Boost drink and boost puddings

Peanut butter is what I use because high fat content is what slows my gi tract down, but it is so individual.

I use peanut butter too I also eat alot of pate, Advacado's which are really high in calories,you could try making mash potato and adding dried milk powder to it this will boost the calories. Good luck Bev x 

You could try fruit juice. Back when I was ill (iller than I am now), I lived off Ocean Spray cranberry drinks and its ilk. They have about 25% fruit juice and the rest is made up of water, sugar and vitamin C, which makes them lighter than 100% juices but still quite calorific for what they are. On some days I could get through a litre or more in a day.

You might find smoothies made up of ingredients like whole milk, peanut butter, bananas, etc. to be more filling and easier to digest than sugary fare like Ensure.

Don't give up on fish, chicken, etc. entirely. Protein is very important. And it isn't that low in calories - gram for gram it contains the same amount of calories as carbohydrates (4 calories per gram). But it's easier to make carbohydrate foods fattening than protein foods - think chips, crisps, mashed potatoes with butter and cream, etc.

I don't know if this helps even remotely, but good luck...

I also recommend nut butters, avocado, or olive oil. I stopped Ensure because of the high sugar and one other ingredient that is bad for crohnies (I think Boost is similar). I found adding healthy high fat to food to help. I was just reading about an antifungal diet and it is really healthy, it said if you do not want to lose weight while on the diet to make sure you eat a whole avocado everyday. It is a good source of vitamins and healthy fat and high in calories.

I will add avocado to my egg sandwiches or smoothies, it takes on the taste of other things so you can't taste in a smoothie. If you can tolerate yogurt, I make a smoothie with yogurt and add the fat.

I'll make peanut butter, banana, yogurt, splash of milk or water. Or 1/2 of avocado, strawberries or banana, yogurt and splash of juice. When I add enough PB or 1/2 an avocado and don't use fat free yogurt I can get my shake up to 400 -500 calories and 20 - 30 grams of mostly healthy fat. I can control what goes in and so there is no extra sugar or preservatives that may bother my tummy.

Even though I am better, once I got off the steroids I have had trouble maintaining my weight which was already low from my flare, so for example yesterday I ate a whole avocado, 1/2 in my breakfast smoothie and 1/2 with my dinner.

Thank you everyone for all of your information on what foods to try.  I have made a list of everything and will introduce one of the new foods ever other day to see how it sits with me.  It is so wonderful to have this forum to get ideas from others who are going through the same disease.  I feel so alone, but yet I don't feel so alone.  Today I am very weak and resting a lot, as last night was not a goooooood night.  This is such a yo-yo disease.

Again, thank you all.

O

When I first got diagnosed, I ate ice cream every day to get my calories up. Drank Ensure and Boost. I also used to make myself a Boost smoothie with chocolate Boost, a couple of bananas and whole milk or I'd sub bananas for peanut butter. I ate a ton of pasta products (like the Knorr noodle sides). I ended up gaining like 20 pounds in a month. I also tried Balance bars and PowerBars and found those worked really well for me (get the ones without nuts and fiber, etc.) the peanut butter one is really, really good and so is the chocolate mint.

But it's all so personal. I can handle dairy, but I can barely handle meat when I'm in remission. But maybe trying some of these things might work for you? I hope you feel better soon!

Coenzyme Q10. You can find more info on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_Q10 I'd also try to introduce serazimes to control the pain better and be able to go on a more varied diet. Works with me so far, although, I'm still on pred and God knows what's gonna happen when I finally wean myself off of it. Food wise I'd stick to liquids and low residue to start and then when the pain and D are more manageable I'd try to slowly introduce other foods...remember also to follow some simple rules like not doubling on protein (bread and cheese but no ham or vice-versa) which makes the food easier to digest...

Take care

x

Have you tried the good old FRESH cabbage juice? And also take active charcoal after every meal and any time you feel the pain coming on. For cabbage juice to work you need to have stomach and duodenum problems(I mean it works for stomach and duodenum ulcers), charcoal is a good all round cleaner of your gut, casein should bind you up and provide prolonged protein release and couch grass will make your kidneys work overtime. It would probably stop the D but you need to drink a lot of water at the same time to stay well hydrated. As to serazimes I've only just started experimenting with it, so not sure if it does anything really...Consulting a dietitian might be an idea. Perhaps things like Fortisip juices or Complan would be good for you.

I hope you manage to put some weight on.

Post Edited (Ari12) : 11/21/2010 2:22:02 PM (GMT-7)

I feel for y7ou as im sure most on the site do. The only thing I can suggest is to try and experiment with different foods. I cant drink much boost myself as I find its hard on my guts. Might be all the sugar and crap in it im not sure. But cant handle more than a bottle a day of that stuff.

Good luck