi - The doctor is a good idea, but try not to worry too much.  My two year old grandson was the same way.  They just couldn't find anything he would eat.  Eventually, he started trying different foods, and now his appetite is healthier.  Try many meals throughout the day, healthy snacks.  Peanut butter on apples or celery comes to mind.\nBest wishes.
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What about non-green veggies?  \n\nDo you only give them to her cooked?  \n\nKids generally love fresh veggies.  You can cut them up and provide some dip to make it fun to eat.  Instead of just serving them to her, make a plate of them and plop down with them as a family snack in front of the TV.  \n\nBread, Peanut Butter, Banannas, Apples, and Rice cause constipation.  Quit feeding her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.\n\nBut apple JUICE is good for constipation--along with all juices.  Prune juice is THE BEST!  \n\nDON'T DO LAXATIVES!  Laxatives just promote the constipation into a cycle and will not solve the problem. \n\nMost important is bowl training.  Teach your child to NOT WAIT or HOLD IT IN and to go to the bathroom as soon as she feels the urge to go.  Waiting and holding cause constipation.
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Breakfast: turkey bacon, eggs, low carb bread (Sara Lee has a net 7 g per slice.), apples, oranges, strawberries, berries are lowest fruit in carbs, whole grain cerels (Uncle Sams cerel good) and breads. Sugarfree syrup and jelly. Whipping cream for coffee low carb.\n\nLunch: lunch meats that are lean, buy a couple of expensive deli meats for a treat.  I like mesquite smoked turkey a slice of provalone cheese wrapped up inside and microwaved to melt cheest and eat with a green salad with low carb dressing without bread. \nAny kind of meat is low carb, cheeses are low also, string cheese different flavors.\nI buy the precooked grilled chicken and hamburger patties for a quick fix for my son.\nSugar free pudding and jello for desert with a little of fruit.\nAsk them what they like so you aren't wasting your money on things they won't eat, they'll appreciate you wanting to help them eat right.  It's really hard to go to someone's house and not eat what they are eating.\nVeggies: green beans, salad, yellow squash and zucchini, are low in carbs and can be cooked fairly quickly, of course salads.\n\nGood luck and have a great visit.
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dear disamari13,\n\nthe main problem with canned foods in the past is the high salt content which may promote high blood pressure. however, recent consumer lobbying has made many food manufacturers reduce their salt concentration in their canned food lines. hence, it is important to always check the label on the can for the sodium (salt) concentration. As a rough guide, the maximum amounts of salt for babies and children are:\n\nless than 1g per day from 0-6 months, \n1g per day from 7-12 months, \n2g per day from 1-3 years, \n3g per day from 4-6 years, \n5g per day from 7-10 years, and \n6g a day from 11 years. \n\nbesides that, canned foods may have a reduced amount of vitamins due to the cooking process, but this loss is similar to that of normal cooking at home. so in short, canned foods that are low in salt can be nutritious (as long as there is no rust in the can!).\n\nbut i seems that your problem is more than just canned foods. what i recommend is for you to keep all 'junk' foods in a place where your 4 y.o. cannot access or reach, and only offer these to him as a TREAT on special occasions, but not as a regular food source. it sounds like he has been having too much junk foods during the day and by dinner time his appetite is lost. if you do this consistently, then he will soon regain his appetite for healthy foods during dinner. resist the urge to offer him junk food when he throws a tantrum (which will no doubt occur during the first few days), but stick to your guns! for general good health, avoid or reduce fatty, salty or sugary food.\n\nbest wishes and hope this helps,\ndr carter \n\nps. for your interest, i have included some key information form credible site for your perusal. enjoy.
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Anything that doesn't have a lot of cheese, sour cream, or guacamole, in it.  And yes, chicken is a healthier option than ground beef.\n\nThe mexican restaurant by me uses only white meat chicken - yum!  Not that greasy dark meat stuff.
