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New cures getting saucy NHS gives snack tips

THE NHS is prescribing baked beans to help cure patients struck down by Covid-19.

NHS chiefs have dished out the advice and said the tomato-smothered snack could be the “sauce” of recovery.

The NHS Supply Chain, which provides food and drink to hospitals, have outlined a list of foods which could help fight off the deadly bug.

They have urged hospitals to dole out high protein menus of baked beans, chicken soup and rice pudding to sufferers on the road to recovery.

Alongside healthy-sounding foods are sugary chocolate muffins and cherry bakewell treats.

The advice, put together by in-house dietitian Joanna Instone, said many post Covid-19 sufferers have experienced difficulty eating and drinking due to shortness of breath, weight loss and a depleted immune system.

The report published this month instructed hospitals to feed them high-protein dinners as well as fresh fruit and vegetables.

Topping the treats on the list of foods entitled High Protein Snacks for Patient Recovery were portions of Heinz Beans Snap Pots.

It also recommended

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Chicken Soup for dinner with an Ambrosia Rice Pot or Muller Thick and Creamy yoghurt for dessert.

Phat Porridge Pots with demerara sugar was put forward for breakfast options and gluten-free chocolate muffins or cherry bakewell protein balls were suggested for snacks.

They said the diet would enable recovery of muscles, organ tissue and the immune system.