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>> In article >,
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
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>>> > "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.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> > 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.

Every time I think of taking a cruise, I think of that and put it right out
of my mind. They were dropping like flies at the dance studio tonight but I
don't know what they were sick with.