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Appropriate food items: Badam, garlic, vegetables, fruits, egg. Justification for selection: Badam Energy dense and lactogogue. Garlic Lactogogue and helps in digestion Vegetables and fruits Good source of fibre and provides essential minerals and vitamins. Egg provides good quality Protein. A Day’s Menu: Early morning Milk with malt. Break fast Pongal with coconut chutney, vadai and tea. Mid morning Mixed vegetables soup and rice vadam. Lunch White rice, dhal, rasam, curd, vegetable porial, egg Manchurian, Banana. Evening Tea Badam Kheer, thattai. Dinner Chappathi with fish garlic curry, rice, rasam, vegetable salad and fruits. Bed time Milk. Practical