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digestive system
diverticulitis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
» acute:
• increase fluids
• short fruit or vegetable juice fast progressing to soft semisolid foods: mashed sweet potatoes or yams, steamed carrots and squash, bananas, melons, apricots
• progress to grated raw vegetables as tolerated, then add cooked grains, well- chewed, and soft protein such as tofu, fish
• avoid fruit skins and fruit or vegetables with small seeds: strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, figs, etc.
» chronic:
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
• high fiber, high complex carbohydrate, unrefined diet
• to protect against diverticulosis: increase cellulose and hemicellulose foods in diet

therapeutic foods:
• foods rich in vitamin A, Vitamin B-complex foods, acidophilus, and lactobacillus

fresh juices:
• carrot
• celery and lettuce
• watercress
• apple

avoid:
• food intolerances
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar


supplements

• Vitamin B-complex
• folic acid
• Vitamin C
• acidophilus (Kirschmann, 1984)
• Vitamin E 800 IU per day
• flaxseed oil 2 Tbsp per day


footnotes