Doctors prepare 7-meal jail diet chart for Navjot Singh Sidhu on request

Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is serving a year-long sentence in a Patiala jail in a 1988 road rage case involving a man’s death. Earlier, Navjot requested court for a special diet to be made available from home given his health complications. On special permission from court, a panel of doctors was appointed to prepare a diet plan for Navjot who is a politician, a television personality and a retired international cricketer. The panel comprising dietician Dr Ramanjit Kaur, Dr Ashish Kumar Bhagat, and Dr Saurabh Sharma, has prescribed a 7-meal diet plan for Navjot based on his present health condition. Take a look. (Image: instagram/navjotsinghsidhu and istock)

1 cup rosemary tea, ½ glass white petha juice or 1 glass coconut water. (Image: istock)

1 cup lactose free milk, 1 tbsp flax, sunflower, melon or chia seeds; 5 to 6 almonds, 1 walnut and 2 pecan nuts. (Image: istock)

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1 glass beetroot or ghia (bottle gourd) or cucumber or mausami (sweet lemon) or Tulsi & Mint leaves or amla (gooseberry) or celery leaves or fresh haldi (turmeric) or carrot or aloe vera juice. As per the diet chart, he can also have 1 fruit from among watermelon, melon, kiwi, strawberry, guava, apple, and wood apple. He can also opt for sprouted black chana (25 gm) plus green gram dal (25gm) plus kheera (cucumber)/tomato/half lemon/avocado. (Image: istock)

For lunch, he is recommended 1 chapati of 30 gm comprising sorghum, singhara and ragi flour in equal quantity, along with 1 bowl of seasonal green vegetable and of cucumber and ghia raita or one bowl of beetroot raita, a green salad bowl of cucumber, tomato, kakri, lettuce leaves and half lemon, and 1 glass of lassi. (Image: istock)

He is recommended to have 100 ml tea with low fat milk and no sugar and 25 gm paneer slice or 25 gm Tofu with half lemon. (Image: istock)

For dinner, he is suggested to have a bowl of mixed vegetable and dal soup/black chana soup with a 200 gm bowl sprinkled with black pepper powder and consisting of sauteed vegetables (carrot, beans, broccoli, mushroom, bell pepper). (Image: istock)

His last meal of the day will include a cup of Chamomile tea and 1 tbsp Psyllium husk with ½ glass warm water. (Image: istock)

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