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I've Just Been Diagnosed With Diverticulitis
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and I am having difficulty finding a diet to follow. Does anyone have a precise diet to follow ?
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You're unlikely to find a precise diet to suit your needs because a certain amount of trial and error is needed to work out what's best for you as an individual. Please refer to the 'Self Management' section of 'What treatment is available for diverticular disease?' here for an explanation of what I mean:
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Also see 'What is a Healthy Diet' here for some general guidance as to the types (and quantities) of foods that you should be eating:
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Also see 'What is a Healthy Diet' here for some general guidance as to the types (and quantities) of foods that you should be eating:
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This might help as well
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You will get conflicting advice, because as Buen says it differs for people as to what causes a flare up.
Keeping a food diary is one of the best ways to find any culprits in your diet and reduce or eliminate them as you go along.
My Mother was a sufferer and had fewer bouts of discomfort and pain as she worked out the triggers.
Keeping a food diary is one of the best ways to find any culprits in your diet and reduce or eliminate them as you go along.
My Mother was a sufferer and had fewer bouts of discomfort and pain as she worked out the triggers.
Tam
I also have Diverticular disease and was told by a consultant back in January that 1 in 3 people in the Western world has it !! I was originally diagnosed about 10 years ago and only recently has it flared up - that's why I saw a consultant in January. One of the best things I have found is to have a glass of KEFIR every morning before breakfast ( I buy it in Tesco or Sainsburys - mind you, not all of these stores stock it, you might have to hunt.) It smells awful and tastes awful but it does seem to work for me. If you do decide to go for it, don't buy it on line - they charge a fortune !! Both Tesco and Sainsbury charge £1.45 per 1 litre bottle/carton. Good luck, hope you feel better soon.
FBG40
I also have Diverticular disease and was told by a consultant back in January that 1 in 3 people in the Western world has it !! I was originally diagnosed about 10 years ago and only recently has it flared up - that's why I saw a consultant in January. One of the best things I have found is to have a glass of KEFIR every morning before breakfast ( I buy it in Tesco or Sainsburys - mind you, not all of these stores stock it, you might have to hunt.) It smells awful and tastes awful but it does seem to work for me. If you do decide to go for it, don't buy it on line - they charge a fortune !! Both Tesco and Sainsbury charge £1.45 per 1 litre bottle/carton. Good luck, hope you feel better soon.
FBG40
I had nausea stomach pain and a change in bowel habits. They urgently got me in for a colonoscopy where they removed 2 polyps. I was told probable begnine. Then I was told I had diverticulitis and given a sheet of advice. Looking online it differred. The speed and care I recieve d was second to none.
Further to the Kefir mentioned earlier .. why not 'grow' your own Kefir. (This might benefit FBG as well)..
It will be fresher than anything you could ever purchase from the shops... and most definitely more palatable.
For a good many years I have done my own, but since recently developing a dairy intolerance, I now cant have any at all.
Just purchase a few 'Kefir milk grains' on Ebay .... 20grms will start you off. They shouldnt cost more than £3 or £4.00 .
Put them in a Pyrex jug or glass and add somewhere between half a litre or a full litre to the grains. 24 hours later pour the contents of the glass through a nylon sieve into another glass. The grains will be left in the sieve and the rich creamy drink will be in the lower glass. Then just start again, put the kefir grains back into a clean glass and top it up with milk. Simple as that .. 24 hours later you will have another drink ... do it again and again, mine lasted for years.
The kefir grains will start to multiply fairly quickly as you create more drinks. Very quickly you will have more Kefir grains than you need. Remember these are live cultures and beat all of these
pro-biotic drinks which are a bit expensive that you see advertised on TV... and yours will be live friendly bacteria unlike the few day old ones on the shelves of the supermarket.
If you don't like the taste ( a bit like plain yogurt) add a little squash to it.
Should you want to speed things up leave the glass out on your worktop, the grains will grow faster and the drink will be creamier.
Personally I preferred my drink cold, so mine stayed in the fridge.
It will be fresher than anything you could ever purchase from the shops... and most definitely more palatable.
For a good many years I have done my own, but since recently developing a dairy intolerance, I now cant have any at all.
Just purchase a few 'Kefir milk grains' on Ebay .... 20grms will start you off. They shouldnt cost more than £3 or £4.00 .
Put them in a Pyrex jug or glass and add somewhere between half a litre or a full litre to the grains. 24 hours later pour the contents of the glass through a nylon sieve into another glass. The grains will be left in the sieve and the rich creamy drink will be in the lower glass. Then just start again, put the kefir grains back into a clean glass and top it up with milk. Simple as that .. 24 hours later you will have another drink ... do it again and again, mine lasted for years.
The kefir grains will start to multiply fairly quickly as you create more drinks. Very quickly you will have more Kefir grains than you need. Remember these are live cultures and beat all of these
pro-biotic drinks which are a bit expensive that you see advertised on TV... and yours will be live friendly bacteria unlike the few day old ones on the shelves of the supermarket.
If you don't like the taste ( a bit like plain yogurt) add a little squash to it.
Should you want to speed things up leave the glass out on your worktop, the grains will grow faster and the drink will be creamier.
Personally I preferred my drink cold, so mine stayed in the fridge.
I got divaticular last September, causing me to be hospitalised for 9 days. The trauma also resulted in type 2 diabetes.
The diet I'm following is a high fibre low carb one.
I start the day with a large bowl of porridge and add some oat bran. Porridge is slow release and high fibre, so is perfect for both ailments. I've cut down on bread and spuds and eat plenty of green veg.
I was signed off yesterday at the hospital and the consultant mentioned that the worst thing for diverticulitis is getting constipated.
The diet I'm following is a high fibre low carb one.
I start the day with a large bowl of porridge and add some oat bran. Porridge is slow release and high fibre, so is perfect for both ailments. I've cut down on bread and spuds and eat plenty of green veg.
I was signed off yesterday at the hospital and the consultant mentioned that the worst thing for diverticulitis is getting constipated.
