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Posted 1/11/2009 8:18 PM (GMT 0)
Banana

Rice

Applesauce

Toast

I have YET to try this during a flare, which I have now. Has anyone tried this?

How do you know if you're sensitive to Gluten if you're in a flare? When i was in remission, I'd have a bagel once a day,...and nothing happened..

Posted 1/11/2009 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
I would strongly suggets you get tested for cliac as there's no reason to avoid wheat if you don't have to. Apples either have fructose or sorbitol in them can't remember.
Posted 1/11/2009 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
All fruits contain fructose, bbc. Testing can be done for gluten and lactose intolerance; ask your GI about this.

The BRAT diet is commonly used for diarrhea for short periods of time. It isn't a nutritionally sound diet, so not appropriate for longer periods.
Posted 1/12/2009 6:01 AM (GMT 0)
An extension to the BRAT diet is the BRATTY diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, tea, and yogurt. When I have diarrhea, I'll have rice with turmeric (with a bit of butter for taste), toast with butter and cinnamon, bananas, and tea. Turmeric and cinnamon are anti-inflammatory. I can't eat applesauce due to the fructose. I don't like yogurt. Some people can't eat wheat; so watch out for that.
Posted 1/12/2009 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
It is a commonly prescribed diet for sensitive systems---short term. A full low residue diet includes a few more foods with nutritional value, that are easy on the digestive system. Cooked veggies till grey, white bread-ltd. fiber, rice, peanut butter, soft meats, no seeds, nuts ,fruits with seeds, etc.
My daughter has just stopped bleeding for the first time since last Jan., so we are finally able to add a few foods to her diet. Till now, low residue has been the diet, so as not to interrupt the fragile healing of the lining of her colon.
Posted 1/12/2009 8:25 PM (GMT 0)

I have . . . . .

The BRAT diet is what the first doctor told me I needed to do to get rid of my symptoms pre-diagnosis.  If it were only that simple, huh?   He was totally in "flu season" mode and lumped me and my symptoms in with every other diagnosis he gave that day.  Three weeks and two doctors later I finally got in touch with one that diagnosed me Colitis and got me on the right meds.

I do think the BRAT diet is good for the short term, kids that are sick, hubbies with the runs, etc.  Longterm, it's not really for us, a low residual diet would be better. 

Posted 1/12/2009 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
Chicken soup with rice is good for building up strength if you are having diarrhea and can't eat much of anything.
Posted 1/13/2009 5:14 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Judilyn, but don't some fruits contain more than others and some have sorbitol too.

Judilyn said...
All fruits contain fructose, bbc. Testing can be done for gluten and lactose intolerance; ask your GI about this.

The BRAT diet is commonly used for diarrhea for short periods of time. It isn't a nutritionally sound diet, so not appropriate for longer periods.

Some products with fructose and/or sucrose and/or raffinose

  • All soft fruits
  • All naturally sweet products
  • Beans
  • Honey
  • Banana has some fructose, but can be used by many fructose intolerant people (non HFI)

And all products made with/derived from the above products

Some products high in sorbitol :

  • Apples
  • Apricots
  • Gooseberries
  • Grapes (raisins)
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Plums
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries
  • And juices of the above fruits.

Further reading on HFI : http://www.bu.edu/aldolase/HFI/


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