when we sick while i was a kid my mom would put us on chicken broth then add
rice if we kept that in both ends, and she kept adding rice and soft
vegetables until after three or four days it was like chicken stew minus the
chicken, last day she added chicken, if we kept that down she would let us
eat normally after that, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Has anyone else hear this? BRAT being bananas, rice, applesauce, and
> toast (some also say tea) to treat diarrhea. The printouts that Angela
> got from the Dr. no longer say to do this. It says for her to eat a
> regular diet but to cut back on milk and dairy with the exception being
> yogurt with live, active yogurt cultures.
>
> I looked it up. Here is one link:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAT_diet
>
> I know wikipedia is not a really good reference but there are plenty of
> others. Most of these sources mention the CRAM diet. And it includes
> milk! But mostly they say to eat the normal foods with exceptions being
> highly sugary foods, fried foods and spicy foods. They say that the BRAT
> diet causes a deficiency in zinc.
>
> The information given to Angela by the Dr. does mention some of the foods
> in the BRAT diet and says it is fine to add these things to her regular
> diet.
>
> The problem? When she was sticking to the BRAT diet she seemed to get
> better.
>
> We had a small amount of food left on a fruit and cheese tray that she
> bought. There were a few grapes, apple slices and some cheese which
> tasted oddly of apples. It was going to expire last night so we ate it.
> I only ate a little of the cheese. She ate the rest but really it was a
> very small amount. Not even a serving of any one thing. And then she got
> sick. She also had that taco pizza which I suppose maybe wasn't actually
> gluten free.
>
> So has anyone been to the Dr. recently for this? Were you told to eat the
> BRAT diet? Not to eat it? When my gastroparesis is really acting up,
> rice seems to settle my stomach. I usually just eat that and only that.
> But I usually only have to eat it for a meal or two. And then I am
> better.
>