Diet PlanIBS
*please note – the timings mentioned are approximate and to give you a rough idea of the time interval between meals.
*You can use the same ingredients to make different varieties of foods that you like.
Do's
- Have plenty of water – 2.5-3.5 litres per day
- Exercise regularly and be more active in the day
- Eat small frequent meals
- Avoid wheat/ gluten. Use millets like jowar, nachni, kuttu, amaranth etc
- Include spices and herbs like haldi, jeera, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, ginger and garlic while cooking food. Do not have it as kadhas/shots as it may cause acidity in potent form
- Have soup and salad with lunch and dinner to increase the fibre intake
- Chew on roasted fennel seeds post meals
- Have at least 2 fresh fruits a day
- Include pro-biotic foods like pickles, khimchi, sauerkraut – 1 teaspoon – with your main meals
- Have lots of vegetables – especially gourd vegetables. Avoid cabbage, cauliflower, raddish – especially raw.
- Eat fresh, home-made food
Dont's
- Completely avoid packaged and processed foods (biscuits, maggi, ready to eat foods)
- Completely avoid deep fried foods, excessively sweet foods, spicy foods and maida (chips, samosa, vadas, cakes, pastries, bakery items)
- Completely avoid alcohol and smoking
- Completely avoid tea, coffee and carbonated beverages
- Completely avoid milk (lactose) and wheat (gluten). You can include a small portion of home-made curd as it is a good prebiotic.
ON WAKING UP/ 6:30-7AM:
- 1 lukewarm water (No honey/ jaggery/ lemon)
- 3-4 overnight soaked & peeled almonds + 6 soaked black raisins + 2 soaked figs + 2-3 halves walnut
15-20 MINS AFTER WAKING UP/ 7:30 -8AM: Any one of these: - A fresh fruit (banana or apple)
- Vegetable juice (ABC juice – apple, beet, carrot) – 1 glass (with the pulp)
BREAKFAST/ 8:30-9 AM: Any one of these:
- Poha with lot of veggies & cooked moong sprouts - 1 bowl
- Upma with lot of veggies - 1 bowl
- Moong dal chillas with veggies in it & green chutney – 2 nos
- 2 eggs + veggies (omelette/bhurji) with 1 multigrain toast
- Oats – overnight oats/ smoothie/ oats chia pudding/ masala oats with veggies
MID MEAL/ 10:30-11 AM: Any one of these:
- Fruit + fennel tea 1 cup
- Fruit + seeds (roasted flax, pumpkin and sunflower seeds -1 spoon)
- A glass of THIN buttermilk
- Coconut water
LUNCH/ 12-1pm:
- 1 medium katori rice OR 2 Rotis (jowar or nachni)
- 1 bowl cooked green subzi
- 1 bowl thin dal/ pulses gravy/ sprout/chicken breast
- 1 bowl raw green salad
- 1 bowl curd/yogurt
- End your meal – with a teaspoon of ghee + jaggery
MID MEAL/ 3-4pm: Any one of these:
- Fruit + fennel tea
MID MEAL/ 5:30-6:30pm: Any one of these:
- Half cup roasted chana
- Roasted mumra/ makhana chaat (with chopped tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander, lime, black salt) – 1 bowl
- Sprout salad (boiled sprouts of choice with chopped raw veggies of choice & seasoning)
- 2 pcs of sesame/ peanut/ rajgira chikki
DINNER/ 8-8:30PM:
- 1 bowl vegetable soup / clear soup
- 1 medium katori rice OR 2 Rotis (jowar or nachni)
- 1 bowl cooked green subzi
- 1 bowl thin dal/ pulses gravy/ sprout/chicken breast
- Can also have Khichdi + veggies + curd + pickle 1 teaspoon as dinner meal