"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
>> m...
>> >
>> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > My 2 year old Granddaughter was put on the BRAT diet just a few
>> > months ago
>> > when she contracted Salmonella..this was after 24 hours in the
>> > hospital
>> > with IV's.
>>
>> Thanks! Angela is getting sicker by the minute.
>
> There's a Norovirus going around Boston. Maybe she's sick.

And on two cruise ships! What a nightmare.