Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticul...
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Is there anything that actually shows certain foods (seeds etc) actually do cause problems?
I am frustrated. My husband has a aunt who has spasms when she eats certain foods. A guy he works with was told by a doctor to not eat certain foods. The only thing I was told was popcorn. I bought sunflower seeds. I make a sandwich with toast, hummas, avacodo, sunflower seeds and tomato. Hubby asked me why I am bothering to have the colonstomy on Tuesday if I am continuing to eat these nuts. I told him I had almonds last week and who knows how many types of produce. I have told him those people have spasms caused by certain foods. I had an infection. I had changed my diet to low residue a month after the infection. Now it is over a month. I eat everything and I have no pain. He is just convinced because other people may or may not be bothered by these foods. Not to mention a doctor gave this advice to someone he works with. Has it be proven that this food is bad? If it is wouldn't anything with fiber possible get stuck? Or is this just something that is said but not proven? This reminds me of me feeding my baby and all the foods I was told not to eat even though it only bothers some babies. Not to mention some just fuss more then others not matter what you do. Kathy Posted on 03/13/08, 04:03 pm |
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Since no one is jumping in...
You should definitely Google diverticulitis. There are several sites that state that there is no evidence that a given food is likely to cause a diverticulitis attack. And you should read around this site. Read the discussion threads and the journals of members. There are many here who believe that certain foods cause them problems. Different foods for different people. I suspect that the most important thing is to maintain a high fiber diet (once you are not in the midst of an attack). I get about forty grams a day...so far, so good, but I am still new to this. The only food I avoid is peanuts because I had been eating a lot of them just before my first attack (and I usually do not eat peanuts at all...). But I still ate the creamy peanut butter that had a few small chunks of peanut in it and I had no problem. 
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Sighhhhh....It is a good question. I have been told by a specialist to stay away from "small seeds", "soda", and "high fructose corn syrup." I have found that different foods at different times can bother me more than other times soooo I feel it's just a game of chance for most of us. Good Luck!
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You don't want to eat anything with small seeds like tomatoes, cucumbers, ect. sesame seeds not even on hamburger buns. If you understand what Diverticulitis is you would know that when something like a small seed gets stuck in one of those small pockets in your intestine it will get infected and we all know what happens next. Then you have to find some fiber 25g a day that you can live with. Fiber One cereal taste great and has 13g of fiber in just one bowl. Oh yea stay away from the Popcorn it's a killer. Sorry :(
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I have eat strawberries, cashews, almonds, sunflower seeds, cucumbers, tomatoes and probably lots of other things. I am not bothered by them so I am not going to avoid them unless I see something that actually proves there is a problem. I am bothered by corn, but that could be because of that lactose in it. Milk bothers me as well.
Hubby told me to tell the doctor I drink Pepsi. I couldn't figure that one out. I have cut down only because it is expensive to eat and drink these days. Pepsi does not really contribute to diet. Just something I enjoy. The surgeon did mention popcorn, but also told me when she examines people with infections all she ever finds is poop.
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The more I look into this and ask lots of seemingly stupid questions, the more I see that diverticulitus seems to have different triggers for just about every person it infects. Also, just because you eat a few nuts one day and do not hurt doesn't mean that nut won't get trapped and form an infection over time. I believe this to be more about maintenance than instant results.
My triggers seem to be; carbonated and acidic beverages. High fat foods, Dairy products and I haven't even tested the nuts and seeds thing because to me, it's just not worth possibly causing another infection with all that pain and the possibility of surgery. There isn't a cashew on earth that's worth that. I had an attack last night after a bowl a very healthy and fiberful Turkey/Veg soup (no corn) but I had about 5 cheddar biscuits (stupid) The ones like at red lobster, but I think these had twice the butter and cheese. I finally went to sleep at 3:30am (I ate about 7pm) It felt like I had a loaf of wonder bread stuffed into my colon. Not fun. So, just pay attention to your body. It will tell you. No more biscuits of any kind for me. Ever.
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After my last attack, having been on morphine, 2 kinds of antibiotics and other assorted pain killers (UGH!) I went to my doc to follow up. Since I had been in emergency, I wanted to make sure he had a record of this attack.
I asked him if it was something I ate or something I was stressing over. He told me that he had asked a specialist what the cause of Diverticulitis is. The specialist could not give a concrete answer. It seems that everyone is affected by different things. Small seeds seems to be a common factor for most of us. I believe it's because they don't get chewed up so they go through the intestinal tract whole. Then they get trapped in one of the pockets and infection sets in. But feces gets trapped in there much more frequently. And there is no controlling that! It's a big mystery, that's for sure.
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I am 3 weeks postop following colon resection for diverticulitis. All of my doctors have told me this is an "Old Wives Tale", and there is no scientific evidence that seeds, nuts, etc should be avoided. Only during my acute attack was I advised to switch to "clear liquids" or "soft bland" because of the inflammation and the discomfort that roughage can cause. 5 days after surgery, I was back on a regular diet with no restrictions.
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I just noticed in a book I have that tells you for constipation to eat physillium SEED
Yes you do need to eat no-fiber till you are well. All I had to go on was this group with that one. The ER print off was not very helpful. Actually I was not told that before I left the ER. I almost went for Chinese.
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I went to a diverticulous
specialist and darn if she told me to go ahead and eat ANYTHING....I'm too afraid to eat seeds and popcorn and allthat so many of this site say not to tho. Call me chicken!
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I think we get confusing advice. I had two surgeons tell me that it was OK to eat seeds and nuts. I had others tell me to take the seeds out of tomatoes and not to eat strawberries and raspberries.
The first attack that sent me into the hospital rumbled for a long time so I can't connect it to any one thing. The second time I had an acute attack after eating popcorn. Therefore I do not eat popcorn. After having my colon removed I don't want to have this condition again.
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