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

English names: 1 = Indian Savour – Rice Flakes Based, 2 = Indian Bread, 3 = Root Vegetable, 4 = Bottle Gourd and Potato Vegetable, 5 = Lentil, 6 = Root Vegetable, 7 = Beans and Potato Vegetable