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Originally Posted by James Newman
I generally start patients out on a liquid diet and advance it slowly over the course of a day or two giving the gut a chance to rest and reduce inflammation. It is very important to avoid much roughage, small seeds, nuts, berries, etc during the inflammatory phase (itis) of diverticular disease. Some of the smaller things may need to be avoided in the future depending upon tolerance. You will see lots of things to be avoided during the osis phase in some literature but it isn't well supported. The theory, however, is to avoid irritating the diverticula further. The following will support that goal as well much more efficiently:
As inflammation and pain subside (osis) increase the fiber and fluid intake concurrently. This should be done slowly and a good number is to shoot for 35-50 grams per day. Maintaining consistent intake of fiber and fluid are the hallmarks of the diet once you are in the diverticulosis phase.
Hope this helps....
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Newman, thank you, YOU ROCK! This is exactly the kind of information that I was hoping for.
I was planning on liquids until his pain subsides ... he's not happy about it, but I convinced him after sharing Gabe's story.
Tonight he had tomato soup.
Do you think a protein shake would be okay? (milk, gemma)
How about bananas pureed in with it?
Can he drink coffee (with cream and sugar)?
Any other meal ideas? He gets kind of cranky when he can't eat ...