Stroke Rehabilitation and Me

Please be mindful that after a stroke many people will have special dietary needs. A number of patients may have swallowing difficulty so some foods may be a choking risk. Always check with a member of staff first before offering food to a patient.

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For many patients healthy eating is part of the recovery process and it may help to reduce the risk for further stroke.

These are some of the healthy snack ideas:

• Fresh fruits: apples, bananas, pears, grapes and snack pots

• Fruit tinned in natural juice (not tinned in syrup)

• Sugar free jelly (available in snack pots) or sugar free jellies, mints

• Diet minerals or sugar free squashes

• Low calorie hot chocolate (Cadbury’s Highlights or Options Hot Chocolate)

• Sugar free mints

• Small bag unsalted popcorn

• Plain rice cakes

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Avoid sugary sweets, cakes, chocolate, and crisps.

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Due to Health and Safety issues foods that need to be stored in the refrigerator may not be brought in to patients.