You should be getting 30 percent of your calories from fat, Dr. Rolls says. Take a vitamin. If you fear that your poor appetite is not allowing you to consume all the nutrients you need, take a multivitamin every day, says Sherry Briskey, naturopathic physician and staff physician at Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center in Tempe, Arizona. Thirst for hydration. Be sure that you drink six to eight glasses of fluids a day, Dr. Kruzel says.
Good choices are filtered water and fresh fruit and vegetable juices.
When replenishing fluids, you want to stay away from drinks that are diuretic or promote urination, such as coffee , beer, alcohol, and caffeine-containing sodas. Get up off the couch. Exercise has the uncanny ability to help regulate appetite, says Dr. Chapman-Novakofski. For people who are undereating, some kind of physical activity usually increases their appetites some. And it doesn t take much.