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just drin kfluids and go to your doctar maybe its just not a cold maybeits a n infection.\nheres some info i got online read it its interesting \n\n\n\nincrease air moisture \npetroleum jelly on the skin under the nose to soothe rawness \nhard candy or cough drops to relieve sore throat (for kids older than 3 years) \na warm bath or heating pad to soothe aches and pains \nsteam from a hot shower to help your child breathe more easily \nBut what about chicken soup? There's no real proof that eating this soothing, warm concoction can cure a cold, but sick people have been swearing by it for more than 800 years. Why? Chicken soup contains a mucus-thinning amino acid called cysteine, and some research shows that chicken soup helps control congestion-causing white cells, called neutrophils.\n\nThe best plan, though, is not to worry about whether to "feed a cold" or "starve a fever." Just make sure your child eats when hungry and drinks plenty of fluids like water or juice to help replace the fluids lost during fever or mucus production. Avoid giving your child caffeinated beverages, though, which can cause frequent urination and, therefore, increase the risk of dehydration.\n\nWhen to Call Your Child's Doctor\nYour child's doctor won't be able to identify which specific virus is causing your child's cold symptoms, but can examine your child's throat and ears and take a throat culture to make sure the symptoms aren't from another condition that may need specific treatment. (If your child's symptoms get worse instead of better after 3 days or so, the problem could be strep throat, sinusitis, pneumonia, or bronchitis, especially if your child or teen smokes.) Taking a throat culture is a simple, painless procedure that involves brushing the inside of the throat with a long cotton swab. Examining the germs that stick to the swab will help the doctor determine whether your child has strep throat and needs treatment with antibiotics.\n\nIf symptoms last for more than a week, appear at the same time every year, or occur when your child is exposed to pollen, dust, animals, or another substance, your child could have an allergy. If your child has trouble breathing or wheezes when he or she catches a cold, your child could have asthma.\n\nYou should also see your child's doctor if you think your child might have more than a cold, or if he or she is getting worse instead of getting better.\n\nAlso call the doctor if your child has any of these symptoms:\n\ncoughing up a lot of mucus \nshortness of breath \nunusual lethargy/tiredness \ninability to keep food or liquids down or poor fluid intake \nincreasing headache or facial or throat pain \nseverely painful sore throat that interferes with swallowing \nfever of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.3 degrees Celsius) or higher, or a fever of 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.0 degrees Celsius) or higher that lasts for more than a day \nchest or stomach pain \nswollen glands (lymph nodes) in the neck \nearache \nLike most virus infections, colds just have to run their course. Getting plenty of rest, avoiding vigorous activity, and drinking lots of fluids - juice, water, and noncaffeinated beverages - all may help your child feel better while on the mend.\n\nKeeping up regular activities like going to school probably won't make your child's cold any worse. But it will increase the likelihood that the cold will spread to classmates or friends. So you might want to put some daily routines aside until your child is feeling better.
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anchovies and raw eggs.... no joke\nsounds gross but it works
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When anyone gets a really serious flu (in my life),.. there is one thing that seems to help pull you out of it.\n\nChicken + Bayleaf(ves) + White Rice\n\nI think that's it.\n\nI think the boneless Chicken is boiled and then added to the White and Bayleaf,.. sorry for being vauge.\n\nIt gets better the older it gets.  So when you start off you eat the rice, then try a little meat the next day then your hogging down Rice and Meat like a Maniac the next.
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I would see a nutritionist about this.  I would think their should be a high protein soy formula out there.  I hope he is not allergic to that.  Good luck.  Are you feeding him jarred food yet.  If he really likes your milk you can puree fresh veggies and add your milk to it to give him more calories.  Have you tried that.\n\nI made my son's baby food.  All you have to do is steam the veggies and put them in a food processor to puree.  You can do a lot at one time and freeze them in ice cube trays or baby jars.  You can also use the first years small containers.  The breast milk might make him eat more of it.  Just mix it in.  I hope this helps some.
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try tofu "fillets"\n\nits like a chicken fillet, but from tofu. then flavour it in any of the following combos : chilli n lime; lemon; etc.... whatever floats your boat.\n\nmy favourite combo is; rosemary, onions, garlic and black / chitaki mushrooms... then do a broth/ mint sauce and yoghurt\n\nenjoy
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Protein, and plenty of it. The best source would be chicken, fish, tuna, eggs or protein shakes.
