Diverticulitis? Anyone familiar with this? What can we eat??

Question

I had a hospital stay with this, and it sucked. Now I have to watch what I eat but I can't get straight answers from anyone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

yep family history of it. diet doesn't need to be bland or boring just avoid nuts and foods with small seeds they get stuck in intestine which cause the flare ups. also avoid heavy Alcohol hard on stomach lining

Answer 2

You asked what foods you should avoid eating and the answer lies in what foods you should be eating. The dietary treatment for diverticulosis is also one of the primary ways to prevent it, a high fiber diet. A low-fiber diet is linked to causing diverticulosis and also linked to the onset of diverticulitis. Your goal will be to cut back on the low fiber foods and increase the high fiber ones. The first thing to do is find out how many grams of fiber per day you need to consume. The Dietary Reference Intake for fiber is:

Males: 9 to 13 years old = 31 grams/day
Males: 14 to 50 years old = 38 grams/day
Males: 50+ years old = 30 grams/day


Females: 9 to 18 years old = 26 grams/day
Females: 19 to 50 years old = 25 grams/day
Females: 50-plus years old = 21 grams/day
High fiber foods are the ones with whole wheat, oat, bran, whole grain cereal, vegetables, fruit, and legumes. Incorporate these into your diet by:

Replacing your white bread, rice and pasta with whole wheat ones;
Having at least two meals a week where you have legumes in place of meat. Legumes include beans, including soy beans, peas and lentils;
Consuming cereal with more than five grams of fiber per serving;
Eating fruit with the seeds and/or skin;
Having vegetables with your meals and snacks. You can add vegetables to the foods that you are eating or have soup, salad or cooked vegetables on the side;
Increasing your fiber intake slowly;
And taking in enough fluids along with the high fiber foods. Go for water, seltzer, club soda, and herbal teas

Answer 3

When you have diverticulitis, they put you on a very low fiber diet for about 2 weeks then high fiber.
Low fiber is foods that are not vegetables and roughage. Try mashed potatoes, chicken, cottage cheese. etc...
High fiber is lettuce, carrots and most anything that grows on a tree of comes out of a garden and shredded wheat or other cereals such as all bran etc...
I am a RN in a hospital and work with pts with diverticular disease quite a bit.

Answer 4

diverticulitis familiar eat

Answer 5

do a lot of people with diverticulitis have bouts of gas pain and constipation? I do

Answer 6

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Pregnancy is also associated with hemorrhoids. These conditions lead to increased pressure within the hemorrhoidal veins that causes them to swell. Other conditions, for example chronic liver disease, may also cause increased venous pressure and may be associated with hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are very common and are estimated to occur in up to one-half of the population by age 50.

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Answer 8

Hi Peca

Quick Action Plan for Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis

1. I highly recommend you see an alternative health care practitioner to support you in healing.

2. The SAD diet is a major contributing factor in Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis. A change in diet is essential in order to heal.

3. Change your diet to avoid all commercially processed foods; eat no fast or refined foods or carbohydrates of any kind; and stop eating sugar completely. In addition, omit caffeine, alcohol and synthetic and processed oils from your diet.

4. Begin eating a simple diet with an abundant selection of fresh and preferably organic whole foods. Include vegetables, fruits, green juices and quality sources of protein from wild caught fish, New Zealand lamb, bison, organic free range poultry and meat when available, and organic and preferably raw cheese and yogurt.

5. Consider investing in a quality juicer and making fresh green juices on a regular basis.

6. Undergo testing for food allergies, using NAET, or Electral dermal screening to find out if there are specific foods triggering your bowel problems and eliminate those foods, giving your body a rest from major irritants. If you intuitively suspect you are allergic to a specific food, stop eating it now.

7. Consider purchasing the book Breaking the Vicious Cycle: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Dr. Haas, and read through her web site, www.breakingtheviciouscycle.in...

8. Make appropriate changes in your lifestyle. If you smoke, quit immediately. Find motivation to move your body everyday; get on and maintain a regular exercise program.

9. With the support of an alternative doctor, eliminate over the counter medications, especially pain suppressants and prescription and non prescription drugs that might be contributing to your digestive stress.

10. Consider homeopathy and herbal medicine as an alternative solution.

11. Self massage and stress reducing techniques can greatly reduce cramping and pain.

12. Begin a supplement program; using Vitamin C, B complex, probiotics, especially soil based mineral organisms, and digestive enzymes.

13. Do a colon cleanse or several colonics (colon hydrotherapy) to clear out the toxins. When toxins sit in the colon long enough they get in the blood and that is what causes illness and disease.


Causes of Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
The primary cause of both diverticulosis and diverticulitis is a poor diet that is lacking in fresh fruits and vegetables and other fiber-rich foods. Other causes can include food allergies, lack of exercise, “leaky gut” syndrome, and pharmaceutical drugs.
Pharmaceutical Drugs: The following drugs can all cause and exacerbate various gastrointestinal disorders, including colitis: Accutane, Alka-Seltzer Antacid and Alka-Seltzer Pain Reliever, Anturane, Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Bayer Plus Aspirin, Bayer Regular Strength Enteric Aspirin, Bufferin Analgesic Tablets and Caplets, Ceptaz, Clinoril, Cuprimine, Ecotrin Enteric Coated Aspirin, Feldene, Ilosone, Lamprene, Leukine for IV Infusion, Lopid, Marplan, Meclomen, Novantrone, Paraplatin, Piroxicam, Prokine I.V. Infusion, Retrovir, Rynatuss, Supprelin Injection, Suprax, Ticlid, Tolectin, Toradol IM Injection, Trecator-SC, Trilisate, and Voltaren.

Diet: An organic based whole foods diet, high in fiber, is essential for reversing both diverticulosis and diverticulitis, and is also the best way to prevent both conditions developing in the first place. Avoid all commercially processed foods, including sugars of all types, even if they are organic. Avoid all refined carbohydrates, the unhealthy fats mentioned above, coffee and other caffeine containing products, sodas, commercial non herbal teas, alcohol, strong spices, and all milk and dairy products. Soy can be a major allergen, so avoid until you are tested for food allergies. Undergo testing for potential food allergies and sensitivities and avoid those foods to which you test positive. In addition, consider a rotation diet or elimination diet in order to further reduce the likelihood of food allergies. Also avoid food that can easily become lodged in intestinal sacs, such as unblended, processed, or roasted nuts and seeds, as well as fruit with small seeds, such as raspberries. Unless these foods are soaked and blended smooth into sauces, smoothies or spreads, they are aggravating to eat in this situation.

Emphasize a diet rich in organic whole foods, especially plenty of organic, fresh green vegetables and green vegetable drinks. Free-range organic meats and poultry, and wild-caught fish are also recommended. Be sure to drink plenty of pure filtered water throughout the day. Choose organic, raw, virgin coconut butter/oil, which is the preferred oil for cooking and/or baking; and high lignin flax seed oil which can be blended into green juices and smoothies, mixed as salad dressing with olive oil, or drizzled on steamed vegetables or cooked whole grains.

Best of health to you