Table 2 A Standard VLPD (0.3gm/kg/day) plan for a Patient weighing 70 kg

B’fast:

Tea 1 Cup (Cow Milk 25 ml)

Cereal 30 gm (e.g. Poha¹)

Mid Morning:

Fruit 1 (100 gm)

Lunch:

Cereal + Starch Flour 120 gm (e.g. Rice Flour 60 gm + Arrowroot Flour 60 gm²) Vegetable 300 gm (e.g. Suran Vegetable³ + Dudhi Aloo Vegetable⁴)

Lentil 10 gm (e.g. Thin Dal⁵) OR Yoghurt (Cow Milk based) 50 gm

Teatime:

Fruit 1 (100 gm)

Dinner:

Cereal + Starch Flour 120 gm (e.g. Rice Flour 60 gm + Arrowroot 60 gm)

Vegetable 300 gm (e.g. Arbi Vegetable⁶+ Beans Potato Vegetable⁷)

Lentil 10 gm (e.g. Thin Dal) OR Yoghurt (Cow Milk based) 50 gm

Note:

To use Oil and Ghee 6 tsp/day