Anti Diarrhea diet

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I'm looking for recommendations for an anti-diarrheal diet. Our hospital has

hired some new Hospitalists with pediatric specialties and they are wanting to

have some type of diet they can order for kids with diarrhea. What are others

using? We currently have the BRAT diet (banana, applesauce, rice, and toast or

tea) but neither physician seems to be entirely satisfied with it.

They mentioned avoidance of sorbitol by removing fruit juices but I don't

believe our juices have sorbitol except perhaps for the low cal cranberry. Do I

need to remove fruit juices because of fructose? Do you routinely add gaterade,

pedialyte or powerade? What are other hospitals doing for this problem?

Thanks,

Boehme

Manager, Clinical Nutrition

Meriter Health Services

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