Diet/ Erin
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Wed Oct 19 21:07:21 2005
From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of
Eva Thomas
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:49 PM
Subject: Diet/ Erin
Erin, I can understand your frustration with
finding the "right" foods. I would try to focus
first on not being in pain and poss. being
obstructed from strictures/adhesions. If you
suffer from part. obstructions, this situation
could become acutely serious very fast. If one
is obese, loosing weight is important too.
What ever reason you have to want to loose weight,
you can do that gradually with modifying your diet
once you've found the "right" diet for your symptoms.
It will follow naturally.
Taking in more soluble fiber than insoluble fiber
has been the big key for me. All those seeds, nuts,
popcorn, corn, peels, bran flakes, uncooked veggis
and fruits, stringy things made my symptoms worse.
Insoluble fibers are matters our body can not digest.
It creates bulk and rouphage to clean out the gut.
You get the same with soluble fiber with less problems.
That's why I like to take the Metamucil, a little
throughout the day (or the crackers). You can still
have a balanced nutrition with an adjusted diet.
There is still a lot to eat. Most of the time you
can eat the same foods by preparing them differently.
Take off peels of fruits and veggies and poss. eat
them cooked (Applesauce instead of a raw Apple,
canned varieties among many others). Brake down/eliminate
the fiber matrix as much as you can before eating. Be
concious about what you eat. Chew long and good.
Digestion starts in the mouth. I don't take more than
3-6grm/serving of insoluble fiber. You don't need to
just eat all bran cereals to stay healthy. Check the
box. Make sure you eat a low fat diet. Perhaps you
could change the oil your cooking with, things like
that. Check the internet for phrases like "low fat
diet", "low residue diet", "liquid diet", "soluble"
and "insoluble fiber". A lot of clinics and GI docs
have suggestions about that on the internet (incl.
Dr. Gerhardt/Penn., who also does laps for adhesions).
As with everything: start making slow changes and
educate yourself well. See what makes sense to/for
you. Unfortunately there's a great deal of tryal
and error to go through. Keep a food diary.
One last tip: I've made one book my bible. It's:
"The new eating right for a bad gut" The complete
nutritional guide to Ileitis, Colitis, Chron's
Disease and Inflammatory bowel disease by James
Scala,Ph.D. I don't have neither but symptoms
of all due to adhesions, short gut and radiation
damage. You can check at Amazon and look in the
index and buy it used.
I hope I have given you something to think about.
Take care and good luck
Eva
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