One of the few conditions that could be named as “intolerable” or “potentially dangerous”, it’s probably the diarrhea. This disease is associated with many others and is a symptom itself. In this brief article, you will find some advices for an appropriate brat diet for diarrhea.

Diarrhea is a change in the intestinal evacuations that causes lees to be softer than usual. The lees are formed after the digestive system absorbs the nutrients and liquids than you eat and drink. The digestive system is formed by the stomach, the small intestine and the colon. The lees leave the body through rectum. If the liquids are not absorbed, the lees will be soft and liquid. The lees will also be soft and liquid if the digestive system produces an excess of liquids. In this case, soft lees are more abundant than normal. The people with diarrhea often evacuate frequently. They can get to evacuate near a liter of liquid lees in a day. This last reason it’s maybe the most important one for a sensitive approach to the condition, forcing the need of a brat diet for diarrhea, specifically.

It is possible that the people with diarrhea also have the following symptoms:

* Abdomen cramps (the zone between the chest and the hips)

* Inflammation in the abdomen

* Sensation of annoyance around the anus

* Urgent necessity to evacuate the bowel content

* Incapacity to control bowel movements (fecal incontinence)

* Chills

* Fever.

In addition, the people with diarrhea can feel severe stomach pain or be dehydrated.

The Food

Allowed foods (Brat Diet for Diarrhea): Rice soup, carrot soup, potatoes and carrots puree, fish soup. Hard boiled eggs -or scrambled. Cooked or grilled fish. The fish must be white, frozen or fresh . Cooked bird meat  or to the plate (without skin). Fruits: roasted apple, oxidized apple with drops of lemon, mature banana. Toasted white bread. In the breakfast, clear infusions from tea or manzanilla must be taken, sweetened with saccharin and accompanied with toasted bread. During all the process, rehydration with Hiposodic Oral Solution or alkaline lemonade must be the rule.

Useful Suggestions:

You should avoid milk products during all the rehydration process. It’s not considered as something helpful but dangerous. Fresh cheese and yogurt could be tolerated after a while, but it depends on the particularities of the condition. Raw fruits and vegetables must be avoided too, specially green vegetables like beets, spinach, lettuces… as well as the ingestion of almonds, compotes, nuts, black bread, because of its laxative effect. In addition to this, not taking candies is a must: caramels, chocolates, pastry shop, sugar… The same thing goes to very cold drinks, all type of refreshing drinks, as well as bottled water with gas, even if it’s just a hint.

Article Resource: http://patientdiets.com/2010/appropriate-brat-diet-diarrhea/

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