Diet for Diverticulosis

Posted on December 21, 2007 in Diet for Diseases

High fiber food is the key to Diverticulosis. Maintaining a high fiber diet with the right kind of food the main cure to this disease. You might find it helpful for you because we have provided you with the easiest tips that are always available at home. Learn more…

One of the main causes of Diverticulosis is eating low fiber food items. Doctors and expert dietitians thus suggest that a high fiber diet should do the job of curing the disease.

We have provided you with a certain suggestions that will help you to switch over to a high fiber diet.

Tips to go for a High Fiber Diet

• Eat brown bread and quit the habit of eating white bread.
• Eat sweet food like desserts, bananas, berries etc.
• Include more vegetables in your diet.
• Eat dry fruits like raisins etc.
• While preparing vegetable soup, add barley to it.
• These were certain tips for you to switch over to a high fiber diet. But there are certain other things that you should remember like:
• Do not switch over to a high fiber diet all of a sudden. Do it slowly over six week’s time, as your system will take time to adapt to this changed diet.
• Drink a lot of water in a day. This will help the fiber to get digested easily, and prevent you from the occurrence of constipation.
• Exercise regularly as it will tone the muscles of your colon, and helps in the bowel movement.
• Do not smoke. Doctors have found out that smoking worsens diverticulosis.
• You should also try to avoid caffeine in the form of coffee, tea, chocolate, colas. Caffeine irritates diverticulosis.

Names of Fibrous Food Items:

You might now feel the need of a chart that specifies the names of fibrous food items.These are:

Fruits

Apples, oranges, mangoes, peaches, pears, apricots, figs.

Vegetables

Asparagus, potato, tomato, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, peas, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, summer squash, winter squash.

Beans

Baked beans, lima beans, kidney beans.

Grains

All Bran, brown bread, white rice, brown rice, oatmeal, cereal.

Typical High Fiber Menu

A typical menu that gives you a complete idea regarding how to plan your main meals of the day is given below. This will also give you an idea of the correct quantity of the individual food items that you should have.

Breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So, you have to be very careful while preparing the breakfast menu. You can prepare your breakfast along with the following food items.

• Brown bread toast 2 slices
• Oatmeal 3/4 cup
• Coffee 3/4 cup
• Skim milk 1 cup
• Raisins 2 Tbsp
• Grapefruit 1/2 cup
• Margarine 2 tsp
• Jelly/jam 2 Tbsp

Lunch

The next important meal of your day is the lunch. You can plan your lunch with these items:

• Lean poultry/hamburger 1
• Tomato 2 slices
• Lettuce ½ cup
• Salad ½ cup
• Vegetable soup 1 cup
• Baked beans 1/2 cup
• Medium apple 1
• Skimmed milk 1 cup

Dinner

Your day ends with your dinner. After your dinner you will have a long break of sleep before your breakfast. You will require a good sleep too. So, you will have to plan your dinner in a way that will fill your stomach and will provide a sound sleep.

• Brown rice 1/2 cup
• Poultry chicken 3 oz
• Fresh salad 1 cup
• Strawberries 1/2 cup with simple low-fat yogurt 1/2 cup
• Skim milk 1 cup

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