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Kids need to eat what adults are SUPPOSED to eat.  Several servings of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, meat or other protein-rich foods, and dairy.  "Empty calories" and fat should be limited.\n\nFor breakfast, a bowl of cereal and milk is good.  \n\nFor snacks, keep it relatively small and simple, but try to work in as many various healthy foods as you can.  For example, apple slices (probably around five), sliced cheese (about five or six pieces sliced thin) and wheat crackers (five or so) is a good snack.  It shouldn't turn into a mini-meal (or a regular-sized one).\n\nFor dinner, smaller portions of what you have is probably fine.  Once again, try to get as many food groups as you can in there.  Also, we get a lot of the Kid Cuisines (or the Banquet frozen dinner), then give them a glass of milk.\n\nWhen giving him veggies, try to get as many colors as possible, since the various colors provide different nutrients.  Give him orange veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes), yellow ones (squash), purple ones (eggplant, turnips), and green leafy veggies (dark lettuce - iceburg lettuce carries almost no nutritional value - spinach, broccoli.)\n\nWhite bread, like iceberg lettuce, is virtually useless.  Start him on whole grain bread and cereal now, to set a preference.for the healthy stuff.\n\nThere are some excellent cookbooks for healthy meals and snacks for kids.\n\nNow, so far, you've only given him the food (veggies and all), and the real work begins:  getting him to eat it.  Play up the benefits.  For a 5-year-old, he'll understand that milk gives him strong bones (just like Spider-man or any other physical hero).  It'll help him get big and strong (just like Daddy!).  Make it visually appealing (make grilled cheese sandwiches on whole wheat bread, then use a cookie cutter to make them into shapes.  you'll wanna use fairly large cookie cutters, large enough to match up very close to the size of the sandwich itself.)\n\nMake sure he gets lots of water through the day.  Three glasses of milk is the goal.  Give juice sparingly (it's still sugary).  Juice "drinks" (Capri Sun, fruit punch) have high fructose corn syrup (straight up sugar - the same stuff sodas have).  Sodas (even Sprite and root beer, which have no caffiene) aren't good.  Tea is okay, but you don't want to sugar it up too much (like white-or-wheat bread preferances are the result of what you had growing up, unsweet tea is the same thing.  I live in the South.  The one thing that convinces me I don't belong is that I, and my sisters, and my parents, will only drink unsweet tea.)  He should have lowfat milk, but not skim.  The fat from the milk helps with their development.\n\nI may be wrong, but you're using the word diet to just refer to what he eats, not "diet" to attempt to lose weight, right?
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In case you haven't noticed, 5 year olds aren't actually the same as newborns.  The key difference being that they've started eating SOLID FOOD.  Giving fruit loops to a baby who's too young to eat solid foods would be a really bad idea, but 5-year-olds to just fine with fruit loops.  So do 19 year olds.  I've been eating sugar cereal for as long as I can remember and I've turned out OK.  If you don't want your kids to eat junk food that's your call, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be sold.
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Why don't you consider one of the following:\n\nChicken Pox treatment using Brown Vinegar\nThe use of brown vinegar is one of the most important among the several home remedies found beneficial in the treatment of chicken pox. Half a cup of this vinegar should be added to a bath of warm water. This will relieve the irritation of the skin. \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Oatmeal\nA bath of oatmeal is considered a natural remedy for relieving the itch due to chicken pox. This bath is prepared by cooking two cups of oatmeal in two liters of water for fifteen minutes. This mixture is then put into a cloth bag, preferably cotton, and a string is tied tightly around the top. This bag is allowed to float in a tub of warm water, and swished around until the water becomes turbid. Precaution should be taken to ensure that the bag is not torn. The child with chicken pox can splash and play in the water, making sure that water goes over all the scalds, while the pouch of oatmeal can remain in the tub . \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Pea Water\nGreen pea water is another effective remedy for relieving irritation of the skin. The water in which fresh peas have been cooked can be used for this purpose. \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Baking Soda\nBaking soda is a popular remedy to control the itching in chicken pox. Some baking soda should be put in a glass of water. The child should be sponged with this water, so that the soda dries on the skin. This will keep the child away from scratching the eruptions. \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Vitamin E Oil\nThe use of vitamin E oil is valuable in chicken pox. This oil should be rubbed on the skin. It will have a healing effect. The marks left by chicken pox will fade away by this application. \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Honey\nThe use of honey as an external application has also proved valuable in chicken pox. The skin should be smeared with honey. It will help in the healing of the disease within three days. \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Carrot and Coriander\nA soup prepared from carrots and coriander has been found beneficial in the treatment of chicken pox. About 100 gm of carrots and 60 gm of fresh coriander should be cut into small pieces and boiled for a while. The residue should be discarded. This soup should be taken once a day \n\nChicken Pox treatment using Herbal Tea\nA mild sedative herbal tea can also prove beneficial in the treatment of chicken pox. This tea can be prepared from any of the herbs like chamomile (babunah), basil (tulsi), marigold (zergul) and lemon balm (billilotan). A little cinnamon (dalchini), honey, and lemon may be added to this tea. 1t should be sipped slowly several times a day. \n\nRegards,\n\nSaad Al Sogair, MD
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Give him the Homeopathic Remedy NUX VOMICA 30C half hour before meal times and his appettite will gradually become better !\nAvoid taking Chocolates Coffee Mints and Red Meat while taking homeopathic medicine.\nYou can get homeopathic medicines from Major Herbal Shops and Homeopathic Stores and they are quite inexpensive.\nTake Care and God Bless !
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I had my tonsils out when I was 10.  Ice cream is okay, but it's really creamy and kind of thick in the throat.  Sherbet is better.  Popsicles are really good too. Applesauce, pudding.  If you're worried about the weight just give them a lot of ice cream and pudding for a couple of days. As they start to get better, try giving them some jello first and see how it goes down since it is a semi-solid.  You don't want to try with an actual solid and have them be in pain.  It's not as bad as you hear.  Good luck.