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Menu samples
Very low calorie diet (VLCD) Total calories: 800 cal | Low calorie diet (LCD) Total calories: 1500 cal |
First Breakfast 1 banana 1 - 2 cup herbal tea without sugar Second Breakfast 1 big apple, peeled and shredded 2 small carrots, peeled and shredded Lunch Plate of boiled vegetables 1 cup kale cabbage, boiled 1 cup spinach, boiled from frozen 2 big tomatoes, peeled and lightly boiled 1/6 big sweet pepper 4 cloves garlic, boiled 1/2 slice pumpernickel bread 1 cap orange juice Dinner Tofu sandwich: 1 slice rye bread 3 slice tofu 1 peeled and sliced cucumber 10 – 20 g Alfalfa seeds, sprouted 1 - 2 cup herbal tea without sugar | Breakfast 1 serving Mashed Apple * 2 slices mixed-grain bread toasted 2 tbsp. honey 1 - 2 cup herbal tea without sugar Lunch 4 oz. turkey breast, boiled 1 cup broccoli flowers, boiled 1 carrot, boiled and sliced 1 tomatoes, sliced 1 slice rye bread 1 cup no-sugar added orange juice 1 banana Dinner 1 serving Spaghetti with Pesto-nori sauce * 1 cup non-sweet orange juice 5 dry dates 1 kiwi |
