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SIDHU’S SPECIAL DIET REVEALED: JAIL OR 5-STAR HOTEL

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is serving a one-year sentence in jail, will be on a special diet that is mostly seen on the menu of a 5-star hotel or a luxurious spa. Sauteed veggies, pecan nuts, avocado and tofu are part of the food that the cricketer-turned-politician has been allowed by a court. […]

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is serving a one-year sentence in jail, will be on a special diet that is mostly seen on the menu of a 5-star hotel or a luxurious spa. Sauteed veggies, pecan nuts, avocado and tofu are part of the food that the cricketer-turned-politician has been allowed by a court. The diet has been recommended by the board of doctors at Rajindra Hospital. It was recommended after Sidhu moved an application before the court of Patiala chief judicial magistrate (CJM) seeking permission for a special diet to be made available to him from his home considering his health complications

Special diet menu in jail for Sidhu:

1. Early morning – Rosemary tea (1 cup), half a glass of white petha juice, ash gourd or coconut juice.

2. Breakfast – Lactose-free milk (1cup), one tablespoon of flax seeds, chia seeds, sunflower or melon seeds, 5-6 almonds, 1 walnut and 2 pecan nuts.

3. Brunch/ Mid-morning meal – One glass of beetroot or bottle gourd or cucumber or sweet lemon or Tulsi and mint leaves or gooseberry or celery leaves or turmeric or carrot or aloe vera juice. Alternatively, Sidhu can have one 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 cucumber/tomato/half lemon/avocado.

4. Lunch – One chappati of 30 gm comprising sorghum, singhara and ragi flour in equal quantity with one bowl each of seasonal green vegetable and of cucumber and bottle gourd raita or one bowl of beetroot raita, a green salad bowl of cucumber, tomato, kakri, lettuce leaves and half lemon) and one glass of lassi.

5. Evening – A cup of 100 ml tea with low-fat milk and no sugar and 25 gm of paneer slice or 25 gm Tofu with half lemon.

6. Dinner – 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).

7. Bedtime – A cup of Chamomile tea and one tablespoon of Psyllium husk with half a glass of warm water.

Navjot Singh Sidhu will work as a clerk in the jail. He will get wages between Rs 40 and Rs 90 per day.

Some other recommendations by the doctors’ panel for Sidhu are to drink 10-12 glasses of water per day; avoid processed foods; avoid saturated fats (desi ghee, butter, white butter). 

The board has also recommended Sidhu take an oral anticoagulation tablet (blood thinner).

The 58-year-old Congress leader suffers from medical conditions like embolism and has a liver ailment. In 2015, Sidhu had also undergone treatment for acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at a hospital in Delhi. DVT is caused by a blood clot in a deep vein which hinders the normal blood flow

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