Low fibre meals
I am currently on a very low fibre diet after a severe attack of diverticulitis, and am finding meals difficult. I have Googled all the info I could find, and according to the diets listed, I can have chicken, fish (I'm not big on fish.), canned vegetables, canned fruit, nothing with edible skins, milk, yogurt, that sort of thing. As you might guess, I've been eating a lot of toast lately, with, occasionally, some cheese, yogurt, applesauce, rice, but putting together meals has become a challenge. I will, eventually, be able to introduce fibre slowly back into my diet, but for now it all seems bland and boring. No tomatoes, by the way. Any ideas?
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- Reply by berwynbaker on February 22, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Paddy, my cousin went thru this about a year ago. I will give her a call and see what meals were best for her. I do know she like twiced baked potatoes, just did not eat the skins and scrambled eggs were another favorite. Will check in here later
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- Reply by --jej on February 22, 2012 at 1:16 pm
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Paddy, My 2 cents says to be sure to drink a lot of water!!! If you have to go on low fiber, you DON'T want constipation to complicate things even more. (This is not dinner talk, but rather 'diner' talk, and it is sooooooooooo important. I speak from experience.)
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- Reply by berwynbaker on February 22, 2012 at 2:55 pm
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Paddy, as I was putting dinner together, I thought of you. You said you could have rice. Can you have ground beef? I made stuffed peppers for our dinner. If you can not have the peppers could you use the stuffing as a casserole? I use brown gravy for our stuffed peppers instead of tomato sauce since that is the way my family likes it. You could vary this using ground chicken or turkey.
Also my mother use to make what she called Wash Day Soup. Can you tell she made it on Mondays (only did laundry on Mondays). She would take the left over meat from the day before and dump in cans of vegetables any kind you like or have in the house. I chop up some onion and celery to add to it when I make this.
Will still check with my cousin once she is home from work to see if she can suggest something. BB
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- Reply by mrscindy on February 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm
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The good thing about this (if there is anything good about it! 😃) is that once you get the problem under control, they now think a high fibre diet is better for the long run. At least you will be able to go back to a more 'normal' diet once the bad part is done.
A very low fibre diet is almost a liquid diet! Very bland and boring, but like you said, you DO NOT want to aggravate your gut at this point. Just the thought of food can make you start to cramp. T.S. went through this 4 or 5 years ago. After the first two weeks and we were able to re-introduce small amounts of fibre, things got much better.
I remember feeding him Cream of Wheat, canned veggies (bleech!!), homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles and lots of very well-cooked chicken and turkey. Remember, cook meats in lots of broth or gravy. The more you can cook the meat, the better. Softer and mushy is good.
Keep smiling, my friend, it will be over shortly!
~Cindy
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- Reply by PaddyL on February 22, 2012 at 4:11 pm
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A friend has made me some homemade chicken broth, and gave me what she calls 'buckshot' to put into it. It's Italian, apparently, the smallest pasta you can get; you boil the pasta till it's cooked, drain it, then put it into the the hot broth. I had to call her to make sure the 'buckshot' was pasta and NOT a grain. That will probably be supper.
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- Reply by mumpy on February 22, 2012 at 8:18 pm
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paddy,
no help to offer, just good wishes for a very speedy recovery....seems so unfair for you to be unable to eat good stuff when my family is thoroughly enjoying all the things i've been making with your buttermilk starter...hope you can enjoy it soon too.
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- Reply by berwynbaker on February 24, 2012 at 7:18 am
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Paddy, I am sorry it has taken me this long to get back to you and also because I can not be of any help. My cousin's treatment was just the opposite of yours. Her doctor put her on a high fibre diet not a low fibre. Hope you are improving. BB
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- Reply by mrscindy on February 24, 2012 at 10:09 am
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Berwynbaker, isn't that odd? That's exactly what I was finding. Some research now seems to be pointing to high fibre diets to treat diverticulitis instead of low fibre. Wonder which one is indicated for which severity? Strange, huh?
~Cindy
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- Reply by berwynbaker on February 24, 2012 at 10:30 am
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mrscindy, my cousin was told by her doctor that a high fibre diet is now the norm. My cousin's case was so severe that she ended up having to have surgery to correct the problem. She was having attacks every few weeks and diet alone would only clear up the problem for short periods of time.
BB
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- Reply by mrscindy on February 24, 2012 at 12:29 pm
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That was exactly what I was finding. When my husband was in the hospital they had him on very low fibre, but when he went home, he was sent home with a high fibre diet booklet. I kept him on low fibre and just gradually switched him over. Now we are both on very high fibre diets. Our dinner plates are so unbalanced. We have 1/4 protein and 3/4 veggies. And low or no carbs. But he hasn't had a problem in six years!
But I really think, in the beginning, a low fibre is easier on the gut. Gives it a chance to level off and then the switch can happen.
~Cindy
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- Reply by PaddyL on February 24, 2012 at 1:55 pm
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I had plain old mashed potato last night for supper, no skins, but was I sorry! There must be fibre in potatoes themselves for me to have gone through what I did during the night and this morning. Back to the applesauce and yogurt, I guess. And boiled milk. That's the cure in Ireland and it always worked for me there.
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- Reply by tarrka1089 on February 24, 2012 at 10:01 pm
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PaddyL - I feel for you. I had colitis in grade school and that was no picnic either.
I do know that high fiber diets are now what is recommended - the reason is to regularly remove toxins and waste which can actually aggravate the inflamed area more so.
Definitely here's sending positive thoughts that yours will finally calm down and you will be able to keep it in check with diet.
: ) Hazel
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- Reply by --jej on February 25, 2012 at 10:35 am
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Just want to mention... I know blueberries are high fiber as far as berries are concerned, so last night I had to top off my baked fish dinner with 2 1/2 pieces of fresh Blueberry Pie!! How's that for lots of fiber??!!! (Well, the fish didn't have any...)
While I've been on my really serious diet for the past year --[40 lbs gone!!!...and only about 25 left to go...]-- I normally don't have anything so tempting around, but knowing there were no sweets in the house, and I had plenty of time to make something before running down the street to get DH's Fish Fry for dinner, I asked what he'd like for dessert. He promptly said Blueberry Pie! What a surprise, as he normally doesn't care for blueberries and has never, ever asked for BB Pie!! Well, he ate his fish, and didn't even want a piece of that pie!! Guess I must have been unconsciously thinking the pie should NOT go to waste! Methinks if he isn't interested in it today, I'm going to have to visit the neighbors before I pig-out again!
Too bad DD wasn't around!! In the past I've made BB pie just for her to take back to Maryland with her on the airplane. In fact, I never make one now that I don't think of that. Wonder if it would even be allowed these days!
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